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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Rhode Island.
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 Rhode Island.
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 | 1283 | 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 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 1 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 0 | 36100 | 1 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 6 | Brown University | 4600 | 93000 | 0.9508 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 7 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 8 | Princeton University | 5300 | 82400 | 0.9353 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 9 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 10 | Harvard University | 5900 | 90500 | 0.9351 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 6800 | 91800 | 0.9264 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 12 | Bowdoin College | 7000 | 89900 | 0.9224 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 13 | CUNY City College | 7500 | 31200 | 0.7597 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 14 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96500 | 0.9194 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 15 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 16 | University of Pennsylvania | 8100 | 92900 | 0.913 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 17 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 18 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 19 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 21 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 22 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10400 | 25000 | 0.5832 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 23 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 91300 | 0.8862 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 25 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 26 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10700 | 28400 | 0.6224 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 27 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 44900 | 0.7461 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 28 | Rhode Island College | 11600 | 54600 | 0.7876 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 29 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 30 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.8629 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 31 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95500 | 0.8709 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech University | 13000 | 36900 | 0.6476 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 35 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 37 | University of Houston | 13500 | 23100 | 0.4157 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 38 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6068 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13900 | 46000 | 0.6974 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 48200 | 0.7102 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 42 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14100 | 28000 | 0.497 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 44 | University of California-Riverside | 14200 | 66000 | 0.7853 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 45 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 14300 | 53000 | 0.7305 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 46 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 47 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 47 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 49 | University of Georgia | 14800 | 26600 | 0.4445 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 50 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 50 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.832 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 52 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5985 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 52 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 52 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36200 | 0.5808 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 55 | Wayne State University | 15400 | 32900 | 0.5316 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 56 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 57 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15800 | 30500 | 0.4817 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 59 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 60 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 61 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 62 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16500 | 23100 | 0.2857 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 63 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16900 | 53200 | 0.6827 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 64 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17000 | 32200 | 0.4719 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 65 | Prairie View A & M University | 17300 | 49200 | 0.648 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 65 | University of Rhode Island | 17300 | 46400 | 0.6266 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 67 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 35200 | 0.5059 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 68 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 69 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17800 | 50400 | 0.6471 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 69 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3574 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 71 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 71 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 52500 | 0.659 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 73 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18300 | 30600 | 0.4019 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 74 | University of Arizona | 18600 | 30900 | 0.3987 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 75 | McNeese State University | 19100 | 32800 | 0.4182 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 76 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 27700 | 0.3034 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 77 | University of Mississippi | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2814 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 78 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19600 | 78700 | 0.751 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 78 | Western Michigan University | 19600 | 32500 | 0.3974 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 19800 | 33600 | 0.4104 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 81 | University of Wyoming | 19900 | 26700 | 0.2545 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 82 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 83 | Centre College | 20100 | 73400 | 0.7257 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 84 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 84 | University of Tulsa | 20200 | 62900 | 0.6789 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 86 | Kansas State University | 20500 | 28800 | 0.2886 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 86 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 88 | Northwestern University | 20600 | 89500 | 0.7702 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 88 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20600 | 32800 | 0.3714 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 90 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 91 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 92 | Montana State University | 21600 | 27100 | 0.2027 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 93 | New York University | 21900 | 91800 | 0.7612 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 93 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 95 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22100 | 59900 | 0.6309 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 96 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32500 | 0.3077 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 97 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 23100 | 29800 | 0.223 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 97 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23100 | 44400 | 0.4794 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 99 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 35000 | 0.3372 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 100 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 24000 | 30500 | 0.2132 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 101 | Hendrix College | 24400 | 59300 | 0.5882 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
| 102 | Dordt University | 24900 | 52500 | 0.5254 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 102 | University of North Dakota | 24900 | 27700 | 0.0978 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 104 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 104 | University of Kansas | 25300 | 44000 | 0.4246 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 106 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 107 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 107 | Tuskegee University | 26100 | 42100 | 0.3805 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 109 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5263 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 110 | Cleveland State University | 26900 | 37300 | 0.279 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 110 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 110 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26900 | 40500 | 0.3359 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 113 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27400 | 31600 | 0.1331 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 114 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 115 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27600 | 36700 | 0.2476 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 116 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 117 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 118 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 119 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 120 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 121 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 122 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 122 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 124 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 125 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 126 | University of Toledo | 29400 | 32600 | 0.0983 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 127 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 128 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 29600 | 70200 | 0.5787 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 128 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33700 | 0.1218 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 130 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30100 | 44900 | 0.3293 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 131 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 132 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78100 | 0.6069 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 133 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31300 | 59600 | 0.4745 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 134 | University of Dayton | 31800 | 64200 | 0.5048 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 135 | Rider University | 32000 | 60600 | 0.472 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 136 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 137 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 138 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 139 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 140 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 140 | University of Louisville | 33500 | 42000 | 0.2026 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 142 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 143 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 35200 | 75200 | 0.532 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 144 | University of New Haven | 35400 | 67100 | 0.4725 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 145 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 146 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36000 | 36600 | 0.0164 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 147 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 148 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36200 | 48100 | 0.2474 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 149 | Tennessee Technological University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0572 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 150 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 151 | California State University-Long Beach | 37400 | 38600 | 0.0311 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 151 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 151 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66500 | 0.4373 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 154 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 155 | Kettering University | 38400 | 83800 | 0.5418 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 156 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 156 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 158 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 159 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2716 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 160 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 161 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 162 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 163 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 52600 | 0.1901 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 164 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 165 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 166 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 166 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 168 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 169 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44100 | 49300 | 0.1054 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 170 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 171 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 172 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 173 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 174 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 175 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 176 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 177 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1366 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 178 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49400 | 85800 | 0.4242 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 179 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 82600 | 0.3887 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 180 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 50700 | 53700 | 0.0559 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 181 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 182 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 183 | Howard University | 53500 | 76900 | 0.3042 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 184 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 185 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53900 | 56100 | 0.0393 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 186 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 187 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 188 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 189 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58700 | 60900 | 0.0362 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 190 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 191 | University of California-Berkeley | 70600 | 75900 | 0.0698 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.