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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 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University | 7200 | 88600 | 0.9186 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 8600 | 81800 | 0.8947 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 9000 | 95100 | 0.9052 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9800 | 94100 | 0.8961 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10800 | 27200 | 0.6037 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 15 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 15 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 34000 | 0.6466 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 18 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 20 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 22 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 23 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 23 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14200 | 17900 | 0.2073 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 24800 | 0.424 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | Case Western Reserve University | 14600 | 80400 | 0.8179 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 27 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14700 | 25800 | 0.4273 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 27 | University of Idaho | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4429 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 29 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14900 | 23600 | 0.3684 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 31 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 32 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 33 | University of California-Riverside | 15900 | 36500 | 0.564 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 34 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5548 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 35 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 36 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 37 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2566 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 17400 | 89900 | 0.8068 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 39 | Carnegie Mellon University | 17500 | 87300 | 0.7993 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 40 | Bucknell University | 17600 | 88400 | 0.8007 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 41 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 42 | Tufts University | 18100 | 92400 | 0.8045 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 43 | Prairie View A & M University | 18300 | 25400 | 0.2796 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 44 | Lehigh University | 18400 | 85700 | 0.7857 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 44 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 46 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18500 | 78300 | 0.7638 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 47 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3036 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 48 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 49 | McNeese State University | 19300 | 29200 | 0.3395 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 49 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 49 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2695 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3476 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 53 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 53 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20000 | 31000 | 0.3545 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 56 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5382 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 58 | West Virginia University | 21000 | 23300 | 0.0987 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 59 | Western Michigan University | 21200 | 32300 | 0.3437 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 60 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 61 | University of Florida | 22300 | 44100 | 0.4944 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 62 | Florida State University | 22600 | 23100 | 0.0216 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 63 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 29900 | 0.2177 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 64 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 66 | University at Buffalo | 24000 | 34000 | 0.2942 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 67 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24100 | 24500 | 0.0163 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 67 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 69 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 24300 | 29800 | 0.1824 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 70 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 24600 | 71600 | 0.6567 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 71 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 24800 | 39900 | 0.3786 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 72 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 73 | Tennessee Technological University | 25100 | 33700 | 0.2548 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 73 | Tuskegee University | 25100 | 42100 | 0.4042 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 75 | Montana State University | 25300 | 31400 | 0.1943 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 75 | University of Rochester | 25300 | 93100 | 0.7285 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 77 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52300 | 0.5122 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 78 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0749 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 79 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5488 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 80 | University of Kansas | 26100 | 42000 | 0.3781 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 81 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5258 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 82 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 83 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 35200 | 0.2328 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 84 | Lamar University | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2782 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 85 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27500 | 31600 | 0.129 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 85 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 87 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27600 | 40300 | 0.315 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41900 | 0.3317 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 88 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 90 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28100 | 31000 | 0.0937 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 91 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 91 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 28300 | 28300 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 91 | University of Tulsa | 28300 | 62700 | 0.5489 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 94 | California State University-Long Beach | 28500 | 38400 | 0.2581 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 95 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 96 | University of Louisville | 28700 | 29100 | 0.0138 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 97 | Clarkson University | 28800 | 78000 | 0.6309 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 97 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 99 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29400 | 55800 | 0.4732 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 100 | University of North Dakota | 30000 | 32500 | 0.0791 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 101 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.6083 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 102 | University of South Alabama | 30700 | 35000 | 0.1229 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 103 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2639 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 104 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 105 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 105 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31100 | 52900 | 0.4123 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 105 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 31100 | 33100 | 0.0605 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 108 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 31300 | 41800 | 0.2513 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 109 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41100 | 0.2289 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 110 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 111 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 112 | Widener University | 32700 | 75300 | 0.5655 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 113 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32900 | 38500 | 0.1455 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 114 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33100 | 54600 | 0.3936 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 115 | University of Dayton | 33300 | 64100 | 0.4805 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 116 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 117 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34700 | 74600 | 0.5351 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 117 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34900 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 119 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 120 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35700 | 49600 | 0.28 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 122 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 36000 | 43500 | 0.1725 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 123 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3565 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 124 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 59800 | 0.3932 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 125 | University of Maine | 36500 | 45100 | 0.1907 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 126 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 36600 | 38700 | 0.0543 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 127 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 128 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 129 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 130 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37700 | 46700 | 0.1927 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 130 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 41800 | 0.0981 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 132 | Kettering University | 38500 | 66900 | 0.4246 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 133 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 133 | University of New Haven | 38600 | 64900 | 0.405 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 133 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 136 | University of Wyoming | 38800 | 43800 | 0.1158 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 137 | Wayne State University | 39800 | 45500 | 0.1252 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 138 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 139 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 140 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 141 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 141 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 52900 | 0.1834 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 143 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68600 | 0.3656 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 144 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43700 | 52100 | 0.1612 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 145 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43800 | 50300 | 0.1293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 146 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 147 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 148 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48600 | 85700 | 0.4327 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 149 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49100 | 85800 | 0.4277 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 150 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 81000 | 0.3788 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 151 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50600 | 56400 | 0.1028 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 151 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50600 | 52300 | 0.0325 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 153 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 154 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 155 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51200 | 56300 | 0.0905 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0386 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 158 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 159 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 161 | Howard University | 53700 | 61600 | 0.1283 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 162 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0857 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 163 | University of California-Irvine | 55500 | 64800 | 0.1435 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 164 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56900 | 58900 | 0.0352 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 166 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.