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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 California-Los Angeles | 0 | 36700 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 5 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 86900 | 0.9325 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 10 | Bowdoin College | 8200 | 89900 | 0.909 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 11 | Greenville Technical College | 8300 | 18300 | 0.5481 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 12 | Princeton University | 8400 | 81800 | 0.8972 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 13 | University of Pennsylvania | 8600 | 93000 | 0.9077 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | Vanderbilt University | 9000 | 95000 | 0.9051 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins University | 9600 | 88600 | 0.8915 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 16 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86100 | 0.871 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 19 | Wellesley College | 11100 | 90900 | 0.8782 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 21 | University of California-San Diego | 12100 | 34000 | 0.6436 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 22 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 29900 | 0.5919 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 23 | Lafayette College | 12400 | 85800 | 0.856 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12800 | 24400 | 0.4759 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 27 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13400 | 38500 | 0.6518 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 28 | University of Delaware | 13700 | 32500 | 0.578 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13800 | 17900 | 0.2297 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 30 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 14100 | 24800 | 0.4321 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.454 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 32 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14500 | 25600 | 0.4328 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 32 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 26400 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 35 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8314 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14700 | 23600 | 0.3769 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 37 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 80400 | 0.8142 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 39 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 40 | Northeastern University | 15500 | 89900 | 0.8279 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 41 | Centre College | 15700 | 70100 | 0.7763 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3835 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 42 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15900 | 24900 | 0.361 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 44 | University of Florida | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2826 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 45 | Lamar University | 16100 | 22900 | 0.2966 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 46 | University of Arizona | 16200 | 30900 | 0.4765 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 47 | Coastal Carolina University | 16300 | 27200 | 0.4016 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 47 | University of California-Berkeley | 16300 | 43500 | 0.6252 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 49 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4069 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 50 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16700 | 37100 | 0.5505 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 51 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16900 | 23100 | 0.2682 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 52 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 53 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 54 | University of Kansas | 17200 | 34900 | 0.5071 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 55 | Bucknell University | 17600 | 88400 | 0.8007 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 56 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 34400 | 0.4823 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 57 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 22400 | 0.2013 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 58 | University of Louisville | 18100 | 29100 | 0.3784 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 59 | Prairie View A & M University | 18200 | 25400 | 0.2835 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 61 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3403 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 62 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 62 | McNeese State University | 19100 | 29200 | 0.3463 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 19300 | 29900 | 0.3542 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 65 | University of Mississippi | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2814 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 66 | Youngstown State University | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3341 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 67 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19600 | 28200 | 0.305 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 68 | Wayne State University | 19700 | 32300 | 0.3906 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 69 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 31000 | 0.3613 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 71 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 72 | Brown University | 20300 | 93900 | 0.7836 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 73 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20400 | 30600 | 0.3333 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 74 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20500 | 69400 | 0.705 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 75 | Tufts University | 20600 | 92400 | 0.7774 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 76 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 23300 | 0.1073 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 77 | Western Michigan University | 20900 | 32300 | 0.353 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 78 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 79 | Cleveland State University | 21500 | 30900 | 0.3038 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 80 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 81 | Florida State University | 22700 | 23100 | 0.0173 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 82 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 83 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 84 | Michigan Technological University | 23200 | 34700 | 0.3316 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 85 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23600 | 33600 | 0.2978 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 85 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 87 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23700 | 28300 | 0.1627 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 88 | New York University | 23800 | 91800 | 0.7405 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 89 | Hendrix College | 23900 | 51900 | 0.5397 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
