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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in West Virginia.
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 West Virginia.
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 | 91800 | 0.9709 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4200 | 83400 | 0.9497 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 5200 | 93100 | 0.9446 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6100 | 50600 | 0.8789 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 112400 | 0.9316 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98000 | 0.9194 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 93000 | 0.9142 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 117400 | 0.9284 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | 8500 | 86900 | 0.9027 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 112200 | 0.9209 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9800 | 92600 | 0.8939 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 82000 | 0.879 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 18 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 19 | Marshall University | 11400 | 27800 | 0.5896 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 20 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 45200 | 0.7348 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 21 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95000 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 22 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5216 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 23 | Wayne State University | 12600 | 32900 | 0.6167 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 24 | Lamar University | 12900 | 22900 | 0.4361 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 25 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 27 | University of California-Riverside | 13800 | 118100 | 0.8829 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 28 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 43500 | 0.6712 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14400 | 36200 | 0.6024 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 32 | Bucknell University | 14600 | 92800 | 0.8424 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 33 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 92100 | 0.8358 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 33 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6547 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15500 | 24900 | 0.377 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 36 | Stanford University | 15700 | 1865100 | 0.9916 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 38 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 39 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 39 | University of Kansas | 16400 | 34900 | 0.5302 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 41 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16800 | 62800 | 0.7322 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 42 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 33300 | 0.4926 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 42 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3924 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 44 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 39900 | 0.5725 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 45 | Kansas State University | 17200 | 26400 | 0.3485 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 46 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 48 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5936 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 48 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 51 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7978 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 52 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 40600 | 0.5487 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 53 | Texas Tech University | 18600 | 27100 | 0.3135 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 56 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 57 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 58 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 76200 | 0.7322 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 30500 | 0.3274 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 59 | University of Rhode Island | 20500 | 81200 | 0.7475 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 61 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 62 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 25500 | 0.1844 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 63 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21400 | 47800 | 0.5524 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 64 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 64 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 64 | University of Houston | 21800 | 21800 | 0 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 67 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21900 | 28300 | 0.2264 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 68 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 69 | Tufts University | 22400 | 120000 | 0.813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 70 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 70 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 72 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3777 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22900 | 29600 | 0.2263 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 74 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23600 | 26900 | 0.1227 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 75 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23700 | 32900 | 0.2792 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 76 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23800 | 34500 | 0.3104 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 77 | University of Dayton | 24300 | 94000 | 0.7415 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 78 | Montana State University | 24900 | 73500 | 0.6614 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 79 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 80 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 80 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 82 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0806 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 83 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 84 | Clarkson University | 26300 | 78000 | 0.663 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 85 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 85 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26500 | 28000 | 0.0535 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 87 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2985 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas | 27100 | 52400 | 0.4831 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 88 | West Virginia University | 27100 | 51100 | 0.4699 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 90 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 91 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 92 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 93 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 93 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 95 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 96 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 97 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 97 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30100 | 59100 | 0.4904 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 99 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39400 | 0.2209 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 99 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 101 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 101 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78200 | 0.6058 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 103 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 104 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 105 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31600 | 38500 | 0.1793 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 106 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31800 | 36700 | 0.1334 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 106 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 109 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32500 | 44100 | 0.2632 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 109 | Villanova University | 32500 | 114000 | 0.715 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 111 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 112 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 69700 | 0.529 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 113 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 32900 | 72600 | 0.5465 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 114 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 115 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 116 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 117 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 118 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 59600 | 0.3928 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 118 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 120 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 121 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 121 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 123 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 124 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 124 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 126 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 127 | Manhattan University | 38500 | 73700 | 0.4776 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 128 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 129 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 130 | Drexel University | 40100 | 107600 | 0.6271 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 131 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 132 | University of Mississippi | 40400 | 60300 | 0.3299 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 133 | University of Maine | 40700 | 56000 | 0.2734 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 134 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41300 | 51300 | 0.1949 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 135 | University at Buffalo | 41700 | 46400 | 0.1014 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 136 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 58900 | 0.2835 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 137 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57200 | 0.2587 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 138 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 139 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 139 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3685 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 141 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 43900 | 83400 | 0.4735 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 142 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 143 | University of New Haven | 46000 | 107200 | 0.5709 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 144 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 145 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47600 | 53300 | 0.1069 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 146 | University of Delaware | 48100 | 62000 | 0.2245 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 147 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 148 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 49100 | 65300 | 0.2481 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 149 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 150 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58800 | 0.1547 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 151 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 152 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 95600 | 0.4751 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 153 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 154 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51300 | 72700 | 0.2943 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 155 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 156 | University of Kentucky | 51700 | 74100 | 0.3024 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 157 | University of California-Berkeley | 52200 | 98700 | 0.4711 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 158 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 159 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 162 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 164 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 165 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 57900 | 59900 | 0.0334 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 165 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 169 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59700 | 64800 | 0.0787 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 170 | Howard University | 60000 | 67300 | 0.1084 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 171 | Michigan Technological University | 60400 | 76100 | 0.2063 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 172 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63400 | 65000 | 0.0246 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 173 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 90000 | 0.2432 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.