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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 | 1,063 | 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 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 3900 | 83400 | 0.9532 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | Brown University | 4600 | 93000 | 0.9508 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 4600 | 93100 | 0.951 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5600 | 40700 | 0.8615 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 10 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95200 | 0.9382 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 11 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 96700 | 0.9316 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 13 | Lafayette College | 7800 | 91000 | 0.9138 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 13 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 94200 | 0.9173 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 7800 | 89100 | 0.9123 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 98200 | 0.921 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 17 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 18 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 19 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 21 | Lamar University | 9100 | 22900 | 0.6019 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 21 | Rhode Island College | 9100 | 30200 | 0.6994 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 23 | Rice University | 9700 | 92500 | 0.8954 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 23 | University of Tulsa | 9700 | 63100 | 0.8468 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 25 | University of California-Berkeley | 10400 | 44400 | 0.766 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 26 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 27 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 28 | University of California-San Diego | 11600 | 41600 | 0.7216 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 29 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11800 | 39000 | 0.6966 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 30 | University of Chicago | 11900 | 100600 | 0.8821 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 12300 | 42900 | 0.7132 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 33 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 34 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 35 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13300 | 38300 | 0.6521 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 35 | University of Houston | 13300 | 21800 | 0.3898 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 37 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 27200 | 0.503 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13900 | 60900 | 0.7719 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 39 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14000 | 25600 | 0.4523 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 40 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14100 | 31000 | 0.5458 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 40 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 42 | Bucknell University | 14500 | 95700 | 0.8489 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 43 | University of California-Riverside | 14700 | 66000 | 0.7777 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 44 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 45 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 45 | Stanford University | 14900 | 1932000 | 0.9923 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 47 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15000 | 28200 | 0.4677 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 47 | West Virginia University | 15000 | 73100 | 0.7945 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 49 | University of Mississippi | 15200 | 27000 | 0.4369 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 51 | Kansas State University | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3957 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 52 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 53 | McNeese State University | 16500 | 27800 | 0.4068 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 53 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16500 | 26500 | 0.3761 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16500 | 24900 | 0.3369 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 56 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16800 | 31500 | 0.4667 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 57 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 58 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17300 | 44200 | 0.6093 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 59 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17400 | 29400 | 0.4086 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 59 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 61 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 62 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17700 | 58500 | 0.6971 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 62 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 62 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 65 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 28500 | 0.3772 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 66 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.801 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 67 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18000 | 28100 | 0.359 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 68 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 68 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 41100 | 0.5567 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 70 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 72 | University of Rhode Island | 20000 | 33900 | 0.4103 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 72 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 76400 | 0.7387 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 74 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20300 | 60700 | 0.6655 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 74 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 76 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 77 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 78 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21300 | 33600 | 0.3658 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 80 | University of Kansas | 21900 | 44400 | 0.5064 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 81 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 82 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 83 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 85 | Marian University | 23500 | 59800 | 0.6066 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 86 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 87 | University of Dayton | 24100 | 64400 | 0.6255 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 88 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 89 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 90 | University of South Florida | 24700 | 36500 | 0.3229 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 91 | University at Buffalo | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 92 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 39400 | 0.3555 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 92 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25400 | 32900 | 0.2298 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 94 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 95 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 95 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 25800 | 28400 | 0.0903 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 97 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 98 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 98 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26100 | 28000 | 0.0677 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 40600 | 0.3497 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 100 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 102 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31300 | 0.1362 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 103 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 104 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 105 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 106 | Wayne State University | 28100 | 46800 | 0.3998 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 107 | Clarkson University | 28200 | 78000 | 0.6386 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 108 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28300 | 34400 | 0.1772 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 109 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 110 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 111 | Cleveland State University | 29200 | 38600 | 0.2436 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34200 | 0.1402 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 113 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 114 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30100 | 78300 | 0.6157 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 117 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 118 | The College of Wooster | 30600 | 82600 | 0.6301 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 119 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 120 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 121 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 123 | Hendrix College | 31800 | 59900 | 0.4694 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 125 | Villanova University | 32100 | 92900 | 0.6548 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 126 | University of Louisville | 32300 | 42100 | 0.2325 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 127 | Rider University | 32500 | 60200 | 0.4601 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 128 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59400 | 0.4461 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 129 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33000 | 72600 | 0.5451 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 130 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 131 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33500 | 75200 | 0.5547 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 132 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34000 | 34100 | 0.0029 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 133 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 134 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34400 | 51300 | 0.3294 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 135 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 136 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 137 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 34900 | 38500 | 0.0935 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 139 | Texas Tech University | 35600 | 41000 | 0.1318 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 140 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 141 | Colorado School of Mines | 36000 | 62900 | 0.4279 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 142 | University of South Alabama | 36100 | 40200 | 0.1021 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 143 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 143 | Rowan University | 36500 | 53600 | 0.3189 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 145 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 71100 | 0.4823 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 146 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 147 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66700 | 0.4394 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 148 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 149 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 149 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 151 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37900 | 48100 | 0.2119 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 152 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 38800 | 44400 | 0.1254 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 39700 | 86400 | 0.5408 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 153 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 155 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 156 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 157 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41500 | 55300 | 0.2497 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 158 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 53900 | 0.2132 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 159 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 160 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 161 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 58500 | 0.2665 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 162 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 163 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 164 | University of New Haven | 46000 | 70700 | 0.3492 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 165 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 166 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 167 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 62400 | 0.2365 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 168 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 169 | University of Kentucky | 48400 | 59900 | 0.1916 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 170 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 171 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 172 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49300 | 67600 | 0.2708 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 173 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 85400 | 0.4135 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 174 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50200 | 64400 | 0.2205 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 176 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 177 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 178 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53200 | 53300 | 0.0019 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 179 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 180 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 181 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 182 | Michigan Technological University | 55600 | 55600 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 183 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 184 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58800 | 62100 | 0.0531 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 185 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 186 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63200 | 65800 | 0.039 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 69900 | 0.0258 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.