| 89 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23900 | 24500 | 0.0244 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 91 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 92 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 24200 | 71600 | 0.6623 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 92 | Tennessee Technological University | 24200 | 32600 | 0.2574 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 94 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 24600 | 39900 | 0.3836 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 95 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24700 | 32200 | 0.2328 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 96 | University of Rochester | 24900 | 93100 | 0.7328 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 97 | Montana State University | 25100 | 31400 | 0.2006 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 98 | Dordt University | 25300 | 52300 | 0.5161 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 99 | University of Chicago | 25700 | 95000 | 0.7295 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 100 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 100 | University of Arkansas | 25800 | 27700 | 0.068 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 102 | Tuskegee University | 26000 | 42100 | 0.3828 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 103 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 104 | Trine University | 26800 | 56100 | 0.5224 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 105 | Iowa State University | 27200 | 41500 | 0.3453 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 105 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 107 | Christian Brothers University | 27700 | 54600 | 0.4926 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 107 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27700 | 31600 | 0.1229 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 109 | University of Tulsa | 28000 | 62700 | 0.5537 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 110 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28100 | 36700 | 0.2327 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 110 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 112 | California State University-Long Beach | 28200 | 38400 | 0.266 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 113 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 114 | Syracuse University | 28600 | 83100 | 0.6558 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 115 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 116 | Lehigh University | 29000 | 85700 | 0.662 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 116 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29000 | 55800 | 0.4804 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 118 | Clarkson University | 29100 | 78000 | 0.6271 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 119 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29400 | 38000 | 0.2266 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 120 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 120 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 122 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30200 | 44900 | 0.3271 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 122 | University of North Dakota | 30200 | 32500 | 0.0733 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 124 | Mississippi College | 30500 | 45400 | 0.3282 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 124 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30500 | 52900 | 0.4236 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 126 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30800 | 33100 | 0.0695 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 127 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6044 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 128 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | University of Toledo | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2594 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 130 | Auburn University | 31300 | 34400 | 0.0902 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 130 | North Carolina State University | 31300 | 53000 | 0.4091 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 132 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41100 | 0.2338 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 133 | Rider University | 31900 | 64300 | 0.5037 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 134 | Benedictine College | 32000 | 50800 | 0.3702 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 135 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 136 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 32300 | 39500 | 0.1825 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 137 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 138 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32700 | 38500 | 0.1507 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32800 | 34700 | 0.0547 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 140 | University of Dayton | 33000 | 64100 | 0.4852 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 141 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33400 | 54600 | 0.3881 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 142 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 37000 | 0.0847 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 143 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 35100 | 0.0285 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 144 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34800 | 74600 | 0.5338 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 145 | California Baptist University | 35300 | 65200 | 0.4585 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35400 | 49600 | 0.2861 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 147 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35800 | 43500 | 0.1771 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 148 | University of Maine | 36200 | 45100 | 0.1974 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 149 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3531 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 150 | Colorado School of Mines | 36500 | 59800 | 0.3899 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 150 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 36500 | 38700 | 0.0569 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 152 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 62000 | 0.3904 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 153 | University of New Haven | 38400 | 64900 | 0.4081 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 154 | Kettering University | 38500 | 66900 | 0.4246 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 155 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 39000 | 43800 | 0.1114 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 158 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 159 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40800 | 56700 | 0.2805 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 160 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 161 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 162 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 163 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 164 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 165 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42800 | 54900 | 0.2206 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 167 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43100 | 52100 | 0.1727 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 168 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 169 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43700 | 50300 | 0.1313 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 170 | University of California-Riverside | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3403 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 171 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43900 | 52900 | 0.1701 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 172 | Florida Institute of Technology | 44500 | 66400 | 0.3298 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 173 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 174 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 175 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46600 | 48000 | 0.0291 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 176 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47500 | 49800 | 0.0462 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 177 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48200 | 85700 | 0.4374 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 178 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 50000 | 85800 | 0.4172 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 179 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50400 | 52300 | 0.0363 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 180 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 181 | University of Iowa | 51300 | 53200 | 0.0354 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 182 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 183 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 184 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 185 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 54000 | 81000 | 0.3331 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 186 | University of California-Irvine | 55200 | 64800 | 0.1481 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 187 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 188 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57300 | 59200 | 0.0318 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 189 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 190 | Hawaii Pacific University | 59000 | 60900 | 0.031 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 191 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 192 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.