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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | 1283 | 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 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 36700 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 5 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 86700 | 0.9323 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins University | 6600 | 87700 | 0.9244 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 11 | Princeton University | 7800 | 81800 | 0.9045 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 12 | CUNY City College | 7900 | 31200 | 0.7469 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 13 | Bowdoin College | 8600 | 89900 | 0.9046 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 15 | Vanderbilt University | 9000 | 95000 | 0.9051 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | Wellesley College | 11100 | 90900 | 0.8782 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame | 11500 | 86100 | 0.8664 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 21 | Lafayette College | 12400 | 85800 | 0.856 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12500 | 37100 | 0.6626 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 24400 | 0.4677 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 25 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13200 | 39000 | 0.6621 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24800 | 0.4482 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | University of Delaware | 13700 | 32500 | 0.578 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 28 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 29 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 26400 | 0.4656 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 14100 | 23300 | 0.3948 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 14300 | 23600 | 0.3946 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14300 | 23600 | 0.3938 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 33 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14500 | 24900 | 0.417 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 33 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.454 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 35 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8314 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8368 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 35 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14700 | 25700 | 0.4275 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 38 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 39 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 80400 | 0.8142 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 40 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 41 | University of California-Riverside | 15400 | 36500 | 0.5777 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 42 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 27700 | 0.4369 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 43 | Centre College | 15700 | 70100 | 0.7763 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 44 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 45 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16600 | 53300 | 0.6889 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 46 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 47 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 48 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 49 | Bucknell University | 17600 | 88400 | 0.8007 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 50 | University of Maine | 17700 | 29000 | 0.3889 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 51 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 52 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 54 | Brown University | 18700 | 93900 | 0.8006 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 55 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 29200 | 0.3566 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 56 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3395 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 57 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 58 | Towson University | 19200 | 30000 | 0.3596 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 58 | Tufts University | 19200 | 92400 | 0.7926 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 58 | Youngstown State University | 19200 | 29300 | 0.3443 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 61 | University of Mississippi | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2814 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 62 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 31900 | 0.3881 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 63 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19700 | 23100 | 0.1471 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20000 | 31000 | 0.3548 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 65 | Western Michigan University | 20300 | 32300 | 0.3716 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 66 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20600 | 69400 | 0.7036 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 67 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20800 | 26900 | 0.2267 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 68 | Montana State University | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 68 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 36200 | 0.4223 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 68 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2292 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 71 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21200 | 30300 | 0.3 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 72 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 73 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 21600 | 24400 | 0.1148 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 74 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 75 | New York University | 22200 | 91800 | 0.758 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 76 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43700 | 0.4902 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 77 | Florida State University | 22700 | 23100 | 0.0173 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 79 | Michigan Technological University | 23100 | 34700 | 0.3345 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 80 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23500 | 71600 | 0.672 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 81 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23600 | 24500 | 0.0367 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 82 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23700 | 28300 | 0.1627 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 83 | Hendrix College | 24000 | 51900 | 0.5378 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
| 84 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 85 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 24300 | 39900 | 0.3911 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 86 | University of Rochester | 24900 | 93100 | 0.7328 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 87 | Dordt University | 25000 | 52300 | 0.5218 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 87 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 25000 | 26900 | 0.0701 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 87 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 90 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 91 | University of Kansas | 25400 | 42000 | 0.395 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 92 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 93 | University of Chicago | 25700 | 95000 | 0.7295 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 94 | University of Arkansas | 25800 | 27700 | 0.068 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 95 | Tuskegee University | 26000 | 42100 | 0.3828 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 95 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 26000 | 35700 | 0.2719 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 97 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 98 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 35200 | 0.2526 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 99 | Lamar University | 26400 | 37700 | 0.2994 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 100 | Trine University | 26800 | 56100 | 0.5224 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 101 | Colorado School of Mines | 26900 | 38100 | 0.2943 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 102 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27100 | 40300 | 0.3274 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 103 | Iowa State University | 27200 | 41500 | 0.3453 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 103 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 105 | University of Tulsa | 27400 | 62700 | 0.5633 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 106 | Cleveland State University | 27600 | 37300 | 0.2602 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 106 | Lehigh University | 27600 | 85700 | 0.6783 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 106 | University of Louisville | 27600 | 29100 | 0.0516 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 109 | Christian Brothers University | 27700 | 54600 | 0.4926 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 109 | Rowan University | 27700 | 40500 | 0.316 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 111 | California State University-Long Beach | 27800 | 38400 | 0.2764 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 112 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 27900 | 78300 | 0.6438 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 113 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 115 | University of Utah | 29100 | 32000 | 0.0902 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 116 | Clarkson University | 29200 | 78000 | 0.6258 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 116 | University of Iowa | 29200 | 31100 | 0.0606 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 118 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29400 | 52900 | 0.4444 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 119 | University of South Alabama | 29700 | 35000 | 0.1515 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 119 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 32600 | 0.0885 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 121 | Lincoln Memorial University | 29900 | 44900 | 0.3337 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 121 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 123 | San Jose State University | 30100 | 41000 | 0.2656 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 124 | University of North Dakota | 30200 | 32500 | 0.0733 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 125 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30300 | 33100 | 0.0846 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 126 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 127 | Mississippi College | 30500 | 45400 | 0.3282 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 128 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6057 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 129 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31000 | 41100 | 0.246 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 129 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | University of Rhode Island | 31000 | 46700 | 0.3362 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 132 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31200 | 36900 | 0.1553 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 133 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31300 | 36400 | 0.1399 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 133 | Rider University | 31300 | 64300 | 0.5131 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 135 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32000 | 39200 | 0.1839 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 136 | Benedictine College | 32100 | 50800 | 0.3682 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 136 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 138 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 139 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 140 | University of Dayton | 32600 | 64100 | 0.4914 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 141 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 37000 | 0.0847 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 142 | Prairie View A & M University | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1389 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 143 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 144 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 146 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34800 | 74600 | 0.5338 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 147 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 148 | California Baptist University | 35300 | 65200 | 0.4585 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 148 | Tennessee Technological University | 35300 | 37100 | 0.0508 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 150 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 151 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 36300 | 38700 | 0.0621 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 152 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 153 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36800 | 46700 | 0.212 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 154 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37000 | 38900 | 0.0484 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 155 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 62000 | 0.4017 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 156 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.0933 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 157 | University of New Haven | 38100 | 64900 | 0.4127 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 158 | Kettering University | 38400 | 66900 | 0.426 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 159 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 160 | University of Wyoming | 39000 | 43800 | 0.1114 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 160 | Wayne State University | 39000 | 45500 | 0.1428 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 57800 | 0.315 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 163 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39800 | 56700 | 0.2981 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 164 | University of California-San Diego | 39900 | 61100 | 0.3471 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 165 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 166 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 167 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 168 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 169 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 42900 | 45200 | 0.0509 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 170 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 171 | Florida Institute of Technology | 44500 | 66400 | 0.3298 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 172 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 173 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46100 | 48000 | 0.0396 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 174 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47800 | 49800 | 0.0402 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 175 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48300 | 85700 | 0.4362 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 176 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49600 | 56400 | 0.1205 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 177 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 50000 | 85800 | 0.4172 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 177 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50000 | 52300 | 0.0439 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 179 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 180 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 181 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 182 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51800 | 56300 | 0.0799 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 183 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1226 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 184 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 54200 | 81000 | 0.3307 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 185 | University of California-Irvine | 54700 | 64800 | 0.1558 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 186 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 187 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57300 | 59200 | 0.0318 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 188 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 189 | Hawaii Pacific University | 59000 | 60900 | 0.031 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 192 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.