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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 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4300 | 83400 | 0.9484 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6300 | 40700 | 0.8443 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 6 | Lafayette College | 7800 | 91000 | 0.9138 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 7800 | 102300 | 0.9233 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 8 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 97600 | 0.9184 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9033 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9900 | 92500 | 0.8933 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 10000 | 63100 | 0.842 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 38600 | 0.7387 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4936 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 21 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11300 | 35700 | 0.683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11800 | 39000 | 0.6966 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 23 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 24 | University of California-San Diego | 12200 | 41600 | 0.7072 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 25 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12300 | 32800 | 0.6246 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 12700 | 32900 | 0.6137 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 28 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 42900 | 0.6782 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | University of South Florida | 14000 | 22400 | 0.3754 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 32 | University of Houston | 14100 | 21800 | 0.3531 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14200 | 60900 | 0.767 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 34 | Bucknell University | 14400 | 95700 | 0.85 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4441 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 37 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 38 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 40 | University of California-Riverside | 15100 | 66000 | 0.7716 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 42 | Stanford University | 15500 | 1932000 | 0.992 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 15500 | 73100 | 0.7876 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 44 | University of Maine | 15600 | 29300 | 0.4678 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 45 | University of Mississippi | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4184 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 46 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 47 | Austin Peay State University | 16100 | 31400 | 0.489 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 48 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 16200 | 24200 | 0.3312 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 49 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 50 | Kansas State University | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3742 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 51 | McNeese State University | 17000 | 27800 | 0.3888 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17100 | 24900 | 0.3129 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4198 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 53 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3375 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 55 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17700 | 31500 | 0.4382 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 55 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 57 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17800 | 44100 | 0.5967 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 57 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17800 | 44200 | 0.5979 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 57 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 60 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5048 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 61 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7976 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 61 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 28500 | 0.3632 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 65 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 65 | University of Rhode Island | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4337 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 67 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 70 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20600 | 60700 | 0.6606 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 70 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 76400 | 0.7308 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 70 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 73 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 75 | Rowan University | 21300 | 41300 | 0.4845 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 76 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 22000 | 27800 | 0.2084 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 77 | Florida State University | 22200 | 23000 | 0.0348 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 78 | University of Kansas | 22300 | 44400 | 0.4974 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 79 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 79 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 81 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 33400 | 0.3112 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 81 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 23000 | 53400 | 0.5697 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23600 | 34500 | 0.3162 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 84 | Marian University | 23800 | 59800 | 0.6016 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 85 | Lamar University | 24100 | 37700 | 0.3606 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 86 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 86 | University of Dayton | 24400 | 64400 | 0.6209 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 88 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 89 | Miami University-Oxford | 25100 | 28300 | 0.113 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 90 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 91 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 92 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 39400 | 0.3453 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 92 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 25800 | 28400 | 0.0903 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 94 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 95 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 96 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26600 | 28000 | 0.0499 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 97 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 98 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 99 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 100 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 38800 | 0.2886 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 101 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 102 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 102 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 104 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 104 | University of Toledo | 29000 | 32600 | 0.1093 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 106 | Clarkson University | 29100 | 78000 | 0.6271 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 106 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 106 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 33000 | 0.0938 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 110 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 31000 | 0.0291 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 111 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41600 | 0.2669 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78300 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 113 | Prairie View A & M University | 30900 | 39600 | 0.2196 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 114 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 115 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | Cleveland State University | 31800 | 32100 | 0.0094 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 118 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 120 | Villanova University | 32700 | 92900 | 0.6483 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 121 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 33900 | 35300 | 0.0407 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 122 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 39000 | 0.13 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 124 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34000 | 75200 | 0.548 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 125 | California Baptist University | 34200 | 69800 | 0.5098 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 126 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 127 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 128 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34800 | 59100 | 0.4109 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 129 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 129 | University of Illinois Chicago | 35000 | 51300 | 0.3177 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 131 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 132 | Colorado School of Mines | 36000 | 62900 | 0.4279 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 133 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 134 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 52500 | 0.2874 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 135 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 136 | Widener University | 37600 | 79400 | 0.5266 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 137 | Kettering University | 37800 | 98700 | 0.6173 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 138 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66700 | 0.4274 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 139 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 38800 | 44400 | 0.1254 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 140 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 141 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 142 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5339 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 143 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42200 | 63300 | 0.3334 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55300 | 0.2316 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 145 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 146 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 58500 | 0.2579 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 147 | University of New Haven | 45700 | 70700 | 0.3534 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 148 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 149 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 150 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 151 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 152 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49600 | 67600 | 0.2663 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 153 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 49800 | 85400 | 0.417 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 154 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50400 | 58900 | 0.1443 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 155 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 156 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 157 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 158 | University of California-Berkeley | 52400 | 76600 | 0.3159 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 159 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 160 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 161 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 161 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 164 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2211 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 165 | Michigan Technological University | 55600 | 55600 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 167 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 168 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 169 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 170 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.