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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | Princeton University | 4200 | 82600 | 0.9492 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Rice University | 5800 | 85000 | 0.9319 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | 7400 | 91800 | 0.9194 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96200 | 0.9174 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 15 | San Jacinto Community College | 10700 | 14300 | 0.2516 | 31,812 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 18 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 19 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 20 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 39700 | 0.6976 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 20 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38800 | 0.6912 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 22 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5212 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 24 | Lamar University | 12800 | 23000 | 0.4413 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 25100 | 0.4809 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 26 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13400 | 24700 | 0.4577 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 29 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4513 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 30 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 31 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 15000 | 29900 | 0.5005 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 32 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 32 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 34 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 35 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3988 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 36 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 36 | Western Michigan University | 15700 | 26500 | 0.4079 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 38 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3097 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 38 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15900 | 25000 | 0.3628 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 41 | University of California-Riverside | 16200 | 36500 | 0.5558 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 42 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 43 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 44 | University of Houston | 16900 | 22000 | 0.2315 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 46 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 17100 | 35700 | 0.5211 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 46 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 48 | Prairie View A & M University | 17300 | 25400 | 0.3193 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 48 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3418 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 50 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28700 | 0.3678 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 52 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18300 | 35300 | 0.4813 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 53 | Youngstown State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.453 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 54 | University of California-Berkeley | 18800 | 43500 | 0.5683 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 55 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 56 | Tuskegee University | 19300 | 42100 | 0.5422 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 57 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3083 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 58 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 59 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 59 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 61 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 61 | University of Arizona | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3566 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 61 | University of South Alabama | 19900 | 22400 | 0.1118 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 64 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 64 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 66 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 67 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75900 | 0.7316 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 68 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20600 | 31900 | 0.3548 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 69 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 70 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 70 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 72 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 73 | Texas Tech University | 22100 | 27200 | 0.1903 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 74 | University of St Thomas | 22200 | 50200 | 0.5582 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 75 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 76 | Montana State University | 22500 | 27100 | 0.1695 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 78 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 79 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3485 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 80 | University of Kansas | 24500 | 43000 | 0.4297 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 81 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24600 | 26900 | 0.0848 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 82 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2609 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 83 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25100 | 30600 | 0.1797 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0823 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 85 | Clarkson University | 25500 | 78000 | 0.6732 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 86 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5512 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 87 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 88 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5276 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 89 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48700 | 0.4542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 90 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 45200 | 0.4067 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 91 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31100 | 0.128 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 92 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 93 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 94 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 95 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 29400 | 0.0612 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 96 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 97 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 97 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 99 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1025 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 100 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2152 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 101 | University of Dayton | 29000 | 64200 | 0.5484 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 102 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 103 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29200 | 83600 | 0.6505 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 104 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 42000 | 0.2926 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 106 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 107 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30800 | 38500 | 0.2001 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 107 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.166 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 109 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 110 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0824 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 55700 | 0.442 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 111 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 31100 | 39900 | 0.2206 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 113 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 115 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 116 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 117 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 118 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 119 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 120 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34000 | 75200 | 0.548 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 122 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 60100 | 0.3977 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 122 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 124 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36700 | 47500 | 0.2275 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 124 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 124 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0586 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 127 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 127 | University of New Haven | 37100 | 67300 | 0.4485 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 129 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 129 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 131 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 132 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 133 | University of Maine | 40200 | 45200 | 0.1107 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 134 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 135 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40500 | 44100 | 0.0817 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 136 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 137 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 138 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 139 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 140 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 55200 | 0.2354 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 141 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 142 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 142 | Widener University | 43400 | 79400 | 0.4535 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 144 | Manhattan University | 43500 | 74100 | 0.4129 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 145 | University at Buffalo | 44100 | 46700 | 0.0557 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 146 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45600 | 50600 | 0.0988 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 147 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 148 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 149 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 150 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48400 | 91400 | 0.4706 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 151 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 154 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 155 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 156 | University of Iowa | 50900 | 53200 | 0.0429 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 157 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51900 | 52800 | 0.017 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 158 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 159 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 161 | Howard University | 55200 | 66500 | 0.17 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 162 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 163 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 166 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.