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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 3500 | 75600 | 0.9536 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95300 | 0.9378 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7600 | 96200 | 0.9205 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8300 | 91800 | 0.9096 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 12 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 14 | Bowdoin College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8945 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 18 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 19 | Bucknell University | 11300 | 95700 | 0.8824 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 21 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11700 | 25000 | 0.5312 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 23 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 24 | University of Chicago | 12100 | 95500 | 0.873 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 24 | University of Houston | 12100 | 28400 | 0.5746 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 26 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 26 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12500 | 17900 | 0.3025 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 29 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 30 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 31 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 33 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 34 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 35 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 36 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 36 | Western Michigan University | 15100 | 32500 | 0.536 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 38 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3992 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 40 | California State University-Long Beach | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3877 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 41 | University of Maine | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4474 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 42 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 42 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16300 | 35700 | 0.5435 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 44 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 16500 | 40900 | 0.5963 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 46 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 47 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 48 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17200 | 34000 | 0.4946 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17400 | 39000 | 0.5534 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 50 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 51 | University of California-Berkeley | 17800 | 43500 | 0.5913 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 52 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 17900 | 28600 | 0.3739 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 54 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18400 | 30100 | 0.3893 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18500 | 29900 | 0.3805 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 56 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4005 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 58 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 27400 | 0.3138 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 59 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 60 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19200 | 31900 | 0.3987 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 61 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 29100 | 0.3299 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75900 | 0.7422 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 63 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 63 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 65 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 67 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20100 | 38000 | 0.4709 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 67 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 67 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 70 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 71 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 72 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 73 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 74 | Louisiana Tech University | 20900 | 26100 | 0.1994 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 75 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 76 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 77 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 78 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 78 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 22700 | 41100 | 0.4478 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 81 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 82 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 83 | University of Kansas | 23800 | 43000 | 0.4462 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 84 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23900 | 40500 | 0.4099 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 85 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 86 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24200 | 37900 | 0.3612 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 87 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 24800 | 32800 | 0.2438 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 88 | University of Dayton | 25100 | 64200 | 0.6091 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 89 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 90 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 91 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 92 | Clarkson University | 26500 | 78000 | 0.6604 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 92 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 92 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0828 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 92 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 96 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.126 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 97 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 98 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 99 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 100 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28000 | 33300 | 0.1589 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 101 | Montclair State University | 28400 | 36300 | 0.2178 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 102 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 103 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 104 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34000 | 0.1442 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 105 | Rowan University | 29700 | 41300 | 0.2818 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 106 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 107 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 30500 | 39900 | 0.2357 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 108 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30600 | 38500 | 0.2052 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 108 | Lamar University | 30600 | 38300 | 0.2012 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 108 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 111 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82400 | 0.6271 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 111 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30700 | 59100 | 0.4803 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 111 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 114 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 115 | Rider University | 31300 | 57500 | 0.456 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | Prairie View A & M University | 32200 | 39600 | 0.1868 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 118 | Hendrix College | 32300 | 59300 | 0.455 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 119 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32500 | 49500 | 0.3438 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 120 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 121 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 122 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 123 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 123 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.1864 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 125 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34100 | 70200 | 0.5146 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 126 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35000 | 56700 | 0.3825 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 126 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 128 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 129 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35600 | 47500 | 0.2507 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 130 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 131 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 132 | Colorado School of Mines | 36100 | 60100 | 0.3993 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 132 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 134 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53100 | 0.3144 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 136 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 137 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 138 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 139 | Kettering University | 37600 | 71800 | 0.4763 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 140 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 140 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 142 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 143 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 144 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 145 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1192 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 146 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39500 | 50000 | 0.2102 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 147 | California Baptist University | 39700 | 65600 | 0.3948 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 147 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 147 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 150 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40000 | 53600 | 0.2539 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 151 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 152 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 153 | University of New Haven | 40900 | 67300 | 0.3921 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 154 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 155 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 156 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 42900 | 85400 | 0.4977 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 157 | University at Buffalo | 43100 | 46700 | 0.0771 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 158 | Widener University | 43300 | 79400 | 0.4548 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 159 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 160 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 161 | University of California-San Diego | 45500 | 77200 | 0.4107 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 162 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 163 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 164 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 165 | University of California-Riverside | 49000 | 66000 | 0.2577 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 166 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1548 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 167 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 168 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 169 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 170 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 83600 | 0.3958 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 171 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 172 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 173 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52000 | 52800 | 0.0151 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 174 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 175 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 176 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 177 | Howard University | 54800 | 66500 | 0.176 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 178 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 179 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 180 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 181 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 182 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 183 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 184 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 184 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 186 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 187 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 188 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 69800 | 0.0172 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 189 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75600 | 0.0463 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.