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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 | Princeton University | 3700 | 83400 | 0.9557 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 3800 | 93100 | 0.9596 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins University | 3900 | 88100 | 0.9559 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95400 | 0.9378 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 9 | Bowdoin College | 6900 | 94700 | 0.9271 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 7500 | 86900 | 0.9142 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 11 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 112400 | 0.9316 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 11 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 93000 | 0.9174 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 98000 | 0.9214 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 15 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 117400 | 0.9284 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 112200 | 0.9209 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 16 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 18 | University of Tulsa | 9500 | 82000 | 0.8839 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 19 | Rice University | 9600 | 92600 | 0.896 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 20 | University of California-Berkeley | 10000 | 57300 | 0.8249 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 21 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 22 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 23 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 24 | University of California-San Diego | 11300 | 45200 | 0.7503 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 25 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 40100 | 0.7156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 26 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95000 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 27 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 16300 | 0.2326 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 28 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 26500 | 0.5239 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13100 | 55100 | 0.7623 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 29 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 31 | University of California-Riverside | 13300 | 118100 | 0.8871 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 32 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 27200 | 0.5066 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 32 | University of Houston | 13400 | 21800 | 0.3852 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 34 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 35 | Louisiana Tech University | 13600 | 43500 | 0.6873 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 37 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13800 | 25600 | 0.4601 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 38 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 38 | 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 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14200 | 36200 | 0.6077 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 42 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 92800 | 0.8413 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 43 | Stanford University | 14900 | 1865100 | 0.992 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 43 | University of Maine | 14900 | 33300 | 0.5528 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 45 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 92100 | 0.8358 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 45 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6547 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 45 | University of Mississippi | 15100 | 37400 | 0.5965 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3992 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 49 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 15700 | 24200 | 0.3519 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 50 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4454 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 51 | McNeese State University | 16200 | 27800 | 0.4176 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 51 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16200 | 39900 | 0.5938 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 53 | University of Arizona | 16300 | 41400 | 0.6064 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 54 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 54 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 54 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16400 | 47400 | 0.6546 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 57 | Kansas State University | 16500 | 26400 | 0.374 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 59 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16700 | 26300 | 0.3651 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 60 | University of Louisville | 16800 | 29100 | 0.4231 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 61 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17000 | 43500 | 0.6097 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 62 | University of South Alabama | 17300 | 40600 | 0.5733 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 63 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 65 | Northeastern University | 17700 | 90000 | 0.8034 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 65 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 67 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 43800 | 0.5908 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 68 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 69 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.55 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 69 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18500 | 30100 | 0.3851 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 71 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 71 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19400 | 26900 | 0.2788 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 73 | University of Rhode Island | 19600 | 81200 | 0.7586 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 73 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 76200 | 0.7427 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 75 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 76 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20100 | 43700 | 0.5401 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 77 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20200 | 30500 | 0.3372 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 77 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20200 | 25500 | 0.2079 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20400 | 39200 | 0.4798 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 80 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4006 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 81 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 82 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 83 | Tufts University | 22300 | 120000 | 0.8139 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 84 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 85 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 85 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3628 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 87 | Lamar University | 22700 | 37500 | 0.3947 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 88 | Montana State University | 22900 | 73500 | 0.6886 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 89 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 29600 | 0.2229 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23800 | 42000 | 0.4338 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 91 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23900 | 30400 | 0.2139 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 92 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24000 | 31600 | 0.2402 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 92 | University of Dayton | 24000 | 94000 | 0.7447 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 94 | Miami University-Oxford | 24100 | 28300 | 0.1483 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 95 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 96 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 97 | University of Kansas | 25100 | 43000 | 0.4159 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 98 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 99 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 100 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 40600 | 0.3571 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 100 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0806 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 100 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 104 | Clarkson University | 26400 | 78000 | 0.6617 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 105 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 106 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 52400 | 0.4926 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 107 | Rider University | 26900 | 60200 | 0.5534 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 107 | West Virginia University | 26900 | 40900 | 0.3421 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 109 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 110 | California State University-Long Beach | 27200 | 43100 | 0.3693 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 111 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 112 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 113 | Michigan Technological University | 27700 | 45500 | 0.3915 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 113 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 39400 | 0.2967 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 115 | Wayne State University | 28000 | 46800 | 0.402 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 116 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 116 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 118 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 119 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 36200 | 0.2045 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 119 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 121 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 122 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 123 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29400 | 59100 | 0.5023 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 124 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30100 | 78200 | 0.6148 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 125 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82400 | 0.6271 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 125 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 127 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 128 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 129 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31100 | 36700 | 0.1525 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 130 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 131 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 132 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 132 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 134 | Villanova University | 31900 | 114000 | 0.7202 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 135 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 32200 | 48400 | 0.3348 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | Prairie View A & M University | 32400 | 39600 | 0.1817 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 138 | Hendrix College | 32500 | 88000 | 0.6307 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 139 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33100 | 72600 | 0.5437 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 140 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 141 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 142 | California Baptist University | 34400 | 69100 | 0.5024 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 143 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 144 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35100 | 56700 | 0.3807 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 145 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 146 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 148 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37000 | 66600 | 0.4442 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 149 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 150 | Kettering University | 37600 | 71800 | 0.4763 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 151 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 152 | Widener University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 153 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 154 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38500 | 53000 | 0.2737 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 154 | Manhattan University | 38500 | 73700 | 0.4776 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 156 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 156 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1192 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 39200 | 107600 | 0.6355 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 159 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 160 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 161 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 161 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43400 | 53400 | 0.1874 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 163 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 43900 | 83400 | 0.4735 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 164 | University of New Haven | 46300 | 107200 | 0.5681 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 165 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47000 | 53300 | 0.1181 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 166 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 167 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 168 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 169 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 170 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 49400 | 65300 | 0.2435 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 171 | Towson University | 49500 | 68400 | 0.2765 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49800 | 72700 | 0.3149 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 173 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 174 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 174 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 95600 | 0.472 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 176 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 74100 | 0.3111 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 177 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 178 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 180 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 181 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 66500 | 0.191 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 182 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 183 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 184 | Howard University | 54800 | 67300 | 0.1857 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 185 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 186 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 187 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 188 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 189 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 190 | Auburn University | 75400 | 85500 | 0.1181 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.