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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 | 1,108 | 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 | 3700 | 82600 | 0.9552 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4800 | 40700 | 0.8811 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95100 | 0.9376 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 6200 | 93800 | 0.9341 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 96200 | 0.9195 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 13 | Bowdoin College | 8100 | 89900 | 0.9101 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 15 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 16 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 17 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 18 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 19 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 21 | University of Tulsa | 11300 | 62900 | 0.82 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 21 | Wellesley College | 11300 | 90300 | 0.8754 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 23 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11600 | 25700 | 0.548 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 26 | Tufts University | 12000 | 92100 | 0.8698 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12100 | 25000 | 0.5153 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 27 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12100 | 38800 | 0.6887 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 29 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 30 | Lamar University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4623 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 31 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5162 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 33 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 33 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12700 | 17900 | 0.2913 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12700 | 24700 | 0.4861 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 36 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 17100 | 0.2513 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 37 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 37 | University of Houston | 13600 | 22000 | 0.3811 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 40 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 13900 | 88900 | 0.844 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 41 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 25800 | 0.4582 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 42 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14300 | 36200 | 0.6049 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 44 | University of St Thomas | 14700 | 50900 | 0.7115 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 45 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 46 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 46 | Western Michigan University | 15200 | 26500 | 0.4268 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 48 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89100 | 0.8275 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 49 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3228 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 50 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 52 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 52 | University of California-Riverside | 15800 | 36500 | 0.5667 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 54 | University of Kansas | 15900 | 34900 | 0.5434 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 55 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 56 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 56 | Wayne State University | 16400 | 32900 | 0.5013 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 58 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 60 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 60 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16700 | 26300 | 0.3635 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 62 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 63 | California State University Maritime Academy | 17400 | 34000 | 0.4887 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 64 | Centre College | 17500 | 73000 | 0.7603 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4159 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 66 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 67 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 68 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 69 | University of Mississippi | 18600 | 45000 | 0.5871 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 70 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18700 | 30100 | 0.3793 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 71 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18800 | 31000 | 0.394 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 72 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 73 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19100 | 28200 | 0.3224 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 74 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 19300 | 35700 | 0.4596 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 75 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 76 | University of Arizona | 19500 | 30900 | 0.3695 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 77 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19700 | 32100 | 0.3861 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 78 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 75900 | 0.7395 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 79 | Youngstown State University | 19900 | 34000 | 0.4147 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 80 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 80 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 82 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 83 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 84 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 85 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 85 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 87 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 88 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 89 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 90 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 34500 | 0.3221 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 91 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23600 | 43300 | 0.4555 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 92 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3447 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 93 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 94 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.257 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 95 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25100 | 37900 | 0.3375 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 96 | Clarkson University | 25700 | 78000 | 0.6707 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 97 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5497 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 97 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0928 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 99 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 100 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3588 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 101 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5253 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 101 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.078 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 104 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1229 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 104 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 106 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 107 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 108 | Lincoln Memorial University | 28300 | 44900 | 0.3693 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 108 | Michigan Technological University | 28300 | 34700 | 0.1845 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 110 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 111 | University of Dayton | 28800 | 64200 | 0.5515 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 112 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 113 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 29200 | 33300 | 0.1246 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 114 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1383 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 115 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 116 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.2895 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 117 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30500 | 38500 | 0.2078 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 119 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30900 | 59100 | 0.4769 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 120 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 121 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 121 | University of Louisville | 31300 | 42000 | 0.2546 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 123 | Maine Maritime Academy | 31400 | 33400 | 0.06 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 123 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 125 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 31600 | 49500 | 0.362 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 126 | University of Rhode Island | 32700 | 44300 | 0.2616 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 127 | Hendrix College | 32900 | 59300 | 0.4449 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 129 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 130 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 130 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33700 | 41000 | 0.1782 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 132 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33800 | 36100 | 0.0637 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 133 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 134 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34400 | 70200 | 0.5103 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 136 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 137 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 138 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35900 | 56700 | 0.3666 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 139 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3578 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 140 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.396 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 140 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 142 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 143 | University of New Haven | 36700 | 67300 | 0.4545 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 145 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 49700 | 0.2514 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 146 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 147 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 148 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 149 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 150 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 151 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 152 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 40000 | 82800 | 0.5171 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 153 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 154 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40300 | 50000 | 0.1942 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 155 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 156 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41300 | 55200 | 0.2517 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 157 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 158 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 56200 | 0.2403 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 159 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 159 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 161 | Manhattan University | 43700 | 74100 | 0.4102 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 162 | University at Buffalo | 43900 | 46700 | 0.06 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 163 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 164 | University of California-San Diego | 45800 | 76000 | 0.3973 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 165 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86300 | 0.4656 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 166 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46800 | 57700 | 0.1879 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 167 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 168 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 169 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48100 | 48600 | 0.0103 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 170 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 170 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 172 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 172 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 174 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 175 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 176 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 177 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51500 | 52800 | 0.0246 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 178 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53000 | 61200 | 0.1332 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 180 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 181 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 182 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 183 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56500 | 0.0124 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 184 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 185 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0327 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 187 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 189 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 190 | University of California-Berkeley | 70700 | 76100 | 0.071 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 191 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75600 | 0.0463 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.