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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 3300 | 89500 | 0.9631 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 3800 | 83400 | 0.9544 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 4400 | 93100 | 0.9532 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5400 | 40700 | 0.8664 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 9 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95100 | 0.9376 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 10 | Northeastern University | 6400 | 89100 | 0.9286 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 11 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 96700 | 0.9316 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6600 | 98000 | 0.9329 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 7600 | 89100 | 0.9145 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 15 | Lafayette College | 7800 | 91000 | 0.9138 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 15 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 94200 | 0.9173 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 15 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 98200 | 0.921 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 18 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 19 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 21 | Rice University | 9700 | 92500 | 0.8954 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 21 | University of Tulsa | 9700 | 63100 | 0.8468 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 23 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 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 Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4936 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 27 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10800 | 32800 | 0.6703 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 28 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 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 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5322 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 32 | Tufts University | 12100 | 92100 | 0.8687 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 34 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12200 | 24900 | 0.5092 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 35 | Wayne State University | 12300 | 32900 | 0.6258 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 37 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12800 | 17900 | 0.2857 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 38 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 43000 | 0.6976 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 39 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 42900 | 0.6945 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 39 | University of Houston | 13100 | 21800 | 0.399 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 41 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 13200 | 35700 | 0.6299 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 42 | University of California-Riverside | 13400 | 36500 | 0.6324 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 43 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13600 | 60900 | 0.7769 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 44 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 45 | Bucknell University | 14500 | 95700 | 0.8489 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 46 | Stanford University | 14700 | 1932000 | 0.9924 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 47 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 47 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 73100 | 0.7972 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 50 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 51 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 15800 | 24200 | 0.3478 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 51 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4005 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 53 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 16100 | 89500 | 0.8198 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 54 | McNeese State University | 16400 | 27800 | 0.4104 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 54 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16400 | 26500 | 0.3822 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16400 | 24900 | 0.3409 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 57 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16500 | 41200 | 0.6002 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 58 | California State University-Long Beach | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3567 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 59 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3603 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 60 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 22400 | 0.246 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 61 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 62 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17100 | 44200 | 0.6138 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 63 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17400 | 44100 | 0.6057 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 63 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 65 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 66 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17600 | 58500 | 0.6988 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 66 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 68 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 69 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 70 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 71 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 72 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 73 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 74 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 44300 | 0.5525 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 74 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 76400 | 0.7413 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 76 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 40600 | 0.5061 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 77 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 77 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 80 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 81 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 82 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21200 | 33600 | 0.3688 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 83 | University of Kansas | 21700 | 44400 | 0.5109 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 84 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 84 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 33400 | 0.3262 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 86 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 87 | Lamar University | 23300 | 37700 | 0.3818 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 88 | Marian University | 23400 | 59800 | 0.6083 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23600 | 34500 | 0.3162 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 90 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24000 | 60700 | 0.6046 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 90 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38600 | 0.3769 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 92 | University of Dayton | 24100 | 64400 | 0.6255 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 93 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 94 | University of South Florida | 24500 | 36500 | 0.3284 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 95 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25300 | 39400 | 0.358 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 96 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 97 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 25800 | 28400 | 0.0903 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 98 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 99 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 100 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 101 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 44700 | 0.4042 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 102 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31300 | 0.1362 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 103 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 104 | Clarkson University | 28000 | 78000 | 0.6412 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 107 | University of Toledo | 29000 | 32600 | 0.1093 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 109 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 34200 | 0.1431 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 111 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 112 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 113 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30000 | 78300 | 0.6169 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 115 | The College of Wooster | 30600 | 82600 | 0.6301 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 116 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 117 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 118 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 119 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 119 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 121 | Hendrix College | 31800 | 59900 | 0.4694 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 122 | Villanova University | 32000 | 92900 | 0.6558 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 123 | University of Louisville | 32200 | 42100 | 0.2349 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 124 | Rider University | 32300 | 60200 | 0.4635 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 125 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 126 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59400 | 0.4461 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 127 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33100 | 72600 | 0.5437 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 128 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33400 | 75200 | 0.556 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 129 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34100 | 34100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 130 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 130 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34300 | 51300 | 0.3313 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 132 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 133 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 133 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 135 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 136 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 41000 | 0.1342 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 137 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 138 | Colorado School of Mines | 36000 | 62900 | 0.4279 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 138 | Tennessee Technological University | 36000 | 38500 | 0.0666 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 141 | Rowan University | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3226 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 142 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 143 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66700 | 0.4409 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 143 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 145 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 146 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 146 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 146 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 149 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38300 | 53000 | 0.2775 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 150 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 39400 | 84400 | 0.5324 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 151 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5431 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 152 | University of Mississippi | 40000 | 45200 | 0.115 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 153 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 154 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 155 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41200 | 55300 | 0.2552 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 156 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 157 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 158 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 159 | University of New Haven | 46000 | 70700 | 0.3492 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 160 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 161 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 161 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62400 | 0.2385 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 163 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 164 | University of Kentucky | 48300 | 59900 | 0.1938 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 165 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 166 | University of California-San Diego | 48700 | 79600 | 0.388 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 167 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 167 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 169 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49300 | 58900 | 0.163 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 170 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 171 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 172 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 173 | University of California-Berkeley | 51600 | 76600 | 0.3263 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 174 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 175 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 176 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53100 | 53300 | 0.0037 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 177 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 178 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 179 | Michigan Technological University | 55600 | 55600 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 180 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 181 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 182 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 183 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58800 | 62100 | 0.0531 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 184 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 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 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61400 | 66900 | 0.0823 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 188 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63200 | 65800 | 0.039 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.