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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 |
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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 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
1 | University of Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3800 | 86800 | 0.9559 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
7 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
8 | University of Chicago | 5500 | 87200 | 0.9369 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
8 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,717 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
10 | Harvard University | 5900 | 86900 | 0.9325 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
10 | Johns Hopkins University | 5900 | 88600 | 0.9333 | 6,328 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
12 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,405 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
13 | Princeton University | 7200 | 81800 | 0.9118 | 5,811 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
14 | CUNY City College | 7400 | 31200 | 0.7629 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
15 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90300 | 0.9168 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
16 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
17 | Vanderbilt University | 8700 | 95000 | 0.9083 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
18 | Cornell University | 9400 | 92000 | 0.8975 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
18 | University of Notre Dame | 9400 | 86100 | 0.8907 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
20 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9700 | 94100 | 0.8972 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
21 | University of Pennsylvania | 10000 | 93000 | 0.8926 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
22 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 37800 | 0.7293 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
23 | Lafayette College | 10700 | 85800 | 0.8758 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
24 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 34000 | 0.6701 | 34,808 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
25 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
26 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12100 | 24400 | 0.5046 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
27 | Brigham Young University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.5755 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
27 | Northwestern University | 12300 | 87700 | 0.8598 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
27 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12300 | 37100 | 0.668 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
31 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13300 | 17900 | 0.2577 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
32 | Bowdoin College | 13400 | 89900 | 0.8512 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
32 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 24900 | 0.4611 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
34 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 17100 | 0.2104 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
35 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
37 | West Virginia University | 13800 | 23300 | 0.4077 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
38 | Case Western Reserve University | 13900 | 80400 | 0.8266 | 6,519 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
38 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13900 | 25600 | 0.4562 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
38 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 26400 | 0.4731 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
41 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
41 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14100 | 27700 | 0.491 | 7,556 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
43 | Centre College | 14200 | 69900 | 0.7965 | 1,337 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
43 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 28100 | 0.4946 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
45 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 25700 | 0.4391 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
46 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
47 | California State University-Long Beach | 15000 | 25800 | 0.4187 | 36,021 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
47 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15000 | 87300 | 0.8279 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
47 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8335 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
50 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
50 | New York University | 15200 | 91800 | 0.8342 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
52 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23100 | 0.3289 | 32,709 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
52 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 85700 | 0.8196 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
54 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 24800 | 0.3704 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
55 | Tufts University | 15700 | 92400 | 0.8305 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
56 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 16000 | 78300 | 0.7958 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
57 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16100 | 37100 | 0.5667 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
58 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3751 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
59 | University of Georgia | 16600 | 27100 | 0.3861 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
60 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16700 | 23100 | 0.2769 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
61 | University of Kansas | 17000 | 34900 | 0.5133 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
62 | University of South Alabama | 17100 | 22400 | 0.2371 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
63 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3673 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
63 | University of Louisville | 17200 | 29100 | 0.4093 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
65 | University of Maine | 17500 | 29000 | 0.3965 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
66 | University of Rhode Island | 17600 | 34400 | 0.4881 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
67 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3619 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
68 | Bucknell University | 17800 | 88400 | 0.7984 | 3,915 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
69 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
70 | McNeese State University | 18600 | 29200 | 0.3635 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
71 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 29900 | 0.371 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
71 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 76000 | 0.7526 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
73 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.395 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
73 | University of Mississippi | 19000 | 27000 | 0.2962 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
73 | Youngstown State University | 19000 | 29300 | 0.3511 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
76 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19100 | 31900 | 0.4007 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
77 | Iowa State University | 19300 | 24200 | 0.2016 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
77 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2824 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
79 | Brown University | 19400 | 93900 | 0.7932 | 7,909 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
79 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
81 | Cleveland State University | 19500 | 37300 | 0.4775 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
81 | Wayne State University | 19500 | 32300 | 0.3968 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
83 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19700 | 43700 | 0.5496 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
84 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19900 | 36200 | 0.4512 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
85 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 31200 | 0.3586 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
86 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20200 | 69400 | 0.7093 | 2,702 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
87 | University of California-Irvine | 20700 | 35300 | 0.4141 | 29,799 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
88 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,221 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
89 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 21900 | 29800 | 0.263 | 8,362 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
90 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 22100 | 26900 | 0.1796 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
91 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22400 | 30300 | 0.2605 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
92 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
92 | University of Rochester | 22900 | 93100 | 0.7542 | 6,554 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
92 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
95 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
96 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23200 | 71600 | 0.6762 | 3,105 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
96 | Tennessee Technological University | 23200 | 32600 | 0.2864 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
