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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 | Princeton University | 3800 | 82600 | 0.954 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4800 | 40700 | 0.8811 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95100 | 0.9376 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 96200 | 0.9195 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8300 | 91800 | 0.9096 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 14 | Bowdoin College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8945 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 18 | Bucknell University | 11200 | 95700 | 0.8834 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 19 | University of Tulsa | 11300 | 62900 | 0.82 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 21 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11600 | 25700 | 0.548 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 22 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 23 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38800 | 0.6912 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12100 | 24900 | 0.5132 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 25 | Tufts University | 12100 | 92100 | 0.8687 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 25 | University of Chicago | 12100 | 95500 | 0.873 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 28 | Lamar University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4623 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 29 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 30 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 13600 | 22000 | 0.3811 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 33 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 33 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 13900 | 88900 | 0.844 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14300 | 36200 | 0.6049 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 36 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 37 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15000 | 24900 | 0.3971 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 39 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 39 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 41 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15300 | 25600 | 0.4016 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 42 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 32500 | 0.5268 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 43 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3228 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 43 | Northeastern University | 15500 | 89100 | 0.8264 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 46 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 48 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 48 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 50 | University of Maine | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4405 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 50 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 53 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 54 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3612 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 55 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 55 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 35300 | 0.4983 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 57 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17900 | 48400 | 0.6304 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 59 | Texas Tech University | 18100 | 27100 | 0.3326 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 59 | University of California-Berkeley | 18100 | 43500 | 0.5844 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 61 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 62 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18700 | 30100 | 0.3793 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 62 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18700 | 31000 | 0.3972 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 64 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 65 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19000 | 29900 | 0.3638 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 65 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 67 | University of Mississippi | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2851 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 68 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 68 | Youngstown State University | 19800 | 34000 | 0.4177 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 70 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 70 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75900 | 0.7382 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 72 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 73 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20200 | 29300 | 0.3101 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 74 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 75 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 76 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 77 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 78 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22100 | 33600 | 0.342 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 79 | Montana State University | 22200 | 27100 | 0.1806 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 80 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 81 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 82 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 83 | University of Kansas | 24000 | 43000 | 0.4415 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 84 | Miami University-Oxford | 24200 | 27500 | 0.1202 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 84 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24200 | 30600 | 0.2091 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 86 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 87 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 88 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 89 | University of Dayton | 25200 | 64200 | 0.6076 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 90 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 91 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 92 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 92 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 94 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 95 | Clarkson University | 26400 | 78000 | 0.6617 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 96 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 96 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3588 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 98 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 100 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 101 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 101 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 103 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 104 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 105 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28000 | 33300 | 0.1589 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 106 | Michigan Technological University | 28400 | 34700 | 0.1816 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 108 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1439 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 110 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 110 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 112 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29000 | 34000 | 0.1472 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 114 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 115 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 30300 | 56700 | 0.4656 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 116 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 117 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30700 | 38500 | 0.2027 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 117 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82600 | 0.628 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 117 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 120 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 121 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 122 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 123 | University of Louisville | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2593 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 124 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 125 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31300 | 36700 | 0.147 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 126 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31400 | 41200 | 0.2381 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 126 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 128 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 129 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 130 | Hendrix College | 32300 | 59300 | 0.455 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 130 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 132 | Prairie View A & M University | 32500 | 39600 | 0.1792 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 133 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 134 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 135 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 136 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 137 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34100 | 70200 | 0.5146 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 138 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 139 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35800 | 47500 | 0.2465 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 140 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 141 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 142 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 143 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 143 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 143 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 146 | Kettering University | 37600 | 71800 | 0.4763 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 147 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 148 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 149 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 150 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 151 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 151 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1192 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 153 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 154 | California Baptist University | 39800 | 65600 | 0.3933 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 154 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 39800 | 82800 | 0.5195 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40400 | 48500 | 0.1669 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 157 | Wayne State University | 40400 | 46200 | 0.1256 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 159 | University of New Haven | 41000 | 67300 | 0.3906 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 160 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41400 | 55200 | 0.2499 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 161 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 162 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53600 | 0.2016 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 163 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 43200 | 89500 | 0.5171 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 164 | Widener University | 43300 | 79400 | 0.4548 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 165 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 166 | University of California-San Diego | 45800 | 77200 | 0.4068 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 167 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86300 | 0.4656 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 168 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46800 | 57700 | 0.188 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 169 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 170 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 61300 | 0.2252 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 171 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 172 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 173 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 174 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1551 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 175 | University of California-Riverside | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 176 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 177 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 178 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 179 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 180 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 181 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 182 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 183 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 184 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 185 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 186 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69800 | 0.0186 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.