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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 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 2 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University | 7200 | 88600 | 0.9186 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90300 | 0.9112 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | CUNY City College | 8600 | 31200 | 0.7245 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 8600 | 81800 | 0.8947 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 9000 | 95000 | 0.9051 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 9300 | 30100 | 0.6898 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11300 | 34300 | 0.6702 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 16 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 19 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 21 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38500 | 0.657 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13400 | 24400 | 0.4513 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 23 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 24 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 24 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14000 | 23600 | 0.4065 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 29100 | 0.52 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 28 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 24800 | 0.428 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 14300 | 23600 | 0.3946 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 32 | Case Western Reserve University | 14600 | 80400 | 0.8179 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 32 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4466 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 34 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 23400 | 0.3661 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 36 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4158 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 37 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 38 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 39 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 40 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 41 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 42 | Northeastern University | 17000 | 89900 | 0.8112 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 43 | Carnegie Mellon University | 17200 | 87300 | 0.8027 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 43 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 43 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3464 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 46 | University of Kansas | 17600 | 34900 | 0.4954 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 47 | Bucknell University | 17700 | 88400 | 0.7996 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 48 | Tufts University | 17800 | 92400 | 0.8077 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 48 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3563 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | University of Maine | 17900 | 29000 | 0.3831 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 51 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 18100 | 24200 | 0.2526 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 52 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 53 | Prairie View A & M University | 18600 | 25400 | 0.2678 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 54 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3036 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 55 | McNeese State University | 19200 | 29200 | 0.3429 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 19200 | 29900 | 0.3576 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 55 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 58 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 59 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 60 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 61 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 62 | University of Wyoming | 20000 | 26700 | 0.2497 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 63 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 64 | Lehigh University | 20200 | 85700 | 0.7647 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 64 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 64 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 67 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20600 | 38100 | 0.4588 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 68 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20700 | 30000 | 0.3105 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 69 | Marshall University | 21000 | 36300 | 0.4218 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 69 | Western Michigan University | 21000 | 32300 | 0.3499 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 71 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 72 | University of Florida | 22300 | 44000 | 0.4937 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 73 | Florida State University | 22600 | 23100 | 0.0216 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 74 | University of California-Irvine | 22800 | 35300 | 0.3545 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 75 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 76 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 77 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 33600 | 0.3037 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 78 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 79 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23700 | 28300 | 0.1627 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 80 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24000 | 24500 | 0.0204 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 80 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 24000 | 29800 | 0.1931 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 82 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 83 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 27200 | 0.1064 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 84 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 24400 | 71600 | 0.6595 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 85 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0771 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 86 | University of Rochester | 25000 | 93100 | 0.7317 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 87 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25100 | 32200 | 0.2204 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 87 | Tuskegee University | 25100 | 42100 | 0.4042 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 87 | University of North Dakota | 25100 | 27700 | 0.0931 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 90 | Montana State University | 25200 | 31400 | 0.1974 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 91 | Dordt University | 25400 | 52300 | 0.5142 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 92 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 92 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25800 | 35700 | 0.2775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 94 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5488 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 95 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5258 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 96 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 96 | University of Arizona | 26900 | 35200 | 0.2356 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 98 | Lamar University | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2809 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 99 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 100 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28100 | 31000 | 0.0937 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 101 | University of Tulsa | 28200 | 62700 | 0.5505 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 103 | California State University-Long Beach | 28300 | 38400 | 0.2634 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 104 | University of Louisville | 28500 | 29100 | 0.0206 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 106 | Clarkson University | 28800 | 78000 | 0.6309 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 107 | Colorado School of Mines | 28900 | 38100 | 0.2418 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 108 | Michigan Technological University | 29000 | 34700 | 0.1643 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 109 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29200 | 55800 | 0.4768 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 110 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2121 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 111 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 113 | University of South Alabama | 30500 | 35000 | 0.1286 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.6083 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2639 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 116 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41100 | 0.2314 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 117 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32000 | 36400 | 0.1207 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 118 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 120 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 121 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 122 | University of Dayton | 33100 | 64100 | 0.4836 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 123 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 123 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 125 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34700 | 74600 | 0.5351 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 126 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 127 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 128 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35500 | 49600 | 0.2841 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 129 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3565 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 130 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 130 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0539 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 132 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 132 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37500 | 46700 | 0.197 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 135 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 41800 | 0.0981 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 136 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 62000 | 0.3872 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 137 | Kettering University | 38500 | 66900 | 0.4246 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 137 | University of New Haven | 38500 | 64900 | 0.4065 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 139 | Wayne State University | 39700 | 45500 | 0.1274 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 140 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 141 | University of California-San Diego | 40900 | 61100 | 0.3307 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 142 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 142 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 41200 | 56700 | 0.2734 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 144 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54900 | 0.2169 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 146 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 52900 | 0.1853 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 147 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68600 | 0.3656 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 148 | University of California-Riverside | 43900 | 66400 | 0.3388 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 149 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 44000 | 50300 | 0.1253 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 151 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 152 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48500 | 85700 | 0.4339 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 153 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49100 | 85800 | 0.4277 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 154 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 81000 | 0.3776 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 155 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50500 | 52300 | 0.0344 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 156 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 156 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 158 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 159 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 160 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0386 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 161 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 162 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52900 | 56100 | 0.0566 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 163 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 164 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 165 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 166 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 167 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.