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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Kentucky.
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 Kentucky.
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 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 4000 | 82600 | 0.9516 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95800 | 0.9381 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 6500 | 93800 | 0.9309 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96200 | 0.9185 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 12 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 14 | Bowdoin College | 8100 | 89900 | 0.9101 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 18 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 19 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 20 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 20 | Wellesley College | 9800 | 91300 | 0.8928 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 22 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 23 | University of Tulsa | 11400 | 62900 | 0.8184 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 24 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 39700 | 0.7052 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 26 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 27 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4688 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 27 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12400 | 24900 | 0.5012 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12400 | 25000 | 0.5033 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 31 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 32 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 33 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2801 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13000 | 24700 | 0.474 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 35 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 37 | University of Houston | 13900 | 22000 | 0.3675 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 38 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 25800 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 39 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 39 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14500 | 36200 | 0.5994 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 41 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 42 | Northern Kentucky University | 14700 | 25900 | 0.4338 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 43 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 44 | University of St Thomas | 15100 | 50900 | 0.7036 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 45 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 45 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 45 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 38000 | 0.6003 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 48 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 50 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 51 | Western Michigan University | 15900 | 32500 | 0.5114 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 52 | University of California-Riverside | 16000 | 36500 | 0.5612 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 53 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 54 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 54 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 32900 | 0.4982 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 56 | 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 Massachusetts-Lowell | 16800 | 35700 | 0.5295 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 59 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3521 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 60 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 61 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 62 | Centre College | 18000 | 70200 | 0.744 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 63 | California State University Maritime Academy | 18100 | 48400 | 0.6263 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 64 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18200 | 39000 | 0.5345 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 66 | Texas Tech University | 18400 | 27100 | 0.3216 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 66 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4589 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 68 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 69 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19000 | 30100 | 0.3693 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 70 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 28200 | 0.3154 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 71 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 71 | University of South Alabama | 19400 | 22400 | 0.1342 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 73 | University of Mississippi | 19500 | 27000 | 0.2777 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 74 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19600 | 29900 | 0.3458 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 75 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 76 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 76 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 20000 | 32100 | 0.3768 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 78 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75900 | 0.7356 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 79 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20300 | 29300 | 0.3067 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 81 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 82 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 83 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 84 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 25300 | 0.1503 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 85 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 86 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 87 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 88 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 89 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 31000 | 0.2675 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 90 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 91 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 91 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 93 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 94 | Miami University-Oxford | 24400 | 27500 | 0.1129 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 94 | University of Kansas | 24400 | 43000 | 0.4336 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 97 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 97 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24800 | 40500 | 0.3877 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 99 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.257 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 100 | Clarkson University | 25600 | 78000 | 0.672 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 100 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0776 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 102 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5497 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 102 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0928 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 104 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 104 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 106 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5253 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 106 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48800 | 0.4551 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 108 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38100 | 0.2888 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 109 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 109 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1229 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 111 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 112 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 113 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 113 | Syracuse University | 28200 | 83100 | 0.6604 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 115 | Lincoln Memorial University | 28600 | 44900 | 0.3627 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 115 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 117 | University of Dayton | 28900 | 64200 | 0.5499 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 117 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 119 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0691 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 120 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2141 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 120 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 29200 | 33300 | 0.1246 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 120 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 31800 | 0.0817 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 124 | Montana State University | 29600 | 31900 | 0.072 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 125 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.2895 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 126 | University of Louisville | 30400 | 42000 | 0.276 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 127 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 127 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.2721 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 129 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30600 | 38500 | 0.2052 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 130 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 131 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4735 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 132 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 133 | Lamar University | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1829 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 133 | Rider University | 31300 | 60600 | 0.4832 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 135 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 136 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 31900 | 49500 | 0.3559 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 137 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 139 | Hendrix College | 32800 | 59300 | 0.4466 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 140 | Prairie View A & M University | 32900 | 39600 | 0.1691 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 141 | University of Rhode Island | 33000 | 46400 | 0.2886 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 142 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 142 | Cleveland State University | 33500 | 37300 | 0.1019 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 144 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 145 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34100 | 75200 | 0.5467 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 146 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34300 | 70200 | 0.5117 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 147 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 148 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36100 | 56700 | 0.3631 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 148 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 36100 | 51000 | 0.2921 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 150 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3578 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 151 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.396 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 152 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36600 | 47500 | 0.2296 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 153 | University of New Haven | 36800 | 67300 | 0.453 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 153 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 155 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 156 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 156 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 158 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 159 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39200 | 44400 | 0.116 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 160 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 161 | University of Maine | 40000 | 45200 | 0.1151 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 162 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 163 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40400 | 50000 | 0.1922 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 163 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 165 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41000 | 53600 | 0.2352 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 166 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 167 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53600 | 0.196 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 168 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 168 | Manhattan University | 43600 | 74100 | 0.4115 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 168 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 171 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 172 | University of Kentucky | 45700 | 58000 | 0.2128 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 173 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 174 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47100 | 49800 | 0.0542 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 175 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 176 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47300 | 57700 | 0.1805 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 177 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 177 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 179 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 180 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 181 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 181 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 183 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 83600 | 0.397 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 184 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51700 | 52800 | 0.0208 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 185 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 186 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 187 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 188 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 189 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0327 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 189 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 191 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 192 | University of California-Berkeley | 70900 | 76100 | 0.0684 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.