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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 | 1,081 | 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 | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4700 | 40700 | 0.8836 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 5100 | 75600 | 0.9325 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 90600 | 0.9346 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 8 | Swarthmore College | 5900 | 93800 | 0.9373 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 89900 | 0.9268 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 6600 | 91800 | 0.9285 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 7100 | 92900 | 0.9238 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 96500 | 0.9204 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 17 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8800 | 90000 | 0.9027 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 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 | 9400 | 91300 | 0.8972 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 21 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86200 | 0.8821 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 23 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 24 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 25 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 27 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5156 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12900 | 28000 | 0.5399 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 31 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 54500 | 0.7614 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 32 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 25700 | 0.4897 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 32 | University of Idaho | 13100 | 25800 | 0.4912 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 35 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 35 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13600 | 48200 | 0.7185 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13700 | 46000 | 0.7018 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 39 | University of California-Riverside | 13800 | 66000 | 0.7914 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 36900 | 0.6205 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 41 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14300 | 24900 | 0.425 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 42 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37400 | 0.6155 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 43 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 43 | University of Georgia | 14500 | 26600 | 0.4537 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 45 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 46 | Bucknell University | 14800 | 94800 | 0.8437 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 47 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 48 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 48 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15200 | 27600 | 0.4494 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 50 | California State University-Long Beach | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3993 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 50 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 52 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 53 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 15800 | 35700 | 0.5575 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 54 | Wayne State University | 16100 | 46200 | 0.6516 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 55 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16200 | 24900 | 0.3489 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 55 | University of Kansas | 16200 | 37100 | 0.5619 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 58 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16300 | 23100 | 0.2943 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 59 | McNeese State University | 16400 | 32800 | 0.5006 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 60 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 61 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16800 | 53200 | 0.6846 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 61 | Lamar University | 16800 | 41900 | 0.599 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 61 | University of Louisville | 16800 | 29100 | 0.4231 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 61 | University of Rhode Island | 16800 | 33900 | 0.5045 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16900 | 39000 | 0.5678 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 65 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 35200 | 0.5202 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 67 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3657 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 67 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 52500 | 0.6647 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 69 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 70 | Prairie View A & M University | 18000 | 25400 | 0.2914 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 71 | University of Arizona | 18200 | 30900 | 0.4117 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 72 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 73 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18900 | 27600 | 0.3147 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 74 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19200 | 78700 | 0.7561 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 74 | Western Michigan University | 19200 | 32500 | 0.4097 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 76 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 77 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75800 | 0.7418 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 78 | University of Tulsa | 19700 | 62900 | 0.6868 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 79 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20200 | 32800 | 0.3847 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 79 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 81 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20300 | 38000 | 0.4656 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 81 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20300 | 31000 | 0.3456 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 81 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38200 | 0.4685 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 81 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 85 | Northwestern University | 20600 | 89500 | 0.7702 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 85 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20600 | 42600 | 0.517 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 87 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 88 | Centre College | 21100 | 73400 | 0.7121 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5434 | |
| 89 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 90 | San Jose State University | 21900 | 41100 | 0.4673 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 91 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 92 | Montana State University | 22900 | 31500 | 0.2731 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 93 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 94 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23100 | 40000 | 0.4224 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23500 | 26300 | 0.1066 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 96 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 97 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 98 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3383 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 99 | University at Buffalo | 24000 | 34000 | 0.2942 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 100 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 28400 | 0.1443 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 101 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 102 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24500 | 56100 | 0.563 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 103 | Hendrix College | 24800 | 59300 | 0.5814 | 1,101 | 1260 | 0.5563 | |
| 103 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0794 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 105 | Dordt University | 24900 | 52500 | 0.5254 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 106 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 107 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 108 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26400 | 40500 | 0.3482 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 109 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 110 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 110 | University of St Thomas | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4776 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 112 | Rider University | 26900 | 57500 | 0.5325 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 113 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 113 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 115 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 116 | Clarkson University | 28000 | 78000 | 0.6412 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 117 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 118 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 119 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 120 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 33700 | 0.1307 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 121 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 122 | Lincoln Memorial University | 29800 | 44900 | 0.336 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 122 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 29800 | 70200 | 0.5759 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 122 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29800 | 62800 | 0.5251 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 125 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30400 | 33400 | 0.0899 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 126 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 127 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30900 | 59600 | 0.4812 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 128 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 128 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 130 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31400 | 75200 | 0.5826 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 131 | University of Dayton | 31500 | 64200 | 0.5094 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 133 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 135 | Rowan University | 32700 | 41700 | 0.2144 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 136 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 137 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 138 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 36100 | 0.0664 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1199 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 140 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 34400 | 35900 | 0.0418 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 141 | University of New Haven | 35200 | 67100 | 0.4755 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 142 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35300 | 42800 | 0.1754 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 143 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36000 | 36600 | 0.0164 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 144 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 145 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 145 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 147 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0554 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 148 | Auburn University | 36500 | 38000 | 0.0394 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 149 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 150 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 151 | Kettering University | 38300 | 83800 | 0.5429 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 152 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 153 | Texas Tech University | 38800 | 41000 | 0.0537 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 153 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 155 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 157 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 158 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 41100 | 84800 | 0.5151 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 158 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 160 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41200 | 47200 | 0.127 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 161 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 162 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53400 | 0.2023 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 163 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 164 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 165 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43700 | 49300 | 0.1135 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 166 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 167 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 168 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 169 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86200 | 0.4662 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 170 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 171 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2292 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 172 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 173 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 173 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 173 | University of California-San Diego | 48800 | 77100 | 0.3668 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 176 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50700 | 82600 | 0.3863 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 177 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 178 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 179 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 180 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 181 | University of Colorado Boulder | 54600 | 56600 | 0.0353 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 182 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 183 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 184 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 186 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 187 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 188 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 189 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 190 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0324 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 191 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 192 | University of California-Berkeley | 70300 | 75900 | 0.0738 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.