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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 Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 15 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 16 | University of California-San Diego | 12100 | 39700 | 0.6951 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 18 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 19 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 20 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 21 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14200 | 17900 | 0.2073 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 21 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14200 | 48200 | 0.706 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 23 | University of Houston | 14300 | 23100 | 0.3811 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14400 | 46000 | 0.6866 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14500 | 28000 | 0.4827 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 26 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 14700 | 36900 | 0.6015 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 29 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 30 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 30 | University of Georgia | 15100 | 26600 | 0.4308 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 32 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 34 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3096 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 34 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3846 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 36 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 37 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 37 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 29900 | 0.4612 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 39 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 40 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 22400 | 0.246 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 41 | McNeese State University | 17000 | 32800 | 0.4823 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 41 | Wayne State University | 17000 | 46200 | 0.6321 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 43 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 44 | University of St Thomas | 17400 | 50900 | 0.6584 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 45 | Lamar University | 17600 | 41900 | 0.5799 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 46 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17700 | 32200 | 0.4502 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 47 | Prairie View A & M University | 18000 | 39600 | 0.5452 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 48 | University of Louisville | 18100 | 29100 | 0.3784 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 49 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3441 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18400 | 52500 | 0.6495 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18500 | 50400 | 0.6333 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 52 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18700 | 41200 | 0.5467 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 52 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 46400 | 0.5965 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 54 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 54 | Western Michigan University | 19900 | 26500 | 0.2493 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 56 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20300 | 27600 | 0.264 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 57 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 57 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20300 | 78700 | 0.7421 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75800 | 0.7312 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 61 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 62 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 63 | University of Tulsa | 20800 | 62900 | 0.6693 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 64 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3262 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 64 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 66 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21200 | 32800 | 0.3542 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 67 | Northwestern University | 21800 | 89500 | 0.7567 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 68 | Montana State University | 21900 | 27100 | 0.1916 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 69 | Tufts University | 22300 | 98900 | 0.7742 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 70 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 71 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22600 | 59900 | 0.6226 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 22700 | 41100 | 0.4478 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 73 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23300 | 40000 | 0.4174 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 74 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 75 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23700 | 44400 | 0.4659 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 76 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 77 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 78 | University at Buffalo | 24400 | 34000 | 0.2824 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 79 | Miami University-Oxford | 25400 | 28400 | 0.1056 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 80 | Dordt University | 25600 | 52500 | 0.5121 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 81 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25700 | 56100 | 0.5416 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 82 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 82 | University of Kansas | 25900 | 44000 | 0.4117 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 84 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 85 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 86 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2984 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 86 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 88 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 89 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 89 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27500 | 31600 | 0.1309 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 89 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 92 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 31000 | 0.1098 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 93 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 93 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 95 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 95 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41500 | 0.3251 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 98 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 99 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 100 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 101 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 102 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 102 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 104 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 106 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 107 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 108 | Kansas State University | 29800 | 41600 | 0.2822 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 51200 | 0.3946 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 111 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 111 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 111 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 114 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31800 | 62800 | 0.4933 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 115 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 32000 | 59600 | 0.4628 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 116 | Michigan Technological University | 32100 | 34700 | 0.075 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 118 | University of Dayton | 32200 | 64200 | 0.4985 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 119 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 120 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32500 | 75200 | 0.568 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 121 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 122 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 123 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1199 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34300 | 53400 | 0.3578 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 125 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34800 | 58500 | 0.4057 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 126 | University of New Haven | 35800 | 67100 | 0.4666 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 127 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36000 | 56800 | 0.366 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 128 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 129 | Auburn University | 36300 | 38000 | 0.0447 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 130 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0554 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 131 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 132 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 133 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66500 | 0.4253 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 134 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 134 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 136 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39300 | 44400 | 0.1157 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 137 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 138 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 139 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 140 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41900 | 47200 | 0.1122 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 141 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57700 | 0.265 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 142 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43300 | 54700 | 0.2084 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 143 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 145 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44600 | 53700 | 0.1694 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 146 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44700 | 49300 | 0.0932 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 147 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 148 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 149 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 150 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 151 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 152 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 154 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49900 | 85800 | 0.4183 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 155 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 82600 | 0.3912 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 156 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 157 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 158 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 159 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 160 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 161 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0867 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 162 | University of Colorado Boulder | 56200 | 56600 | 0.0071 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 163 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 164 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 168 | University of California-Berkeley | 71000 | 75900 | 0.0646 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 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.