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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 | 1,108 | 1334 | 0.2244 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 1 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 0 | 36100 | 1 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | 3400 | 90800 | 0.9626 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 3500 | 82600 | 0.9576 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 7 | Stanford University | 3500 | 71800 | 0.9517 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 9 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4600 | 40700 | 0.886 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 11 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 12 | Swarthmore College | 5800 | 93800 | 0.9383 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 13 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 14 | Vanderbilt University | 7600 | 96200 | 0.9205 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 15 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 16 | Bowdoin College | 8100 | 89900 | 0.9101 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 17 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 18 | Wellesley College | 8600 | 91300 | 0.906 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 19 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 21 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 22 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 23 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 24 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 25 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 26 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 27 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 29100 | 0.6225 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 28 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 28 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 30 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 30 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11700 | 25000 | 0.5312 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 33 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11900 | 25200 | 0.5256 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 33 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 35 | Lamar University | 12000 | 22900 | 0.4754 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 36 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 38 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 38 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12500 | 17900 | 0.3025 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 38 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 41 | University of Houston | 13200 | 22000 | 0.3993 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 42 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14200 | 36200 | 0.6077 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 44 | University of St Thomas | 14400 | 50900 | 0.7174 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 45 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 46 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 47 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 48 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 48 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 48 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 32500 | 0.5268 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 51 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 53 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 32900 | 0.5073 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 54 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 55 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 57 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 58 | University of California-Riverside | 17000 | 36500 | 0.5341 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 59 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 60 | California State University Maritime Academy | 17300 | 48400 | 0.6428 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 61 | Centre College | 17500 | 73000 | 0.7603 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 61 | Prairie View A & M University | 17500 | 25400 | 0.3111 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 61 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17500 | 35300 | 0.5039 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4126 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 65 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 66 | Texas Tech University | 17900 | 27100 | 0.34 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 66 | University of California-Berkeley | 17900 | 43600 | 0.5903 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 68 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 69 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45000 | 0.5849 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 69 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 69 | University of South Alabama | 18700 | 22400 | 0.1655 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 72 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 27400 | 0.3138 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 73 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 74 | University of Arizona | 19300 | 30900 | 0.376 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 75 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 76 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 77 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 78 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 79 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20100 | 29300 | 0.3135 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 80 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 80 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 82 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 83 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 84 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 84 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 86 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 87 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 88 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 89 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 90 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 91 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 92 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 93 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 94 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 94 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 96 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 97 | University of Kansas | 23900 | 43000 | 0.4452 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 98 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24300 | 44400 | 0.4518 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 99 | Clarkson University | 25700 | 78000 | 0.6707 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 100 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5497 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 101 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 102 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 103 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 28900 | 0.0849 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 104 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1256 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 104 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5253 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 106 | Michigan Technological University | 27000 | 34700 | 0.222 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 107 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 108 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1229 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 108 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27500 | 32800 | 0.1602 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 108 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 111 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 112 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 113 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 114 | Lincoln Memorial University | 28000 | 44900 | 0.376 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 115 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 116 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28600 | 32700 | 0.1269 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 117 | University of Dayton | 28700 | 64200 | 0.5531 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 118 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 119 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 120 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 121 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30200 | 59100 | 0.4887 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 122 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30300 | 41200 | 0.2649 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 122 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 124 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 125 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 126 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 127 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0785 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 129 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 130 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 131 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 132 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 133 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 134 | Hendrix College | 33000 | 59300 | 0.4432 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 135 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 135 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.186 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 137 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 139 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 140 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 34400 | 35900 | 0.0418 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 141 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34500 | 70200 | 0.5089 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 142 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35500 | 56700 | 0.3739 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 143 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35700 | 56700 | 0.3701 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 144 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1298 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 144 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3578 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 146 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 147 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0558 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 148 | University of New Haven | 36500 | 67300 | 0.4574 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | Kettering University | 37400 | 71800 | 0.479 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 152 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 153 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53100 | 0.2711 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 154 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 155 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 156 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 157 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40100 | 44100 | 0.0907 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 158 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40200 | 50000 | 0.1962 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 159 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40800 | 55200 | 0.2608 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 160 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 161 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 162 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 162 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 164 | Manhattan University | 43800 | 74100 | 0.4088 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 164 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 166 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 166 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44900 | 50600 | 0.1127 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 168 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 169 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46400 | 57700 | 0.1953 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 170 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 171 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 172 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0482 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 173 | University of Delaware | 48000 | 61300 | 0.2171 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 174 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48200 | 48600 | 0.0082 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 175 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1531 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 178 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 179 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 180 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 83600 | 0.3946 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 181 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 182 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51300 | 52800 | 0.0284 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 183 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 184 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 185 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 186 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 187 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 188 | Howard University | 59900 | 66500 | 0.0993 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 189 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 190 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0327 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 190 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 192 | University of California-Irvine | 68900 | 75600 | 0.0886 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.