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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Louisiana.
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 Louisiana.
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 | 4200 | 83400 | 0.9496 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 5200 | 93100 | 0.9446 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95800 | 0.9386 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6100 | 40700 | 0.8492 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 10 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 96700 | 0.9316 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 7700 | 102300 | 0.9248 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 12 | Lafayette College | 7800 | 91000 | 0.9138 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 13 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 98200 | 0.9189 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 16 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 8400 | 89100 | 0.9055 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 18 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 20 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 9700 | 36800 | 0.7359 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 21 | Rice University | 9900 | 92500 | 0.8933 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 21 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 63100 | 0.8436 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 23 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 24 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 25 | University of Chicago | 11900 | 100600 | 0.8821 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 27 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5322 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 42900 | 0.7038 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 30 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 31 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13700 | 38300 | 0.6417 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 34 | University of California-Riverside | 13800 | 36500 | 0.6215 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 34 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3843 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 36 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 27200 | 0.4883 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 37 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 60900 | 0.7687 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 38 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 39 | Bucknell University | 14500 | 95700 | 0.8489 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 40 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 41 | Stanford University | 15400 | 1932000 | 0.9921 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University | 15400 | 73100 | 0.789 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 43 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 44 | University of Kansas | 16000 | 34900 | 0.541 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 45 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16200 | 51300 | 0.684 | 14,294 | 1125 | 0.915 | |
| 46 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 47 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 41200 | 0.5905 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 47 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 27900 | 0.394 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 49 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17000 | 31000 | 0.453 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 51 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 52 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17500 | 31500 | 0.4445 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 54 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 55 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 44200 | 0.6002 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 55 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 57 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 36500 | 0.509 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 58 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 18100 | 58500 | 0.6902 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 58 | Northeastern University | 18100 | 90000 | 0.7987 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 60 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0.0015 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 61 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 62 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18700 | 28100 | 0.3341 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 63 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 63 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 18800 | 88500 | 0.7878 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 65 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 66 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 67 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 68 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 69 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 76400 | 0.7334 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 70 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 70 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 60700 | 0.6622 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 70 | University of Houston | 20500 | 21800 | 0.0596 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 73 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 40600 | 0.4864 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 74 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21700 | 33600 | 0.3539 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 75 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 75 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21800 | 27800 | 0.2156 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 77 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22400 | 80400 | 0.7211 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 78 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 78 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 80 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 82 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 83 | Marian University | 23700 | 59800 | 0.6033 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 84 | Lamar University | 23900 | 37700 | 0.3659 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 24100 | 34500 | 0.3017 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 86 | University of Dayton | 24300 | 64400 | 0.6224 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 88 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 89 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 89 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25700 | 32900 | 0.2207 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 91 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 91 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 25800 | 28400 | 0.0903 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 93 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28500 | 0.0899 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 94 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 95 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 96 | University of Mississippi | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 97 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 98 | California State University-Long Beach | 27500 | 38800 | 0.2912 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 98 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 100 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 101 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 102 | Clarkson University | 28900 | 78000 | 0.6296 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 102 | Cleveland State University | 28900 | 38600 | 0.2514 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 104 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 105 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 33000 | 0.0969 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 107 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 31000 | 0.0291 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 108 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 109 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41600 | 0.2669 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 110 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78300 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | The College of Wooster | 30600 | 82600 | 0.6301 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 112 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 112 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 114 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 115 | Prairie View A & M University | 30900 | 39600 | 0.2196 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 116 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 117 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 119 | Hendrix College | 31700 | 59900 | 0.4711 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 120 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 121 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 122 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 123 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 32900 | 72600 | 0.5465 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 124 | Rider University | 33000 | 60200 | 0.4518 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 125 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 49600 | 0.3264 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 126 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33900 | 75200 | 0.5493 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 126 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 39000 | 0.13 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 128 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 129 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 130 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4143 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 131 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 132 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34900 | 51300 | 0.3196 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 133 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 134 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 35200 | 38500 | 0.0857 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 135 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 136 | Colorado School of Mines | 36000 | 62900 | 0.4279 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 136 | Tennessee Technological University | 36000 | 38500 | 0.0666 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 139 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 140 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 141 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 142 | Rowan University | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3058 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 143 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 144 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 144 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 146 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 146 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 148 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37800 | 55500 | 0.3192 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 149 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66700 | 0.4304 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 150 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38200 | 53000 | 0.2793 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 151 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 152 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 153 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5362 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 154 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 156 | University of Maine | 40700 | 42800 | 0.0491 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 157 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 55300 | 0.2371 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 158 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 159 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 160 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 58500 | 0.2596 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 161 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0925 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 162 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 163 | University of New Haven | 45800 | 70700 | 0.352 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 164 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 165 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 166 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 49000 | 57000 | 0.1404 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 167 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 168 | University of California-San Diego | 49300 | 79600 | 0.3805 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 169 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49500 | 67600 | 0.2678 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 170 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 49900 | 85400 | 0.4159 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 171 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51100 | 64400 | 0.2065 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 172 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 174 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 175 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 176 | University of California-Berkeley | 52200 | 76600 | 0.3185 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 177 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 178 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 179 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 180 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 181 | Michigan Technological University | 55600 | 55600 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 182 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 183 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 184 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63200 | 65800 | 0.039 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | University of California-Davis | 67900 | 69900 | 0.0286 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 189 | University of California-Irvine | 71900 | 75000 | 0.0413 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.