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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 | Rice University | 5100 | 85000 | 0.9402 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 5700 | 82400 | 0.9305 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 10 | Austin Community College District | 8300 | 21500 | 0.6125 | 35,600 | 0 | 0.4666 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 9800 | 30000 | 0.6731 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11200 | 25100 | 0.5525 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 18 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 20 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13100 | 41800 | 0.6864 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 20 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 36900 | 0.6395 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 22 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 22 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57700 | 0.7693 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 25 | University of California-Riverside | 13400 | 36500 | 0.6324 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 26 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 27 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 28 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14100 | 17900 | 0.2129 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46200 | 0.6942 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14300 | 48200 | 0.704 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 31 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4862 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 33 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 33 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 35 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 36 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 37 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 38 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3096 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 38 | Wayne State University | 15800 | 32900 | 0.5195 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 41 | Lamar University | 16400 | 23000 | 0.2845 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 42 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 43 | University of Houston | 16600 | 23100 | 0.2815 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 45 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 46 | University of Kansas | 17000 | 37100 | 0.5403 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 47 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17400 | 25000 | 0.3028 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 49 | University of California-Berkeley | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5936 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 50 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 50 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 35200 | 0.4917 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 52 | University of St Thomas | 18100 | 50200 | 0.64 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 53 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18300 | 52500 | 0.6514 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 54 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 54 | Prairie View A & M University | 18500 | 39600 | 0.5326 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 46400 | 0.6008 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 57 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 58 | McNeese State University | 19000 | 32800 | 0.4213 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 59 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19100 | 30600 | 0.3758 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 60 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 61 | Tuskegee University | 19500 | 42100 | 0.5374 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 62 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 32500 | 0.3851 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 63 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 63 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75800 | 0.7325 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 65 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2583 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 66 | University of Tulsa | 20700 | 62900 | 0.6709 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 66 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 68 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3294 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 69 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21000 | 32800 | 0.3603 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 70 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21400 | 42600 | 0.4982 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 71 | Northwestern University | 21700 | 89500 | 0.7579 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 72 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 73 | Tufts University | 22200 | 98900 | 0.7752 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 74 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 76 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23300 | 40000 | 0.4174 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 77 | Montana State University | 23400 | 31500 | 0.2572 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 78 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 79 | Texas Tech University | 23700 | 28100 | 0.1562 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 80 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24300 | 44400 | 0.4514 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 81 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0794 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 82 | Miami University-Oxford | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1126 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 83 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52500 | 0.514 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 85 | Iowa State University | 25800 | 43300 | 0.4057 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 86 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 87 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26200 | 59900 | 0.5625 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 88 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 89 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2984 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 89 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 91 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 91 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 91 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1233 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 94 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3235 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 95 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 95 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 29500 | 0.0677 | 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 | |
| 99 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 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 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 103 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 104 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 105 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 106 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29400 | 82600 | 0.6443 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 107 | Kansas State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.2862 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 108 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.272 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 111 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 55400 | 0.4389 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 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 | |
| 115 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31800 | 59600 | 0.4661 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 116 | University of Dayton | 32100 | 64200 | 0.5001 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 117 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 118 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 119 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32400 | 75200 | 0.5693 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 120 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 121 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 123 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 124 | University of New Haven | 35700 | 67100 | 0.4681 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 125 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 126 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 127 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0554 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 128 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1233 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 129 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 130 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 131 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 131 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 131 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66500 | 0.4283 | 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 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 137 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 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 | 41800 | 47200 | 0.1143 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 141 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57700 | 0.265 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 142 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 143 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 143 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53400 | 0.1873 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 145 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 146 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 147 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44500 | 49300 | 0.0973 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 148 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 149 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 150 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 151 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 152 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 153 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 154 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 156 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4207 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 157 | University of California-San Diego | 49900 | 77100 | 0.3526 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 159 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 161 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 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 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 168 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.