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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 | 1,081 | 1294 | 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 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 5200 | 82400 | 0.9365 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 90400 | 0.9345 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 6200 | 93800 | 0.9341 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 11 | Bowdoin College | 6900 | 89900 | 0.9235 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 7800 | 92900 | 0.9162 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96500 | 0.9194 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 18 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10300 | 25000 | 0.5872 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame | 10500 | 86200 | 0.8787 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 21 | University of California-San Diego | 11100 | 39700 | 0.7203 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 22 | Wellesley College | 11300 | 90300 | 0.8754 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 23 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 24 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 24 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 11900 | 43000 | 0.7232 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 24 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11900 | 41800 | 0.7151 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 27 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 28 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 30 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5156 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 31 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 54500 | 0.7688 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 31 | Northeastern University | 12600 | 89100 | 0.8589 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 31 | Tufts University | 12600 | 92100 | 0.8633 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 12700 | 57700 | 0.7797 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 35 | University of California-Riverside | 12900 | 36500 | 0.6461 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 36 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13100 | 28000 | 0.5327 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 38 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 39 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13600 | 17900 | 0.2409 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 39 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13600 | 25700 | 0.4702 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 39 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13800 | 48200 | 0.7143 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 43 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 45 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 36900 | 0.6151 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 46 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 47 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 48 | Bucknell University | 14800 | 94800 | 0.8437 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 49 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15100 | 37900 | 0.6011 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 49 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 51 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 52 | Wayne State University | 15300 | 32900 | 0.5347 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 53 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 54 | Lamar University | 16100 | 22900 | 0.2966 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 55 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 55 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 57 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 58 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16400 | 23100 | 0.29 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 59 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 60 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 32800 | 0.4945 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 61 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 62 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16800 | 53200 | 0.6846 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 62 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16800 | 33600 | 0.4996 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 64 | University of California-Berkeley | 16900 | 43500 | 0.612 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 65 | University of Rhode Island | 17200 | 33900 | 0.4927 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 65 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 35200 | 0.5116 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 67 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3401 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 68 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17700 | 50400 | 0.6491 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 68 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 70 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18100 | 41200 | 0.5613 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 70 | Prairie View A & M University | 18100 | 25400 | 0.2874 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 70 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 18100 | 88900 | 0.7966 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 73 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 18800 | 35700 | 0.4736 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 73 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 75 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 75 | Western Michigan University | 19400 | 32500 | 0.4035 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 77 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19600 | 29500 | 0.336 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 78 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75800 | 0.7378 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 79 | University of Tulsa | 20000 | 62900 | 0.682 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 80 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 81 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 82 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 83 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 30700 | 0.3339 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 84 | Northwestern University | 21000 | 89500 | 0.7657 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 85 | Centre College | 21100 | 73400 | 0.7121 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5434 | |
| 86 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21300 | 42700 | 0.5013 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 21500 | 27100 | 0.2064 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 88 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22000 | 59900 | 0.6326 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 89 | San Jose State University | 22100 | 41100 | 0.4624 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 90 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 91 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 91 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23000 | 44400 | 0.4816 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 93 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23100 | 40000 | 0.4224 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 94 | The University of Alabama | 23300 | 31000 | 0.2482 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 95 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 96 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 96 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3385 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 98 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3663 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 99 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 100 | Hendrix College | 24700 | 59300 | 0.5831 | 1,101 | 1260 | 0.5563 | |
| 101 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0794 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 102 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2566 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 103 | Dordt University | 25100 | 52500 | 0.5216 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 104 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 44000 | 0.4276 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 105 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 105 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0923 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 107 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 108 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 109 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 109 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 29600 | 0.1024 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 109 | University of St Thomas | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4776 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 112 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 113 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38500 | 0.2932 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 114 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 114 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1233 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 116 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 117 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 117 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 117 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 120 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 121 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 122 | Kansas State University | 29000 | 41600 | 0.3014 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 123 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 124 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 125 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 126 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 29700 | 70200 | 0.5773 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 127 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30000 | 44900 | 0.3315 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 128 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30400 | 33400 | 0.0899 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 129 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 130 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 131 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 132 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31700 | 75200 | 0.5786 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 132 | University of Dayton | 31700 | 64200 | 0.5063 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 134 | Rider University | 31900 | 60600 | 0.4737 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 135 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 135 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 138 | University of Louisville | 33300 | 42000 | 0.2074 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 139 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 33500 | 88900 | 0.6234 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 140 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 142 | University of New Haven | 35300 | 67100 | 0.474 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 143 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35600 | 42800 | 0.1683 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 144 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 145 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 145 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 147 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 148 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 41400 | 0.1013 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 149 | California State University-Long Beach | 37300 | 38600 | 0.0337 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 150 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 151 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 152 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 153 | Kettering University | 38400 | 83800 | 0.5418 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 154 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 155 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 155 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 157 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 40000 | 81600 | 0.5102 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 158 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 159 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 160 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 161 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41400 | 47200 | 0.1228 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 162 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 163 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54700 | 0.223 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 164 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 57700 | 0.2598 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 165 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 166 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 167 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43900 | 49300 | 0.1094 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 167 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 169 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 171 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 172 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 173 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 174 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 175 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49300 | 85800 | 0.4253 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 178 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 179 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 180 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 181 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 182 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55000 | 56600 | 0.0282 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 183 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 184 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 185 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 187 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 188 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 189 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 190 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0324 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 191 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.