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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Ohio.
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 Ohio.
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 | 1,108 | 1334 | 0.2244 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 4000 | 82600 | 0.9516 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95700 | 0.938 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 6500 | 93800 | 0.9309 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 7400 | 91800 | 0.9194 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96200 | 0.9185 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 12 | Bowdoin College | 8000 | 89900 | 0.9112 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 12 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 17 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 19 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve University | 9600 | 83200 | 0.8846 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 21 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 21 | Wellesley College | 9800 | 91300 | 0.8928 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 23 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 24 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 25 | University of Tulsa | 11400 | 62900 | 0.8184 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 26 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 27 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 28 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 29 | University of Chicago | 12100 | 95500 | 0.873 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 30 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 25800 | 0.5254 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12400 | 25000 | 0.5033 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 33 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 33 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 35 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2801 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 36 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13400 | 43000 | 0.6883 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 37 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 25800 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 38 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37800 | 0.6183 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 39 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 40 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 40 | University of St Thomas | 15100 | 50900 | 0.7036 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 42 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15300 | 24900 | 0.385 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 44 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 44 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 26500 | 0.4193 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3988 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 47 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 48 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 48 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 50 | University of California-Riverside | 16000 | 36500 | 0.5612 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 51 | University of Kansas | 16100 | 34900 | 0.5385 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 52 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 52 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 54 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.425 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 56 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 57 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16800 | 35700 | 0.5295 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 58 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 59 | Centre College | 17200 | 73000 | 0.7644 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 60 | California State University Maritime Academy | 17600 | 34000 | 0.4828 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 60 | University of Louisville | 17600 | 29100 | 0.3956 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 62 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 62 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 64 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 66 | University of Mississippi | 18500 | 45000 | 0.5893 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 67 | Youngstown State University | 18700 | 34100 | 0.4516 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 68 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 69 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19000 | 30100 | 0.3693 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 70 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 28200 | 0.3154 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 70 | University of Rhode Island | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4308 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 72 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 73 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19600 | 29900 | 0.3468 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 74 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 75 | Cleveland State University | 19900 | 31000 | 0.3574 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 76 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 31900 | 0.3705 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 76 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 76 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75900 | 0.7356 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20300 | 29300 | 0.3067 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 81 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 82 | Sinclair Community College | 20800 | 20800 | 0 | 19,415 | 0 | 0 | |
| 83 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 84 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 85 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 21700 | 23300 | 0.0667 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 85 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 87 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 88 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 89 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 89 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 91 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 91 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 93 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 94 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 95 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24600 | 30600 | 0.1961 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 96 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 97 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25300 | 37900 | 0.3322 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 98 | Clarkson University | 25600 | 78000 | 0.672 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 99 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5512 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 99 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0973 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 101 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26100 | 32400 | 0.1939 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 102 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 103 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 104 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5276 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 105 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 107 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38100 | 0.2888 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 107 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31100 | 0.128 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 109 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27300 | 31600 | 0.1354 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 110 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 111 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 113 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27900 | 32800 | 0.1489 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 114 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 28300 | 32600 | 0.1313 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 116 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.3398 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 116 | Lincoln Memorial University | 28600 | 44900 | 0.3627 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 118 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1025 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 119 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 119 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2152 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 121 | University of Dayton | 28900 | 59100 | 0.5113 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 122 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 34000 | 0.1413 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 123 | Montana State University | 29600 | 31900 | 0.072 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 124 | Michigan Technological University | 29700 | 34700 | 0.1442 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 125 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 126 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2222 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 127 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30600 | 38500 | 0.2052 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 128 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.166 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 129 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 130 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 31000 | 39900 | 0.2231 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 131 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 132 | Rider University | 31300 | 60600 | 0.4832 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 133 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 134 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 31900 | 49500 | 0.3559 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 136 | Hendrix College | 32800 | 59300 | 0.4466 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 137 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 138 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 139 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1703 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 140 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34100 | 75200 | 0.5467 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 141 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34200 | 70200 | 0.5131 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 142 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 34300 | 35900 | 0.0446 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 144 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 145 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 146 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 147 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0592 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 148 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0586 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 149 | University of New Haven | 36900 | 67300 | 0.4515 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 152 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 153 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.119 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 154 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2506 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 154 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 156 | University of Maine | 40000 | 45200 | 0.1151 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 158 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 159 | Wayne State University | 40500 | 46200 | 0.1234 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 160 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 161 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 55200 | 0.2445 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 162 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 163 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 164 | Widener University | 43500 | 79400 | 0.4523 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 165 | Manhattan University | 43600 | 74100 | 0.4115 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 166 | University of California-San Diego | 46100 | 74200 | 0.3786 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 167 | Michigan State University | 46200 | 56200 | 0.1779 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 167 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 169 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47100 | 49800 | 0.0542 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 169 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 171 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47900 | 48600 | 0.0144 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 172 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48400 | 91400 | 0.4706 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 173 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51600 | 0.0581 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 176 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1554 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 177 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 178 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 83600 | 0.3982 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 179 | University of Iowa | 50900 | 53200 | 0.0429 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 180 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51700 | 52800 | 0.0208 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 181 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 182 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 183 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 184 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 185 | Miami University-Oxford | 55500 | 57400 | 0.0331 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 186 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56000 | 0.0036 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 187 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 188 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 189 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 190 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0346 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 191 | University of California-Berkeley | 70900 | 76100 | 0.0684 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.