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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 | |
| 4 | California Institute of Technology | 4200 | 90300 | 0.9533 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 5 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins University | 4600 | 88600 | 0.948 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 8 | Princeton University | 5500 | 81800 | 0.9326 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 8 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 10 | Harvard University | 5900 | 90900 | 0.9348 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6400 | 94100 | 0.9322 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 6500 | 93000 | 0.9303 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 13 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 14 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6082 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 15 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 95000 | 0.9167 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 16 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 17 | Brown University | 9400 | 93900 | 0.8996 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 18 | University of Notre Dame | 10000 | 86100 | 0.8838 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 20 | Brigham Young University | 11000 | 29000 | 0.6203 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 21 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.863 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 22 | New York University | 12300 | 91800 | 0.8658 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 22 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95000 | 0.8706 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 24 | University of California-San Diego | 12400 | 34000 | 0.6348 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 25 | Bowdoin College | 12900 | 89900 | 0.8567 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13000 | 37100 | 0.6491 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13200 | 24400 | 0.4595 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 28 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 13500 | 24800 | 0.4549 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 30 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14000 | 17900 | 0.2185 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 30 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 29100 | 0.5197 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech University | 14100 | 24800 | 0.4321 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 34 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 26500 | 0.463 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 35 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14400 | 87300 | 0.8348 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 14400 | 23300 | 0.3819 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 37 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 26400 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14700 | 23600 | 0.3769 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 39 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 40 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 80400 | 0.8117 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 41 | Lehigh University | 15200 | 85700 | 0.8231 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 41 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 35300 | 0.5701 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 43 | California State University-Long Beach | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3916 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16200 | 24900 | 0.3489 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 45 | Coastal Carolina University | 16300 | 27200 | 0.4016 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 45 | Lamar University | 16300 | 22900 | 0.2879 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 47 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16600 | 53300 | 0.6889 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 48 | Northeastern University | 16700 | 89900 | 0.8146 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 48 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 50 | University of Southern California | 16800 | 76000 | 0.7789 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 51 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17000 | 23100 | 0.2639 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 52 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 53 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 54 | Tufts University | 17500 | 92400 | 0.811 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 54 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.335 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 56 | Bucknell University | 17700 | 88400 | 0.7996 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 56 | University of Rochester | 17700 | 93100 | 0.8101 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 58 | Centre College | 17900 | 70100 | 0.7449 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 59 | University of Maine | 18200 | 29000 | 0.3728 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 59 | University of Rhode Island | 18200 | 34400 | 0.4707 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 61 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18300 | 78300 | 0.7664 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 62 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3406 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 63 | McNeese State University | 19100 | 29200 | 0.3463 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 64 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 65 | Youngstown State University | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3341 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 66 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 66 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 66 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19700 | 28200 | 0.3014 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 69 | University of Wyoming | 19900 | 26700 | 0.2545 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 69 | Wayne State University | 19900 | 32300 | 0.3844 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 71 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 20000 | 31900 | 0.3725 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 72 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 43700 | 0.5405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 73 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20400 | 26900 | 0.2415 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 74 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20500 | 36200 | 0.4339 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 75 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20700 | 30000 | 0.3105 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 76 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20800 | 69400 | 0.7007 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 77 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 77 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 38100 | 0.451 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 77 | Western Michigan University | 20900 | 32300 | 0.353 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 80 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 81 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 82 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43800 | 0.4906 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 83 | Florida State University | 22500 | 23100 | 0.026 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 84 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 85 | Hendrix College | 23200 | 51900 | 0.5532 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
| 86 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 33600 | 0.3067 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 87 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 29900 | 0.2144 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 89 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 90 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3392 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 91 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23900 | 24500 | 0.0244 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 92 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 93 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 24200 | 71600 | 0.6623 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 94 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 24300 | 83600 | 0.7096 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 95 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 96 | University of North Dakota | 24900 | 27700 | 0.0978 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 97 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2586 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 97 | Tuskegee University | 25000 | 42100 | 0.4066 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 99 | Montana State University | 25100 | 31400 | 0.2006 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 100 | Dordt University | 25300 | 52300 | 0.5161 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 101 | University of Arkansas | 25500 | 27700 | 0.0796 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 102 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25700 | 35700 | 0.2803 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 103 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 103 | University of Kansas | 25900 | 42000 | 0.3836 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 105 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 106 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5263 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 107 | University of Arizona | 26800 | 35200 | 0.2384 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 108 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27400 | 31600 | 0.1331 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 109 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 110 | University of Tulsa | 28000 | 62700 | 0.5537 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 111 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 111 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28100 | 31000 | 0.0937 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 113 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 28300 | 28300 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 113 | University of Louisville | 28300 | 29100 | 0.0275 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 115 | Clarkson University | 28600 | 78000 | 0.6335 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 115 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 117 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 118 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28800 | 78100 | 0.6313 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 120 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 120 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 122 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29100 | 55800 | 0.4786 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 123 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29400 | 38000 | 0.2266 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 123 | University of Toledo | 29400 | 32600 | 0.0983 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 125 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 126 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30100 | 33400 | 0.0989 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 127 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30200 | 44900 | 0.3271 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 127 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 129 | University of South Alabama | 30300 | 35000 | 0.1343 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 130 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30500 | 52900 | 0.4236 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 131 | San Jose State University | 30600 | 41000 | 0.2534 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 132 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 133 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41100 | 0.2338 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 134 | Rider University | 32000 | 64300 | 0.5022 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 135 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 135 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 138 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 139 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32700 | 38500 | 0.1507 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 140 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 141 | University of Dayton | 33000 | 64100 | 0.4852 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 142 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 143 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34100 | 74600 | 0.5432 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 144 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 144 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 146 | Prairie View A & M University | 34600 | 39600 | 0.1263 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 147 | California Baptist University | 35100 | 65200 | 0.4616 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 148 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35400 | 49600 | 0.2861 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 149 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 59800 | 0.3932 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 150 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 36500 | 38700 | 0.0569 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 151 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 152 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 153 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 153 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 41800 | 0.1005 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 155 | Kettering University | 38500 | 66900 | 0.4246 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 155 | University of New Haven | 38500 | 64900 | 0.4065 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 155 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 158 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 159 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 160 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40900 | 56700 | 0.2787 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 161 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 162 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 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 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 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 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 172 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47400 | 85700 | 0.4467 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 173 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49000 | 85800 | 0.4288 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 174 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50300 | 56400 | 0.1081 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 174 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 81000 | 0.3788 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 176 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50400 | 52300 | 0.0363 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 177 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 178 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 179 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51200 | 56300 | 0.0905 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 180 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 181 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52800 | 56100 | 0.0589 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 182 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 183 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 184 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 185 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 186 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 187 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 188 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58700 | 60900 | 0.0362 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 189 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 192 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.