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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Tennessee.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Chemical Engineering degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Tennessee.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5800 | 82400 | 0.9292 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7200 | 90000 | 0.9204 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 95700 | 0.9165 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10100 | 30000 | 0.6631 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 16 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 16 | University of Houston | 11900 | 23100 | 0.485 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 16 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 19 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5156 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 20 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 21 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 22 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 23 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 23 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13600 | 28000 | 0.5148 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 26 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4652 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14200 | 17900 | 0.2073 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14200 | 48200 | 0.706 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 32 | Middle Tennessee State University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3857 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 33 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 34 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 34 | Louisiana Tech University | 14700 | 36900 | 0.6015 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 34 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 37 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 38 | University of Georgia | 15100 | 26600 | 0.4308 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 40 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 42 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15800 | 27600 | 0.4277 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 43 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 44 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 44 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 46 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 22400 | 0.246 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 47 | McNeese State University | 17000 | 32800 | 0.4823 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 47 | Wayne State University | 17000 | 46200 | 0.6321 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 49 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 50 | University of Kansas | 17200 | 37100 | 0.5349 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 51 | University of St Thomas | 17400 | 50900 | 0.6584 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 52 | Lamar University | 17600 | 41900 | 0.5799 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 53 | University of California-Berkeley | 17900 | 43500 | 0.589 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 54 | Prairie View A & M University | 18000 | 39600 | 0.5452 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3441 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 56 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18400 | 52500 | 0.6495 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18500 | 50400 | 0.6333 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 58 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18700 | 41200 | 0.5467 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 58 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 58 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 46400 | 0.5965 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 61 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19800 | 29300 | 0.3237 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 62 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 62 | Western Michigan University | 20100 | 32500 | 0.382 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 20300 | 33600 | 0.3955 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 64 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75800 | 0.7312 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 67 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 68 | University of Tulsa | 20800 | 62900 | 0.6693 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 69 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21200 | 32800 | 0.3542 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 69 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 38200 | 0.4449 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 71 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 21500 | 30700 | 0.298 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 72 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21600 | 42600 | 0.4935 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 73 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21700 | 42700 | 0.4919 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 74 | Northwestern University | 21800 | 89500 | 0.7567 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 75 | Tufts University | 22300 | 98900 | 0.7742 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 76 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 76 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 78 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22600 | 59900 | 0.6226 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 79 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 80 | Montana State University | 23500 | 31500 | 0.254 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 81 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 81 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 83 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3396 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 83 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 85 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 86 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2566 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 87 | Dordt University | 25600 | 52500 | 0.5121 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 88 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25700 | 56100 | 0.5416 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 89 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 90 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 91 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 92 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 93 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2984 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 94 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 95 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27500 | 31600 | 0.1309 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 95 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 95 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 98 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 98 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 100 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 100 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 102 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 104 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 105 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 107 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 108 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 110 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 110 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 112 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31800 | 62800 | 0.4933 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 113 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 32000 | 59600 | 0.4628 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 115 | University of Dayton | 32200 | 64200 | 0.4985 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 116 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 117 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32500 | 75200 | 0.568 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 118 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 119 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 120 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1199 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 122 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34600 | 36100 | 0.0415 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 123 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34800 | 58500 | 0.4057 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35200 | 0.0038 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 125 | University of New Haven | 35800 | 67100 | 0.4666 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 126 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36000 | 56800 | 0.366 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 127 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 43900 | 0.1528 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 128 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 129 | California State University-Long Beach | 37800 | 38600 | 0.0207 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 130 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 131 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66500 | 0.4253 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 132 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 132 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 134 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 135 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 136 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 137 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43300 | 54700 | 0.2084 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 138 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 139 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53400 | 0.1854 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 140 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 141 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44600 | 53700 | 0.1694 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 142 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 143 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 144 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 145 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 146 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 147 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 148 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 148 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 150 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49900 | 85800 | 0.4183 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 151 | University of California-San Diego | 50100 | 77100 | 0.35 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 152 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 82600 | 0.3912 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 153 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 154 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 155 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 156 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 157 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 158 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 159 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0867 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 160 | University of Colorado Boulder | 56200 | 56600 | 0.0071 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 161 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 165 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 168 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 169 | University of California-Irvine | 72600 | 74700 | 0.0281 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.