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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 | 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 | 4400 | 88100 | 0.9503 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 5200 | 82400 | 0.9365 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 90700 | 0.9347 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 8 | Swarthmore College | 6000 | 93800 | 0.9362 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 9 | Bowdoin College | 6700 | 89900 | 0.9257 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 7400 | 92900 | 0.9206 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 96500 | 0.9204 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 8500 | 30000 | 0.7164 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 16 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8600 | 90000 | 0.9049 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 19 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 20 | Wellesley College | 9700 | 91300 | 0.8939 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 21 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 22 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 23 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 23 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 11800 | 43000 | 0.7255 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 26 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 28 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5156 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 12900 | 57700 | 0.7763 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13000 | 28000 | 0.5363 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 32 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 54500 | 0.7596 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 32 | University of Houston | 13100 | 23100 | 0.433 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 13300 | 26800 | 0.5033 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 35 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13700 | 48200 | 0.7164 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13800 | 46000 | 0.6996 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 38 | University of California-Riverside | 13900 | 66000 | 0.7898 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 39 | Louisiana Tech University | 14100 | 36900 | 0.6178 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 40 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37400 | 0.6155 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 41 | Northeastern University | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8365 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 41 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 43 | Bucknell University | 14800 | 94800 | 0.8437 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 44 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14900 | 37900 | 0.6064 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 45 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 46 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 47 | California State University-Long Beach | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3954 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 47 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 49 | Lamar University | 16000 | 22900 | 0.3009 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 50 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 50 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 46200 | 0.6495 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 52 | McNeese State University | 16500 | 32800 | 0.4976 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 53 | University of Maine | 16700 | 29300 | 0.4303 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 54 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16800 | 53200 | 0.6846 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 54 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 56 | University of Louisville | 17000 | 29100 | 0.4162 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 57 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3477 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 57 | University of South Alabama | 17100 | 35200 | 0.5145 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 57 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 60 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 19700 | 0.1221 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 61 | Prairie View A & M University | 17400 | 39600 | 0.5604 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 62 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17500 | 50400 | 0.6531 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 63 | University of Rhode Island | 17600 | 46400 | 0.6202 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 64 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3621 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 64 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 64 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17700 | 52500 | 0.6628 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 67 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3036 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 68 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19300 | 78700 | 0.7548 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 68 | Western Michigan University | 19300 | 32500 | 0.4066 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 70 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19400 | 29300 | 0.3374 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 71 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 71 | University of Southern California | 19700 | 75800 | 0.7404 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 73 | University of Tulsa | 19900 | 62900 | 0.6836 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 75 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20200 | 30700 | 0.3404 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 76 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 78 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 79 | Northwestern University | 20800 | 89500 | 0.7679 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 80 | Centre College | 21100 | 73400 | 0.7121 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5434 | |
| 81 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 82 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 83 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 84 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21900 | 59900 | 0.6343 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 85 | San Jose State University | 22000 | 41100 | 0.4648 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 86 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 86 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 88 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 22800 | 44400 | 0.4861 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 89 | Montana State University | 23000 | 31500 | 0.2699 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 90 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 91 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 92 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 92 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23600 | 26300 | 0.1028 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 94 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 95 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 96 | Miami University-Oxford | 24500 | 28400 | 0.1372 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 97 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24600 | 56100 | 0.5612 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 98 | Hendrix College | 24800 | 59300 | 0.5814 | 1,101 | 1260 | 0.5563 | |
| 98 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0794 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 100 | Dordt University | 25000 | 52500 | 0.5235 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 101 | University of Kansas | 25100 | 44000 | 0.4299 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 102 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 103 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 104 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 105 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 106 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 106 | University of St Thomas | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4776 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 41500 | 0.3564 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 109 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 110 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38500 | 0.2932 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 111 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 112 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 112 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 114 | Michigan Technological University | 27700 | 34700 | 0.2018 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 115 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 115 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 115 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 118 | Clarkson University | 28000 | 78000 | 0.6412 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 119 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 119 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 121 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 122 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 123 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 29700 | 70200 | 0.5773 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 124 | Lincoln Memorial University | 29900 | 44900 | 0.3337 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 125 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30000 | 62800 | 0.5219 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 126 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 126 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 128 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 56400 | 0.4504 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 129 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 129 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 132 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31400 | 45100 | 0.3037 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 133 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31500 | 75200 | 0.5813 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 134 | University of Dayton | 31600 | 64200 | 0.5079 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 135 | Rider University | 31700 | 60600 | 0.477 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 136 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 137 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 138 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 139 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 140 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33700 | 58500 | 0.4245 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 141 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33800 | 36100 | 0.0637 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 142 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1199 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 143 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 34400 | 35900 | 0.0418 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 144 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 145 | University of New Haven | 35200 | 67100 | 0.4755 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 146 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36100 | 36600 | 0.0137 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 146 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 148 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 149 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 149 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 149 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36300 | 56800 | 0.3607 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 152 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0554 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 153 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37000 | 66500 | 0.4433 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 154 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 155 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 156 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 157 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 157 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 159 | Kettering University | 38400 | 83800 | 0.5418 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 160 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 161 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 162 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 163 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 164 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54700 | 0.2266 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 165 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42700 | 53400 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 165 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 57700 | 0.2598 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 167 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 53700 | 0.2029 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 168 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 169 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 170 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43800 | 49300 | 0.1115 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 171 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 172 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 173 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86200 | 0.4662 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 174 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 175 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0482 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 176 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 177 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 178 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 179 | University of California-San Diego | 49000 | 77100 | 0.3642 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 180 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49200 | 85800 | 0.4265 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 181 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50700 | 82600 | 0.3863 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 182 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 184 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 185 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 186 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 187 | University of Colorado Boulder | 54800 | 56600 | 0.0318 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 188 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0361 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 189 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 190 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 191 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0324 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 192 | University of California-Berkeley | 70400 | 75900 | 0.0725 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 193 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.