98 | University of Kentucky | 23300 | 36000 | 0.352 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
99 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23400 | 24500 | 0.0448 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
100 | Hendrix College | 23800 | 51900 | 0.5416 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
100 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 23800 | 32500 | 0.2672 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
102 | Tuskegee University | 24000 | 42100 | 0.4304 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
103 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
103 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 24100 | 39900 | 0.3961 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
105 | University of North Dakota | 24300 | 27700 | 0.1204 | 11,023 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
106 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24400 | 32200 | 0.2422 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
107 | Montana State University | 24600 | 31400 | 0.2165 | 14,913 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
108 | Dordt University | 24800 | 52300 | 0.5256 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
109 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
110 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25400 | 35700 | 0.2887 | 12,108 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
111 | University of Arizona | 26000 | 35200 | 0.2612 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
112 | Lamar University | 26100 | 37700 | 0.3074 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
113 | Trine University | 26200 | 56100 | 0.5321 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
114 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26300 | 40300 | 0.3472 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
115 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26500 | 83600 | 0.6833 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
116 | Rowan University | 26900 | 40500 | 0.3357 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
117 | Christian Brothers University | 27100 | 54600 | 0.5032 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
117 | University of Tulsa | 27100 | 62700 | 0.5681 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
119 | Villanova University | 27500 | 88800 | 0.6901 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
120 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
121 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
122 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 28100 | 55800 | 0.4965 | 22,672 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
123 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28200 | 31500 | 0.1048 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
124 | University of Iowa | 28300 | 31100 | 0.091 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
125 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 28600 | 38000 | 0.2476 | 5,376 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
126 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4576 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
127 | Colorado School of Mines | 28900 | 38100 | 0.2418 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
128 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29400 | 78100 | 0.6236 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
129 | Mississippi College | 29500 | 45400 | 0.349 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
130 | Lincoln Memorial University | 29600 | 44900 | 0.3404 | 1,662 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
131 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
132 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30100 | 31100 | 0.0322 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
132 | University of Toledo | 30100 | 42000 | 0.2819 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
134 | University of Houston | 30200 | 35200 | 0.1422 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
135 | Rider University | 30900 | 64300 | 0.5193 | 3,183 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
136 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 31700 | 39200 | 0.1916 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
137 | Hampton University | 31800 | 47000 | 0.3235 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
138 | Widener University | 32200 | 75300 | 0.5721 | 2,806 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
139 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
139 | University of Dayton | 32400 | 64100 | 0.4945 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
141 | Prairie View A & M University | 33700 | 39600 | 0.149 | 8,831 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
141 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 35100 | 0.0399 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
143 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
144 | California Baptist University | 34600 | 65200 | 0.4693 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
144 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34600 | 74600 | 0.5365 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
144 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34600 | 49600 | 0.3022 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
147 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,487 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
148 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35400 | 43500 | 0.1863 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
149 | Mississippi State University | 35600 | 50500 | 0.2939 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
150 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 36100 | 38700 | 0.0673 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36100 | 38900 | 0.0727 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
152 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36400 | 46700 | 0.2206 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
153 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36800 | 41600 | 0.116 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
154 | Benedictine College | 37900 | 50800 | 0.254 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
154 | University of New Haven | 37900 | 64900 | 0.4158 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
156 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38000 | 52900 | 0.2815 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
156 | University of Wyoming | 38000 | 43800 | 0.133 | 8,045 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
158 | Kettering University | 38300 | 66900 | 0.4275 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
159 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
160 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
161 | Stony Brook University | 39200 | 53000 | 0.2609 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
161 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39200 | 56700 | 0.3087 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
163 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
164 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,356 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
165 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 55100 | 0.2415 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
167 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42100 | 52900 | 0.2042 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
168 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,177 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
169 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
170 | University of California-Riverside | 42900 | 66400 | 0.3539 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
171 | University of Florida | 43000 | 45600 | 0.057 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
172 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 66400 | 0.344 | 3,663 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
173 | University of Delaware | 47000 | 53200 | 0.117 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
174 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,943 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
175 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
176 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47700 | 85700 | 0.4432 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
177 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
177 | Oregon State University | 48100 | 58900 | 0.1838 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
179 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 85800 | 0.4312 | 4,219 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
179 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 48800 | 57200 | 0.1473 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
182 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49700 | 52300 | 0.0497 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
183 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 49900 | 81000 | 0.3837 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
184 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50300 | 84200 | 0.4027 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
185 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50900 | 56300 | 0.0958 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
185 | University of Utah | 50900 | 53700 | 0.0527 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
187 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51600 | 56100 | 0.0808 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
188 | Howard University | 53300 | 61600 | 0.1348 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
189 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
190 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58100 | 60900 | 0.0465 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
191 | Clemson University | 58300 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
192 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
193 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.