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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83400 | 0.952 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 4800 | 93100 | 0.9489 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95900 | 0.9386 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 9 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 96700 | 0.9316 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 10 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 7400 | 102300 | 0.9278 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 12 | Lafayette College | 7800 | 91000 | 0.9138 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 13 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.9162 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98200 | 0.9199 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 15 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 8000 | 89100 | 0.91 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 17 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 18 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve University | 8700 | 92800 | 0.9059 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 21 | Lamar University | 9300 | 22900 | 0.5932 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 22 | Rice University | 9800 | 92500 | 0.8944 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 22 | University of Tulsa | 9800 | 63100 | 0.8452 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 25 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 26 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11300 | 35700 | 0.683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 27 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 41600 | 0.7192 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 27 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11700 | 30200 | 0.6134 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 29 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11800 | 39000 | 0.6966 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 30 | University of Chicago | 11900 | 100600 | 0.8821 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech University | 12400 | 42900 | 0.7108 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 34 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12500 | 24900 | 0.4972 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 35 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 36 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 37 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13100 | 17900 | 0.2689 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 38 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13300 | 43000 | 0.6907 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 39 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 40 | University of California-Riverside | 13600 | 36500 | 0.627 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13800 | 60900 | 0.7736 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 42 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 43 | Bucknell University | 14500 | 95700 | 0.8489 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 44 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 45 | Stanford University | 15000 | 1932000 | 0.9923 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 46 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 47 | University of Maine | 15200 | 29300 | 0.4815 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 49 | University of Mississippi | 15300 | 27000 | 0.4332 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 50 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23000 | 0.3177 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 51 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 15900 | 24200 | 0.3436 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 52 | Kansas State University | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 52 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 54 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 55 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4032 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16600 | 24900 | 0.3329 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 57 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16700 | 41200 | 0.5953 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 58 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17000 | 31500 | 0.4604 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 58 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 58 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3527 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 61 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 61 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17400 | 44200 | 0.607 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 64 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17600 | 44100 | 0.6012 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 65 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 65 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 67 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17900 | 58500 | 0.6937 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 67 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 69 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.7999 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 70 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18200 | 28100 | 0.3519 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 73 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18600 | 30500 | 0.3899 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 74 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 74 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 77 | University of Houston | 20100 | 28400 | 0.2926 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 77 | University of Rhode Island | 20100 | 47400 | 0.5761 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 77 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76400 | 0.7373 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 80 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 81 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 81 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 83 | Rowan University | 20500 | 41300 | 0.5039 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 83 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20500 | 40600 | 0.4962 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 83 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20500 | 26100 | 0.2142 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 86 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 87 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 88 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 89 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21500 | 33600 | 0.3598 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 90 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 91 | University of Kansas | 22000 | 44400 | 0.5042 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 92 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 93 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 94 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 33400 | 0.3202 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 94 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 96 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 22800 | 28400 | 0.196 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 97 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 98 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23200 | 36100 | 0.357 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 99 | Marian University | 23500 | 59800 | 0.6066 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 100 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23800 | 34500 | 0.3104 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 101 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24100 | 60700 | 0.6029 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 102 | University of Dayton | 24200 | 64400 | 0.624 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 103 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 104 | University of South Florida | 24800 | 36500 | 0.3202 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 105 | University at Buffalo | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 106 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 107 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 108 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 109 | Dordt University | 26100 | 51400 | 0.4932 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 109 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 111 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 112 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 44700 | 0.3997 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 113 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31300 | 0.1362 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 114 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 115 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 116 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 117 | Clarkson University | 28400 | 78000 | 0.6361 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 118 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 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 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 122 | University of Toledo | 29000 | 32600 | 0.1093 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 124 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 125 | Michigan Technological University | 29600 | 34700 | 0.1468 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 126 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 128 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78300 | 0.6131 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 129 | The College of Wooster | 30600 | 82600 | 0.6301 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 130 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 131 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 132 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 134 | Hendrix College | 31800 | 59900 | 0.4694 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 135 | Villanova University | 32300 | 92900 | 0.6526 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 136 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 137 | University of Louisville | 32500 | 42100 | 0.2278 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 138 | Rider University | 32700 | 60200 | 0.4568 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 139 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33000 | 72600 | 0.5451 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 140 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33600 | 75200 | 0.5533 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34000 | 34100 | 0.0029 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 142 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 143 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 144 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 144 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 146 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 146 | Texas Tech University | 35800 | 41000 | 0.1269 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 148 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 149 | Tennessee Technological University | 36000 | 38500 | 0.0666 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 150 | University of South Alabama | 36200 | 40200 | 0.0996 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 151 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 152 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 153 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 153 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 155 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38300 | 53000 | 0.2775 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 156 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 38800 | 44400 | 0.1254 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 157 | Drexel University | 39800 | 86400 | 0.5397 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 158 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 159 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 40200 | 86300 | 0.5342 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 160 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 55300 | 0.2461 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 161 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 162 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 163 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 58500 | 0.2648 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 164 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 165 | University of New Haven | 45900 | 70700 | 0.3506 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 166 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 167 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 48500 | 59900 | 0.1896 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 169 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 170 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49400 | 67600 | 0.2693 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 171 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50000 | 85400 | 0.4147 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50500 | 64400 | 0.2158 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 173 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 174 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 175 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 176 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 177 | University of California-Berkeley | 51900 | 76600 | 0.3224 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 178 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 179 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 179 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 181 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 182 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63600 | 0.0834 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 183 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 184 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 186 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63200 | 65800 | 0.039 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 187 | University of California-Davis | 68000 | 69900 | 0.0272 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.