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                                These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in California.
                                
                                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 California.
                                
                                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 | |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 1 | University of Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 6 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 8 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 9 | Harvard University | 5900 | 87200 | 0.9322 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 10 | Santa Monica College | 7000 | 15500 | 0.5492 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 7300 | 90300 | 0.919 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 12 | Princeton University | 7800 | 81800 | 0.9045 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 13 | Bowdoin College | 8600 | 89900 | 0.9046 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | CUNY City College | 8900 | 31200 | 0.7148 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 14 | Stanford University | 8900 | 71500 | 0.875 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 17 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 17 | Vanderbilt University | 9000 | 95000 | 0.9051 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins University | 9600 | 88600 | 0.8915 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 19 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 21 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 23 | Wellesley College | 11100 | 90900 | 0.8782 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 24 | University of California-San Diego | 11500 | 34100 | 0.6617 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 24 | University of Notre Dame | 11500 | 86100 | 0.8664 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 27 | Lafayette College | 12400 | 85800 | 0.856 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 27 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 29900 | 0.5852 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 31 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 29100 | 0.5197 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 34 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 34 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 31300 | 0.55 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14300 | 23600 | 0.3938 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3862 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8391 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 38 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14500 | 25600 | 0.4328 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 40 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14600 | 25200 | 0.4183 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 41 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8314 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 42 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 80400 | 0.8142 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 43 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 44 | University of California-Berkeley | 15600 | 43600 | 0.6424 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 45 | Centre College | 15700 | 70100 | 0.7763 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 46 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 47 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | University of California-Riverside | 16300 | 36500 | 0.5533 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 49 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16500 | 53100 | 0.6896 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 50 | Lamar University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2748 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16600 | 24900 | 0.3329 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 52 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 53 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 53 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17200 | 23100 | 0.2552 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 55 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3426 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 56 | Bucknell University | 17700 | 88400 | 0.7996 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 56 | University of Kansas | 17700 | 34900 | 0.4928 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 58 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 22400 | 0.2013 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 59 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 18000 | 24200 | 0.2567 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 60 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 60 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3423 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 62 | University of Maine | 18300 | 29000 | 0.3669 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 63 | McNeese State University | 18700 | 29200 | 0.36 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 65 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3397 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 66 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 66 | Youngstown State University | 19100 | 29300 | 0.3477 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 68 | University of Southern California | 19500 | 71400 | 0.7271 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 69 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 70 | Western Michigan University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 71 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 20300 | 31900 | 0.3631 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 73 | Brown University | 20400 | 93900 | 0.7825 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 73 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 43700 | 0.5336 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 75 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20600 | 69400 | 0.7036 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 76 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3322 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 76 | Tufts University | 20700 | 92400 | 0.7763 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 78 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 36200 | 0.4223 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 78 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 80 | University of California-Irvine | 21000 | 35300 | 0.4058 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 81 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 82 | Florida State University | 22800 | 25000 | 0.0881 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 83 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 83 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 85 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 86 | Michigan Technological University | 23100 | 34700 | 0.3345 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 87 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23400 | 71600 | 0.6734 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 88 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 24500 | 0.0407 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 89 | The University of Alabama | 23700 | 29900 | 0.2077 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 90 | New York University | 23900 | 91800 | 0.7395 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 91 | Hendrix College | 24000 | 51900 | 0.5378 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
| 92 | Montana State University | 24700 | 31400 | 0.2133 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 93 | Dordt University | 24900 | 52300 | 0.5237 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 93 | University of Rochester | 24900 | 93100 | 0.7328 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 95 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 40700 | 0.3855 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 95 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 25000 | 26900 | 0.0701 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 95 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 98 | University of Chicago | 25700 | 95000 | 0.7295 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 99 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25900 | 35700 | 0.2747 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 100 | Tuskegee University | 26000 | 42100 | 0.3828 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 101 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3028 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 102 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 26700 | 36700 | 0.2708 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 103 | California State University-Long Beach | 26800 | 38400 | 0.3025 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 103 | Trine University | 26800 | 56100 | 0.5224 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 105 | Lehigh University | 27200 | 85700 | 0.683 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 105 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 107 | University of Louisville | 27300 | 42200 | 0.3529 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 107 | University of Tulsa | 27300 | 62700 | 0.5649 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 109 | Cleveland State University | 27400 | 37300 | 0.2656 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 110 | Christian Brothers University | 27700 | 54600 | 0.4926 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 110 | Rowan University | 27700 | 40500 | 0.316 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 112 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 27900 | 55800 | 0.5001 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 112 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 27900 | 78300 | 0.6438 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 114 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 115 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 115 | University of Utah | 29100 | 32000 | 0.0902 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 117 | Clarkson University | 29200 | 78000 | 0.6258 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 118 | Clemson University | 29400 | 37100 | 0.207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 119 | Lincoln Memorial University | 29800 | 44900 | 0.336 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 120 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 121 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30000 | 41800 | 0.2824 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 122 | University of North Dakota | 30200 | 32500 | 0.0733 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 123 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 123 | University of Houston | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1365 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 125 | Mississippi College | 30500 | 45400 | 0.3282 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 126 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6057 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 126 | University of Rhode Island | 30800 | 46700 | 0.3405 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 128 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 129 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 130 | Rider University | 31100 | 64300 | 0.5162 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 130 | University of Toledo | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2594 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 132 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31200 | 36400 | 0.1427 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 133 | Auburn University | 31300 | 34400 | 0.0902 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 134 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 135 | Benedictine College | 32200 | 50800 | 0.3663 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 136 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 137 | University of Dayton | 32500 | 64100 | 0.493 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 137 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 139 | Prairie View A & M University | 33900 | 39600 | 0.144 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 37000 | 0.0847 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 141 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34700 | 49600 | 0.3002 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 141 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 143 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34800 | 74600 | 0.5338 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 144 | Tennessee Technological University | 35300 | 37100 | 0.0508 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 145 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 35500 | 35500 | 0 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 145 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 147 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3531 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 148 | Colorado School of Mines | 36500 | 59800 | 0.3899 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 149 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 150 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.0933 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 151 | University of New Haven | 38000 | 64900 | 0.4142 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 152 | Kettering University | 38300 | 66900 | 0.4275 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 152 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38300 | 44300 | 0.1354 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 154 | Wayne State University | 38900 | 45500 | 0.145 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 155 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 39000 | 43800 | 0.1114 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 157 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39500 | 52900 | 0.2532 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 158 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 57800 | 0.315 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 158 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39600 | 56700 | 0.3017 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 160 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 161 | Stony Brook University | 40100 | 53000 | 0.2431 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 162 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 163 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 164 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 165 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 55100 | 0.2379 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 54900 | 0.2352 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 168 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 169 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 170 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 42900 | 45200 | 0.0509 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 171 | University of Florida | 43600 | 45600 | 0.0438 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 172 | Florida Institute of Technology | 44500 | 66400 | 0.3298 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 173 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 174 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 175 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45900 | 48000 | 0.0437 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 176 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 176 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.114 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 178 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47800 | 49800 | 0.0402 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 179 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49500 | 56400 | 0.1222 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 180 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49800 | 52300 | 0.0478 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 181 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 50000 | 85800 | 0.4172 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 182 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 50700 | 85700 | 0.4082 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 183 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 184 | University of Iowa | 51300 | 53200 | 0.0354 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 185 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 186 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 187 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51800 | 56300 | 0.0799 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 188 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 54300 | 81000 | 0.3294 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 189 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 190 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57300 | 59200 | 0.0318 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 191 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 192 | Hawaii Pacific University | 59000 | 60900 | 0.031 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.