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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 | 3000 | 93000 | 0.9675 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 3500 | 83400 | 0.958 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 7 | Stanford University | 3600 | 1932100 | 0.9982 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 3600 | 93100 | 0.9618 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 10 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 12 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 96700 | 0.9316 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 7200 | 89100 | 0.919 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 15 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 94200 | 0.9183 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 15 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 98200 | 0.922 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 17 | Bakersfield College | 8000 | 22500 | 0.6454 | 30,746 | 0 | 0.7948 | |
| 17 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 19 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 20 | Lamar University | 8700 | 22900 | 0.6193 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 21 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 22 | University of Tulsa | 9500 | 63100 | 0.85 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 23 | Rice University | 9600 | 92500 | 0.8965 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 24 | University of California-Berkeley | 9900 | 44500 | 0.778 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 25 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 26 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 27 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 41600 | 0.7315 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 27 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11200 | 30200 | 0.63 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 29 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11300 | 35700 | 0.683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11700 | 25200 | 0.5336 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 30 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 91000 | 0.871 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 32 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech University | 11900 | 42900 | 0.7225 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | University of Chicago | 11900 | 100600 | 0.8821 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 36 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12600 | 17900 | 0.2969 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 37 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 22400 | 0.429 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 38 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 38 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 43000 | 0.6979 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 40 | University of Georgia | 13200 | 27200 | 0.514 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13400 | 60900 | 0.7802 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 42 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13700 | 25600 | 0.464 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 43 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 44 | Western Michigan University | 14000 | 26500 | 0.4721 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 45 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 45 | University of California-Riverside | 14400 | 36500 | 0.6053 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 47 | Bucknell University | 14600 | 95700 | 0.8479 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 47 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6342 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 49 | University of Maine | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4952 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 51 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 52 | University of Southern California | 15200 | 71400 | 0.7874 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 54 | Kansas State University | 15600 | 26400 | 0.41 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 55 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 15900 | 41200 | 0.6148 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 56 | McNeese State University | 16100 | 27800 | 0.4212 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16200 | 24900 | 0.3489 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 58 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16300 | 31500 | 0.4826 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 58 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 60 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16600 | 26300 | 0.3679 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 61 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16900 | 44200 | 0.6183 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 62 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 63 | University of Kentucky | 17100 | 36500 | 0.5315 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 64 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17200 | 44100 | 0.6103 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 65 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17400 | 58400 | 0.7012 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 65 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 67 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17500 | 28100 | 0.3768 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 68 | Northeastern University | 17600 | 90000 | 0.8043 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 68 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 70 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 71 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 72 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18300 | 30500 | 0.3997 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 73 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18600 | 29900 | 0.3797 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 74 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18700 | 54000 | 0.6534 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 75 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 76 | University of Houston | 19400 | 28400 | 0.3173 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 77 | University of Rhode Island | 19500 | 47400 | 0.5887 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 78 | Rowan University | 19600 | 41300 | 0.5257 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 79 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19800 | 40600 | 0.5134 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 80 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 81 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20200 | 60700 | 0.6672 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 82 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 83 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21000 | 33600 | 0.3747 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 84 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21400 | 80400 | 0.7335 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 85 | University of Kansas | 21500 | 44400 | 0.5154 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 86 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 87 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 88 | The University of Alabama | 22300 | 33400 | 0.3322 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 88 | Tufts University | 22300 | 99000 | 0.7749 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 90 | California Baptist University | 22500 | 65400 | 0.6564 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 90 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 92 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 93 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 94 | Marian University | 23200 | 59800 | 0.6116 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 95 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23500 | 40500 | 0.4198 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 96 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 23900 | 44400 | 0.4611 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 96 | University of Dayton | 23900 | 64400 | 0.6286 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 98 | Montana State University | 24400 | 31600 | 0.2281 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 99 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 99 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 101 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 39400 | 0.3656 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 102 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 103 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 104 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 25800 | 28400 | 0.0903 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25800 | 28000 | 0.0784 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 106 | Dordt University | 25900 | 52500 | 0.5064 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.362 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | California State University-Long Beach | 26100 | 38800 | 0.3272 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 109 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 109 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 44700 | 0.4087 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 111 | Michigan Technological University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2245 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 112 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31300 | 0.1362 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 113 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 114 | Clarkson University | 27600 | 78000 | 0.6463 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 115 | Wayne State University | 27900 | 46800 | 0.4041 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 116 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28300 | 34400 | 0.1772 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 117 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 118 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 45200 | 0.3663 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 119 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 119 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 36200 | 0.2045 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 119 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 122 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34200 | 0.149 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 123 | Cleveland State University | 29400 | 38600 | 0.2385 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 124 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29700 | 78300 | 0.6208 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 125 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 126 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 127 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 128 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 128 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 83100 | 0.6299 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 130 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31000 | 59400 | 0.4781 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 131 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 132 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 134 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 134 | Villanova University | 31800 | 92900 | 0.658 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 136 | Hendrix College | 31900 | 59900 | 0.4678 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 138 | Rider University | 32000 | 60200 | 0.4685 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 138 | University of Louisville | 32000 | 42100 | 0.2396 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 140 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 140 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 142 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 143 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 144 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33100 | 72600 | 0.5437 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 145 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 146 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 147 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 34700 | 38500 | 0.0987 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 147 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 149 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 41000 | 0.1391 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 150 | University of South Alabama | 35600 | 40200 | 0.1145 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 151 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 152 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 153 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 154 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 154 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 156 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 52500 | 0.2798 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 157 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 158 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 159 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 160 | University of Mississippi | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1194 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 161 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 162 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 163 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 58500 | 0.2733 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 164 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 63300 | 0.3271 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 165 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 166 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 167 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 168 | University of New Haven | 46200 | 70700 | 0.3464 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 169 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62400 | 0.2427 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 170 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 171 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 172 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 172 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 172 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49200 | 67600 | 0.2722 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 175 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49300 | 64400 | 0.2344 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 176 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 85400 | 0.4124 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 177 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 178 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 179 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 180 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 52900 | 53300 | 0.0075 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 181 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 181 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 183 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 184 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 185 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 186 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 187 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 188 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63200 | 65800 | 0.039 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 189 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69900 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.