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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | Princeton University | 5500 | 82400 | 0.9329 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 90900 | 0.9348 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology | 6800 | 91800 | 0.9264 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 10 | Bowdoin College | 6900 | 89900 | 0.9235 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 11 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6082 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 12 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7700 | 90000 | 0.9149 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania | 8400 | 92900 | 0.9098 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 17 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 19 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 20 | University of California-Irvine | 9600 | 42100 | 0.7714 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 21 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 22 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10600 | 36400 | 0.7094 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 23 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 24 | Wellesley College | 11000 | 91300 | 0.8797 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 25 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 25 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 42500 | 0.7245 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 27 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.8629 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 28 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8731 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 28 | University of Houston | 11900 | 23100 | 0.485 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 30 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95500 | 0.8709 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 31 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 32 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13400 | 28000 | 0.522 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 35 | University of Idaho | 13600 | 25800 | 0.4732 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4921 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 39 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14200 | 48200 | 0.706 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 40 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 14400 | 53000 | 0.7286 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 40 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 42 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 36900 | 0.6069 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 42 | University of California-Riverside | 14500 | 66000 | 0.7807 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 44 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 44 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 46 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15000 | 24900 | 0.3969 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 46 | University of Georgia | 15000 | 26600 | 0.4379 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 48 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 49 | Northeastern University | 15500 | 89900 | 0.8276 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 49 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 51 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 52 | Florida State University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.314 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 52 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15800 | 30500 | 0.4817 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 55 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 55 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 57 | University of South Alabama | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 58 | Wayne State University | 16700 | 46200 | 0.6386 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 59 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16900 | 53200 | 0.6827 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 60 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 61 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17300 | 32200 | 0.4626 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 62 | Lamar University | 17400 | 41900 | 0.5847 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 62 | Prairie View A & M University | 17400 | 49200 | 0.646 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 64 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 65 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 66 | University of Arkansas | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3502 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 67 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 18100 | 24200 | 0.2526 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 67 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18100 | 52500 | 0.6552 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 69 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18200 | 50400 | 0.6392 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 70 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 46400 | 0.6051 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 71 | McNeese State University | 19100 | 32800 | 0.4182 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 72 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 27700 | 0.3034 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 73 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 74 | Western Michigan University | 19800 | 32500 | 0.3912 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 75 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78700 | 0.7472 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 76 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 77 | Centre College | 20100 | 73400 | 0.7257 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 78 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 78 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75800 | 0.7338 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 78 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 81 | University of Tulsa | 20500 | 62900 | 0.6741 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 82 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3327 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 83 | Kansas State University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.2775 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 84 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20900 | 32800 | 0.3623 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 84 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 38200 | 0.4529 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 86 | Northwestern University | 21000 | 89500 | 0.7657 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 87 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 88 | New York University | 21900 | 91800 | 0.7612 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 89 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 90 | San Jose State University | 22400 | 41100 | 0.4551 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 91 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43100 | 0.4779 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 92 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 93 | Montana State University | 23300 | 31500 | 0.2604 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 94 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23400 | 44400 | 0.4726 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 95 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 31000 | 0.2418 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 96 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 24300 | 30500 | 0.2034 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 96 | University at Buffalo | 24300 | 34000 | 0.2853 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 98 | Hendrix College | 24400 | 59300 | 0.5882 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
| 99 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 37100 | 0.3264 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 99 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2586 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 101 | Dordt University | 25100 | 52500 | 0.5216 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 102 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 103 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25400 | 38500 | 0.3404 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 104 | University of Kansas | 25600 | 44000 | 0.4178 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 105 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 106 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 107 | Tuskegee University | 26000 | 42100 | 0.3828 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 108 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26100 | 59900 | 0.5642 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 26300 | 26300 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 110 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5263 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 111 | Cleveland State University | 26800 | 37300 | 0.2817 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 112 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 113 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27200 | 40500 | 0.3285 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 114 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27400 | 31600 | 0.1331 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 115 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 116 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 31000 | 0.1098 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 117 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 118 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 118 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 120 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 121 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28200 | 36700 | 0.2316 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 122 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 123 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 124 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 125 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 126 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 127 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 29500 | 70200 | 0.5801 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 128 | University of North Dakota | 29800 | 32500 | 0.0831 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 129 | Coastal Carolina University | 30000 | 45100 | 0.3349 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 130 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30200 | 44900 | 0.3271 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 130 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 132 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41800 | 0.27 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 133 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78100 | 0.6069 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 134 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 135 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 136 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31600 | 59600 | 0.4695 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 137 | University of Dayton | 32000 | 64200 | 0.5016 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 138 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 138 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 140 | Rider University | 32400 | 60600 | 0.4654 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 35100 | 0.077 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 142 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 143 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 144 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 145 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 35200 | 75200 | 0.532 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 146 | University of New Haven | 35600 | 67100 | 0.4695 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 147 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36000 | 36600 | 0.0164 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 148 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 148 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36100 | 56800 | 0.3642 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 150 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 151 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 152 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 152 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 43900 | 0.1436 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 154 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 155 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 155 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 157 | University of Wyoming | 38600 | 43800 | 0.1187 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 158 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 158 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39800 | 53700 | 0.259 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 160 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 161 | Widener University | 41000 | 79400 | 0.4838 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 162 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 163 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 164 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 165 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 165 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 53400 | 0.1948 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 167 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 168 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 169 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44000 | 53700 | 0.1806 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 170 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44400 | 49300 | 0.0993 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 171 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 172 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 173 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 174 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47100 | 49800 | 0.0542 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 175 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49600 | 85800 | 0.4218 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 178 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 82600 | 0.39 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 179 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 180 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 181 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 182 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 183 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53900 | 56100 | 0.0393 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 184 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55700 | 56600 | 0.0159 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 185 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 186 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 187 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 188 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 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 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 192 | University of California-Berkeley | 70800 | 75900 | 0.0672 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.