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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 | 1,063 | 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 | California Institute of Technology | 3400 | 90800 | 0.9626 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 3500 | 82600 | 0.9576 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | Stanford University | 3600 | 71800 | 0.9503 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 8 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4600 | 40700 | 0.886 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 10 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 11 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 7600 | 96200 | 0.9205 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 13 | Bakersfield College | 8000 | 22500 | 0.6454 | 30,746 | 0 | 0.7948 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 16 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 18 | Bowdoin College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8945 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 19 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 20 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 21 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 22 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 23 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 24 | Bucknell University | 11300 | 95700 | 0.8824 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 25 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11600 | 25200 | 0.5375 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 27 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 28 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 28 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38800 | 0.6912 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 30 | University of Chicago | 12100 | 95500 | 0.873 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 12100 | 28400 | 0.5746 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 32 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5216 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 34 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12500 | 17900 | 0.3025 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 35 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 36 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 37 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 14800 | 24900 | 0.4051 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 40 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 41 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 42 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3992 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 45 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5503 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 46 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 47 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 32900 | 0.5073 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 47 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16300 | 35700 | 0.5435 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 51 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 52 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 53 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17500 | 34100 | 0.488 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 53 | Prairie View A & M University | 17500 | 25400 | 0.3111 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 55 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 56 | University of California-Berkeley | 17800 | 43600 | 0.5926 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 57 | Texas Tech University | 17900 | 27100 | 0.34 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 17900 | 28600 | 0.3739 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 59 | Youngstown State University | 18100 | 34000 | 0.4677 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 60 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 61 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18500 | 29900 | 0.3805 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 62 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4005 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 63 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 64 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 27400 | 0.3138 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 65 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 66 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 67 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 68 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19200 | 31900 | 0.3987 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 69 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 29100 | 0.3299 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 70 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 71 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 72 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 73 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 74 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 75 | Louisiana Tech University | 20900 | 26100 | 0.1994 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 75 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 77 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 78 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 79 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 81 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 82 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 82 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 82 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 85 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 87 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 88 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3476 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 89 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23900 | 40500 | 0.4099 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 90 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 27500 | 0.1274 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 91 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 92 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 92 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 94 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 95 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 24800 | 32800 | 0.2438 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 96 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 97 | University of Dayton | 25100 | 64200 | 0.6091 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 98 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 99 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 99 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 101 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 101 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 41500 | 0.3684 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 103 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 105 | Clarkson University | 26500 | 78000 | 0.6604 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 105 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 105 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0828 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 105 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 109 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 110 | Michigan Technological University | 27000 | 34700 | 0.222 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 111 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 112 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 112 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27400 | 32700 | 0.1618 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 112 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 115 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 116 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 117 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28700 | 33400 | 0.1409 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 117 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 119 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34000 | 0.1442 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 121 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 122 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30100 | 39200 | 0.2324 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 123 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30200 | 59100 | 0.4887 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 124 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 30500 | 39900 | 0.2357 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 125 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30600 | 38500 | 0.2052 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 125 | Lamar University | 30600 | 38300 | 0.2012 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 125 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 128 | California Baptist University | 30700 | 64800 | 0.5254 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 128 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 130 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 131 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 132 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 133 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31300 | 45100 | 0.306 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 134 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 135 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 136 | Hendrix College | 32300 | 59300 | 0.455 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 137 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32500 | 49500 | 0.3438 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 139 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 140 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 141 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 141 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.1864 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 143 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 144 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34100 | 70200 | 0.5146 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 145 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 146 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 147 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53100 | 0.3144 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 148 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 149 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | Kettering University | 37600 | 71800 | 0.4763 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 152 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 153 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 154 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 155 | University of Maine | 39200 | 45200 | 0.1328 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 156 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 157 | University of Illinois Chicago | 39800 | 50600 | 0.2135 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 158 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40000 | 53600 | 0.2539 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 158 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 160 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 48500 | 0.1731 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 161 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 162 | University of New Haven | 40900 | 67300 | 0.3921 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 163 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 164 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 56200 | 0.2403 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 165 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 166 | Widener University | 43300 | 79400 | 0.4548 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 167 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 168 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 169 | University of California-Riverside | 45100 | 66000 | 0.3168 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 170 | University of California-San Diego | 45300 | 77200 | 0.4132 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 171 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 172 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 173 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2294 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 175 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 176 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 177 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 178 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 178 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 83600 | 0.3958 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 180 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52000 | 52800 | 0.0151 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 181 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 182 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 183 | Howard University | 54800 | 66500 | 0.176 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 184 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 185 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 189 | University of California-Irvine | 68900 | 75600 | 0.0886 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.