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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Arkansas.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Chemical degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Arkansas.
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 Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 4 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 91300 | 0.9356 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins University | 7000 | 88600 | 0.9209 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 8 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90300 | 0.9112 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 11 | Princeton University | 8400 | 81800 | 0.8972 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 8800 | 95000 | 0.9072 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 13 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 9200 | 30100 | 0.6927 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 15 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 16 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11600 | 34300 | 0.6614 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 20 | University of Pennsylvania | 11800 | 93000 | 0.8733 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 21 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 23 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95000 | 0.8706 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 25 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 24400 | 0.4677 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 29 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 30 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 14100 | 24800 | 0.4321 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | Bowdoin College | 14200 | 89900 | 0.8423 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 32 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 32 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14200 | 17900 | 0.2073 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 35 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14400 | 25600 | 0.4367 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 36 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 26400 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 37 | Case Western Reserve University | 14600 | 80400 | 0.8179 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14700 | 23600 | 0.3769 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 39 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 39 | University of Houston | 14800 | 23600 | 0.3734 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 41 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43500 | 0.655 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 42 | California State University-Long Beach | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3877 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 42 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 44 | University of Florida | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2826 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 45 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 46 | University of Arizona | 16500 | 30900 | 0.4668 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 47 | Northeastern University | 16700 | 89900 | 0.8146 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 48 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 49 | University of Kansas | 16900 | 34900 | 0.5155 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 50 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3963 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 50 | Carnegie Mellon University | 17000 | 87300 | 0.805 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 50 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17000 | 23100 | 0.2639 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 53 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 54 | University of Georgia | 17200 | 27100 | 0.3631 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 55 | Tufts University | 17500 | 92400 | 0.811 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 56 | Bucknell University | 17700 | 88400 | 0.7996 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 57 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 58 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18000 | 33600 | 0.4639 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 59 | Centre College | 18100 | 70100 | 0.742 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 60 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 61 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18500 | 78300 | 0.7638 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 62 | Prairie View A & M University | 18600 | 25400 | 0.2678 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 63 | University of Louisville | 18700 | 29100 | 0.3577 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 64 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3036 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 65 | University of California-Irvine | 18900 | 35300 | 0.4651 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 66 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 29900 | 0.3643 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 66 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 27800 | 0.316 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 68 | McNeese State University | 19100 | 29200 | 0.3463 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 69 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 70 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 71 | Youngstown State University | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3341 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 72 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19600 | 31000 | 0.3674 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 72 | Wayne State University | 19600 | 32300 | 0.3937 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 74 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 75 | University of Wyoming | 20000 | 26700 | 0.2497 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 76 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5382 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 78 | Lehigh University | 20700 | 85700 | 0.7589 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 78 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 38100 | 0.4562 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 80 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 23300 | 0.1073 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 81 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20900 | 69400 | 0.6992 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 81 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 81 | Western Michigan University | 20900 | 32300 | 0.353 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 84 | Montana State University | 21200 | 27100 | 0.2174 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 85 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 85 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21300 | 30300 | 0.2967 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 85 | University of Rochester | 21300 | 93100 | 0.7714 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 88 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 89 | Florida State University | 22600 | 23100 | 0.0216 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 91 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 92 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 23700 | 29800 | 0.2039 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 93 | Hendrix College | 23800 | 50600 | 0.5296 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
| 93 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23800 | 28300 | 0.1592 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 95 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23900 | 24500 | 0.0244 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 96 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 24200 | 71600 | 0.6623 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 97 | University at Buffalo | 24300 | 34000 | 0.2853 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 98 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 24600 | 39900 | 0.3836 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 99 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27200 | 0.0917 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 100 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 101 | Tuskegee University | 25100 | 42100 | 0.4042 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 102 | Dordt University | 25300 | 52300 | 0.5161 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 103 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25700 | 35700 | 0.2803 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 104 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 105 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5488 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 106 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5258 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 107 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 108 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27100 | 40300 | 0.3274 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 109 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27500 | 31600 | 0.129 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 109 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 111 | University of Tulsa | 28000 | 62700 | 0.5537 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 113 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28100 | 31000 | 0.0937 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 114 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 115 | Clarkson University | 28800 | 78000 | 0.6309 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 115 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 117 | Colorado School of Mines | 28900 | 38100 | 0.2418 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 117 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2138 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 119 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0667 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 120 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29100 | 55800 | 0.4786 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 121 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29400 | 38000 | 0.2266 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 122 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33200 | 0.1086 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 123 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 124 | University of North Dakota | 30000 | 32500 | 0.0791 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 125 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30200 | 44900 | 0.3271 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 126 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30300 | 33400 | 0.0929 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 126 | Mississippi College | 30300 | 45400 | 0.3324 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 126 | University of South Alabama | 30300 | 35000 | 0.1343 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 129 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.6083 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 130 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30800 | 33100 | 0.0695 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 131 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2639 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 132 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 133 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 134 | University of Rhode Island | 31700 | 46700 | 0.3212 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 135 | Rider University | 31900 | 64300 | 0.5037 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 136 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 136 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 138 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 32300 | 39500 | 0.1825 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 139 | California State University Maritime Academy | 32400 | 53200 | 0.3909 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 140 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 141 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32700 | 38500 | 0.1507 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 142 | University of Dayton | 33000 | 64100 | 0.4852 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 143 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 35100 | 0.0285 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 144 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 145 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34700 | 74600 | 0.5351 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 147 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 148 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 149 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35800 | 43500 | 0.1771 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 150 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3565 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 151 | University of Maine | 36300 | 45100 | 0.1952 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 152 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 152 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0539 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 154 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 155 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37400 | 46700 | 0.1992 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 156 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 156 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 158 | Kettering University | 38500 | 66900 | 0.4246 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 158 | University of New Haven | 38500 | 64900 | 0.4065 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 160 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 160 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 163 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 164 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 165 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 166 | University of California-San Diego | 40700 | 61100 | 0.334 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 167 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40900 | 56700 | 0.2787 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 168 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 169 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 170 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 171 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43100 | 52100 | 0.1727 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 173 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 174 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68600 | 0.3656 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 175 | University of California-Riverside | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3403 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 176 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48500 | 85700 | 0.4339 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 177 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49100 | 85800 | 0.4277 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 178 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50300 | 56400 | 0.1081 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 179 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 81000 | 0.3776 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 180 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 181 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 182 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51300 | 56300 | 0.0887 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 183 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0386 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 184 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 185 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 186 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0857 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 187 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56900 | 58900 | 0.0352 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 188 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 189 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58800 | 60900 | 0.0341 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 190 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 191 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.