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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | 91800 | 0.9709 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83400 | 0.9521 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 4700 | 93100 | 0.95 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 8 | Bowdoin College | 4900 | 94700 | 0.9482 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 9 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95600 | 0.9384 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 10 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 112400 | 0.9316 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 98000 | 0.9204 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 12 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 93000 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 8100 | 86900 | 0.9073 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 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 | Rice University | 9700 | 92600 | 0.895 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 18 | University of Tulsa | 9700 | 82000 | 0.8815 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 20 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 21 | University of California-Berkeley | 10400 | 57300 | 0.818 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 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 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11400 | 33800 | 0.6631 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 24 | 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 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5216 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 28 | Wayne State University | 12500 | 32900 | 0.6197 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 29 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 30 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2814 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 31 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13500 | 55100 | 0.7551 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 34 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 35 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 43500 | 0.6781 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 35 | Western Carolina University | 14000 | 16600 | 0.1541 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 37 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14100 | 25600 | 0.4484 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 38 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14200 | 31000 | 0.5426 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 38 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 40 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14300 | 19400 | 0.2642 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 41 | Bucknell University | 14600 | 92800 | 0.8424 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 42 | University of California-Riverside | 14700 | 118100 | 0.8752 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 43 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 92100 | 0.8358 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 43 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6547 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 45 | University of Maine | 15200 | 33300 | 0.5438 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 46 | Stanford University | 15400 | 1865100 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 46 | University of Mississippi | 15400 | 37400 | 0.5885 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3992 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 49 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16100 | 62800 | 0.7433 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 50 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 51 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4032 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 51 | University of Arizona | 16600 | 41400 | 0.5992 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 53 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 39900 | 0.5818 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 54 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3536 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 55 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 55 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17400 | 43500 | 0.6005 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 57 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 57 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 59 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 36800 | 0.5129 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 59 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 40600 | 0.5585 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 59 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 17900 | 40300 | 0.5561 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 62 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.8 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 63 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 64 | Texas Tech University | 18300 | 27100 | 0.3246 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 65 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 81200 | 0.7709 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 66 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5427 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 67 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18900 | 30100 | 0.3718 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 68 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 69 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3471 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 71 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76200 | 0.7362 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 71 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 73 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20500 | 25500 | 0.1961 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 74 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 75 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 76 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21500 | 28300 | 0.2406 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 77 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 78 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 79 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 33600 | 0.336 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 80 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 80 | Tufts University | 22400 | 120000 | 0.813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 82 | University of Houston | 22600 | 27800 | 0.1872 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 83 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 83 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 29600 | 0.2229 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 85 | Montana State University | 23200 | 73500 | 0.6845 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 86 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23400 | 26900 | 0.1301 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 87 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 88 | University of Dayton | 24200 | 94000 | 0.7425 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 88 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 30400 | 0.204 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 90 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24500 | 0.003 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 91 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24600 | 31600 | 0.2212 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 92 | University of Kansas | 25500 | 43000 | 0.4066 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 93 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 94 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 94 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 96 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0806 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 96 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 98 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 99 | Clarkson University | 26400 | 78000 | 0.6617 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 100 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 101 | Rider University | 26800 | 60200 | 0.5551 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 102 | West Virginia University | 27300 | 51100 | 0.466 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 103 | California State University-Long Beach | 27400 | 43100 | 0.3647 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 104 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28500 | 34400 | 0.1713 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 105 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 109 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 110 | University of South Florida | 29600 | 36700 | 0.1934 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 111 | Michigan Technological University | 29700 | 45500 | 0.3475 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 112 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29800 | 59100 | 0.4955 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 113 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78200 | 0.6097 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 115 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39400 | 0.2234 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 116 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82600 | 0.628 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 116 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 118 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 119 | University of Louisville | 31000 | 42100 | 0.2634 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 120 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 121 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31400 | 38500 | 0.1845 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 123 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 124 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 125 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 125 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 127 | Villanova University | 32200 | 114000 | 0.7176 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 128 | Hendrix College | 32400 | 88000 | 0.6318 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 129 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 32600 | 48400 | 0.3266 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 130 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 69700 | 0.529 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 131 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33000 | 72600 | 0.5451 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 132 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 133 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 134 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3754 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 137 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 138 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 59600 | 0.3928 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 138 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 141 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.0851 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 142 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 143 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 144 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 145 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 146 | Widener University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 147 | Manhattan University | 38500 | 73700 | 0.4776 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 148 | Drexel University | 39700 | 107600 | 0.6308 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 149 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 150 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 151 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83400 | 0.501 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 151 | University at Buffalo | 41600 | 46400 | 0.1035 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 151 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41600 | 58900 | 0.2937 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 154 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 154 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 68700 | 0.3728 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 156 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 157 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 158 | Kansas State University | 43700 | 47900 | 0.0884 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 159 | University of New Haven | 46100 | 107200 | 0.57 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 160 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 161 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47300 | 53300 | 0.1125 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 162 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 62000 | 0.2293 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 163 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 164 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 165 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 166 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 166 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 49200 | 65300 | 0.2466 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 168 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58800 | 0.1547 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 169 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 170 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 95600 | 0.4741 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 171 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 172 | University of Kentucky | 51400 | 74100 | 0.3062 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 173 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 174 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 175 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 176 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 177 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 178 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 179 | University of California-San Diego | 55900 | 90100 | 0.3796 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 180 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 181 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 182 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 183 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 184 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 59900 | 67300 | 0.1099 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 186 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60000 | 64800 | 0.074 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 187 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 188 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 189 | Auburn University | 75300 | 85500 | 0.1193 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.