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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 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 4100 | 82600 | 0.9504 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7800 | 90000 | 0.9138 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96200 | 0.9185 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8300 | 91800 | 0.9096 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 14 | Bowdoin College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8945 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 18 | Bucknell University | 11200 | 95700 | 0.8834 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | University of Tulsa | 11500 | 62900 | 0.8169 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 21 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 22 | University of California-San Diego | 11800 | 39700 | 0.7026 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 22 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11800 | 29100 | 0.595 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 24 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 25 | University of Chicago | 12100 | 95500 | 0.873 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 26 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 27 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13100 | 17900 | 0.2689 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 28 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 17100 | 0.222 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 14100 | 22000 | 0.3584 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 33 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 34 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 34 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 36 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 37 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 37 | Western Michigan University | 15500 | 26500 | 0.4155 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 39 | Florida State University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.3141 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 40 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 41 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 42 | Arkansas State University | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4105 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 42 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 44 | University of Maine | 16800 | 29300 | 0.4269 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 46 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3498 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 49 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17700 | 34000 | 0.4799 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 49 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 51 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18100 | 35300 | 0.4869 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 53 | University of Mississippi | 18200 | 27000 | 0.3258 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 54 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18400 | 39000 | 0.5279 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 55 | Texas Tech University | 18500 | 27100 | 0.3179 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 55 | Youngstown State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4559 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 57 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 58 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 27800 | 0.3166 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 58 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3876 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 60 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 61 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 62 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 64 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 64 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75900 | 0.7329 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 66 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 67 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 68 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 25300 | 0.1464 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 69 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 69 | Tufts University | 21800 | 98900 | 0.7793 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 71 | Montana State University | 22400 | 27100 | 0.1732 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 71 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 73 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 74 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 76 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 78 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 79 | University of Kansas | 24300 | 43000 | 0.4345 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 80 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 81 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25000 | 37900 | 0.3401 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 82 | University of Dayton | 25400 | 64200 | 0.6045 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 83 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 83 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 85 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0806 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 85 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 87 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 88 | Clarkson University | 26300 | 78000 | 0.663 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 88 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 90 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 91 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4523 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 92 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 93 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3468 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 95 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 96 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 97 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 98 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 99 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 99 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 101 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 101 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1439 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 103 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 104 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 31800 | 0.0911 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 105 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 106 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 107 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 108 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82600 | 0.628 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 108 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 110 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 111 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 112 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31000 | 38500 | 0.1949 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 112 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 58500 | 0.4698 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 112 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 112 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 31000 | 39900 | 0.2231 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 116 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 117 | Rider University | 31300 | 60600 | 0.4832 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 117 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31300 | 59100 | 0.4701 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 119 | Hendrix College | 31400 | 55500 | 0.4342 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 119 | Lamar University | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1803 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 119 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 123 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41200 | 0.2308 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 124 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 126 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 127 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 128 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 129 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 130 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33900 | 70200 | 0.5174 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 131 | University of Rhode Island | 34500 | 46400 | 0.2563 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 133 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35600 | 56700 | 0.3719 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 135 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 136 | Colorado School of Mines | 36100 | 60100 | 0.3993 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 138 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 139 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 140 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 141 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 141 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 143 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 144 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 145 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 146 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 147 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1192 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 148 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 149 | California Baptist University | 39900 | 65600 | 0.3917 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 149 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39900 | 50000 | 0.2022 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 151 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 152 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 153 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40500 | 50600 | 0.1996 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 154 | Wayne State University | 40600 | 46200 | 0.1212 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 155 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40900 | 48500 | 0.1566 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 156 | University of New Haven | 41200 | 67300 | 0.3876 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 157 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41400 | 53600 | 0.2277 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 158 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 159 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42100 | 55200 | 0.2372 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 160 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53600 | 0.1942 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 160 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 162 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 162 | University at Buffalo | 43400 | 46700 | 0.0707 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 164 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 165 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 166 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47500 | 57700 | 0.1764 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 167 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 168 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 169 | University of California-Riverside | 49400 | 66000 | 0.2517 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 170 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 171 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 172 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 173 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 83600 | 0.3994 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 174 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 175 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 176 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 177 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52500 | 52800 | 0.0057 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 178 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 179 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 180 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 181 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 182 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 183 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 183 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 185 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 186 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 187 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 188 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69800 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 189 | University of California-Berkeley | 71000 | 76100 | 0.067 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.