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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 | 1,063 | 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 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 3600 | 83400 | 0.9568 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins University | 3900 | 88100 | 0.9559 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 3900 | 93100 | 0.9586 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95400 | 0.9378 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 9 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 96700 | 0.9316 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 7400 | 89100 | 0.9168 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 12 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 94200 | 0.9183 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 13 | Lafayette College | 7800 | 91000 | 0.9138 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 98200 | 0.921 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 15 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 16 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 17 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 19 | Rice University | 9600 | 92500 | 0.8965 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 19 | University of Tulsa | 9600 | 63100 | 0.8484 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 21 | University of California-Berkeley | 10100 | 44400 | 0.7727 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 22 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10500 | 32800 | 0.6795 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 24 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 25 | University of California-San Diego | 11300 | 41600 | 0.7288 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 26 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 26 | University of Chicago | 11900 | 100600 | 0.8821 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 28 | Wayne State University | 12200 | 32900 | 0.6289 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 29 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12700 | 17900 | 0.2913 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 31 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13000 | 38300 | 0.6599 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 13000 | 42900 | 0.6969 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 13000 | 21800 | 0.4036 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 31 | University of South Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4201 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 35 | University of California-Riverside | 13300 | 36500 | 0.6352 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13500 | 60900 | 0.7785 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 38 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13800 | 25600 | 0.4601 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 39 | Youngstown State University | 13900 | 28400 | 0.5104 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 40 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14000 | 31000 | 0.549 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 41 | Western Michigan University | 14200 | 26500 | 0.4646 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 42 | Bucknell University | 14500 | 95700 | 0.8489 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 43 | Stanford University | 14600 | 1932000 | 0.9925 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 14700 | 73100 | 0.7986 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 45 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 45 | University of Nevada-Reno | 14800 | 28200 | 0.4748 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 47 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 47 | University of Maine | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4918 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 49 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 50 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 51 | McNeese State University | 16200 | 27800 | 0.4176 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 51 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16200 | 26500 | 0.3882 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 53 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 41200 | 0.6026 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 53 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16400 | 31500 | 0.4794 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 55 | California State University-Long Beach | 16500 | 25800 | 0.3605 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 56 | University of Louisville | 16800 | 29100 | 0.4231 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 56 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.433 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 58 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 58 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17000 | 44200 | 0.6161 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 60 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17200 | 29400 | 0.4155 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 61 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 62 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17500 | 58500 | 0.7005 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 63 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4131 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 65 | Northeastern University | 17700 | 90000 | 0.8032 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 65 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17700 | 28100 | 0.3697 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 65 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 68 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 42200 | 0.5715 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 68 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 70 | University of Rhode Island | 18200 | 33900 | 0.4632 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 71 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 71 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 73 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 76400 | 0.7439 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 74 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20100 | 35200 | 0.4286 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 74 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20100 | 26100 | 0.2295 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 76 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20200 | 60700 | 0.6672 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 76 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 78 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20400 | 39200 | 0.4798 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 80 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 81 | University of Kansas | 21600 | 44400 | 0.5132 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 81 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21600 | 80400 | 0.731 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 83 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 53400 | 0.5829 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 84 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 33400 | 0.3292 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 84 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 86 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 87 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 88 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 89 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 90 | Lamar University | 23200 | 37700 | 0.3844 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 91 | Marian University | 23300 | 59800 | 0.6099 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 92 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23800 | 40500 | 0.4124 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 93 | University of Dayton | 24000 | 64400 | 0.6271 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 94 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 95 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 96 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25100 | 32900 | 0.2389 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 97 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 98 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 99 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 99 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28500 | 0.0899 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 101 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 102 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 103 | University of Mississippi | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 104 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 104 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31300 | 0.1362 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 106 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 107 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 108 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27700 | 33300 | 0.1671 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 108 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 30100 | 0.0798 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 110 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 111 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28300 | 34400 | 0.1772 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 112 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 113 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 113 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 115 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 115 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 36200 | 0.2045 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 115 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 118 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 119 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 120 | Cleveland State University | 29400 | 38600 | 0.2385 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 121 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 122 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29800 | 78300 | 0.6195 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 123 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 124 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41600 | 0.2669 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 125 | The College of Wooster | 30600 | 82400 | 0.6292 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 126 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 127 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 127 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 130 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 131 | Hendrix College | 31900 | 59900 | 0.4678 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 131 | Villanova University | 31900 | 92900 | 0.6569 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 133 | Rider University | 32200 | 60200 | 0.4651 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 134 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33100 | 72600 | 0.5437 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 135 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 136 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34000 | 59100 | 0.4245 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 137 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34100 | 51300 | 0.3352 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 138 | California Baptist University | 34200 | 69800 | 0.5098 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 139 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 140 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 141 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 34800 | 38500 | 0.0961 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 142 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 144 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 144 | University of South Alabama | 35800 | 40200 | 0.1096 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 146 | Rowan University | 36000 | 53600 | 0.3282 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 148 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 148 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 66700 | 0.4439 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 150 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 152 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 152 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 152 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 155 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 38000 | 55500 | 0.3156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 156 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 38800 | 44400 | 0.1254 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 157 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 39300 | 86400 | 0.5455 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 159 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 160 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 161 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 162 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 163 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 58500 | 0.2716 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 164 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 165 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 166 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0918 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 167 | University of New Haven | 46100 | 70700 | 0.3478 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 168 | Towson University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 168 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 170 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 171 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 172 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 48400 | 57000 | 0.151 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 173 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 174 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 174 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49200 | 67600 | 0.2722 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 176 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 85400 | 0.4124 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 177 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 178 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 179 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 180 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53000 | 53300 | 0.0056 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 181 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 181 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 183 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 184 | Michigan Technological University | 55600 | 55600 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 185 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 186 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 187 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 188 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 189 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63200 | 65800 | 0.039 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 190 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69900 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.