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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | 4200 | 83400 | 0.9496 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | Bellevue College | 5200 | 5200 | 0.0006 | 12,485 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 7 | Washington University in St Louis | 7700 | 102300 | 0.9248 | 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 | 98200 | 0.9189 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 8400 | 89100 | 0.9055 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 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 | |
| 15 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 63100 | 0.8436 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 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 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 91000 | 0.871 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 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 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12000 | 32800 | 0.6338 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 25 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5322 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 27 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 28 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13500 | 43000 | 0.686 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 42900 | 0.6805 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 31 | University of California-Riverside | 13800 | 36500 | 0.6215 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 32 | University of Houston | 13900 | 21800 | 0.3623 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 60900 | 0.7687 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 34 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14300 | 25600 | 0.4406 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 36 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5361 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 38 | Bucknell University | 14500 | 95700 | 0.8489 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 39 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 39 | Western Michigan University | 14800 | 26500 | 0.4419 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 41 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 43 | Stanford University | 15400 | 1932000 | 0.9921 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 44 | University of Maine | 15500 | 29300 | 0.4713 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 45 | University of Mississippi | 15600 | 27000 | 0.4221 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 46 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 47 | Kansas State University | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3798 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 48 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 25800 | 0.345 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 48 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3924 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 50 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 26500 | 0.3561 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 52 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 44200 | 0.6002 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 53 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 55 | Northeastern University | 18100 | 90000 | 0.7987 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 28500 | 0.3667 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 58 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 60 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 61 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 61 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 63 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 76400 | 0.7334 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 64 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 60700 | 0.6622 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 64 | University of Rhode Island | 20500 | 47400 | 0.5676 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 66 | Rowan University | 21000 | 41300 | 0.4918 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 66 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 68 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 69 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 69 | University of Kansas | 22200 | 44400 | 0.4997 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 71 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 73 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 33400 | 0.3142 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 73 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22900 | 53400 | 0.5716 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 75 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23500 | 36100 | 0.3487 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 76 | Marian University | 23700 | 59800 | 0.6033 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 77 | Lamar University | 23900 | 37700 | 0.3659 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 78 | Central Washington University | 24000 | 27900 | 0.14 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 79 | University of Dayton | 24300 | 64400 | 0.6224 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 80 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 81 | Montana State University | 24900 | 31600 | 0.2123 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 82 | University of South Florida | 25200 | 36500 | 0.3093 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 83 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 83 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25700 | 39400 | 0.3479 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 83 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25700 | 32900 | 0.2207 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 86 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 87 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 88 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26500 | 28000 | 0.0535 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 40600 | 0.3374 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 90 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27100 | 32700 | 0.1702 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 91 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 92 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 93 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 94 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 95 | Clarkson University | 28900 | 78000 | 0.6296 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 95 | Cleveland State University | 28900 | 38600 | 0.2514 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 34200 | 0.1285 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 98 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 99 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78300 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 100 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 101 | Prairie View A & M University | 30900 | 39600 | 0.2196 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 102 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 103 | Michigan Technological University | 31200 | 34700 | 0.1008 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 104 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 105 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 106 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 107 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 108 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 108 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 110 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 110 | University of Louisville | 32700 | 42100 | 0.223 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 112 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 59400 | 0.4478 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 113 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 114 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33900 | 75200 | 0.5493 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 114 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 39000 | 0.13 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 116 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 117 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 118 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34900 | 51300 | 0.3196 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 119 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 35200 | 38500 | 0.0857 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 120 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 121 | Colorado School of Mines | 36000 | 62900 | 0.4279 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 121 | Texas Tech University | 36000 | 41000 | 0.122 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 123 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 124 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 125 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 126 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 126 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 126 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 129 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 129 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 131 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 131 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37800 | 55500 | 0.3192 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 133 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66700 | 0.4304 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 134 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 135 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5362 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 135 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 137 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 138 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 55300 | 0.2371 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 139 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 140 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 141 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 142 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 143 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 58500 | 0.2596 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 144 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 145 | University of New Haven | 45800 | 70700 | 0.352 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 146 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 147 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 148 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 149 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 150 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 151 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 152 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 59900 | 0.1848 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 153 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 49000 | 57000 | 0.1404 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 154 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 155 | University of California-San Diego | 49300 | 79600 | 0.3805 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 156 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49500 | 67600 | 0.2678 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 157 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 49900 | 85400 | 0.4159 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 158 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50200 | 58900 | 0.1477 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 159 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 160 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 161 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 162 | University of California-Berkeley | 52200 | 76600 | 0.3185 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 163 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 164 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 166 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.221 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 167 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 168 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 169 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 170 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61200 | 66900 | 0.0852 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.