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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 | 1,063 | 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 | 91800 | 0.9709 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 4100 | 83400 | 0.9509 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | Bowdoin College | 4900 | 94700 | 0.9482 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 4900 | 93100 | 0.9478 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 9 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95600 | 0.938 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 10 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 112400 | 0.9316 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98000 | 0.9194 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 13 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 93000 | 0.9142 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 8300 | 86900 | 0.905 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 16 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 117400 | 0.9284 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 112200 | 0.9209 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 17 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 19 | Rice University | 9800 | 92600 | 0.8939 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 19 | University of Tulsa | 9800 | 82000 | 0.8802 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 21 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 22 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 23 | University of California-San Diego | 11900 | 45200 | 0.7371 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 24 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38600 | 0.6885 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 25 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95000 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 26 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5216 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 27 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13600 | 55100 | 0.7533 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 43500 | 0.6735 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 33 | Coastal Carolina University | 14400 | 72300 | 0.8012 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14500 | 36200 | 0.5994 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 35 | Bucknell University | 14600 | 92800 | 0.8424 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 36 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 118100 | 0.8744 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 37 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 92100 | 0.8358 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 37 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6547 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 39 | University of Maine | 15300 | 33300 | 0.5408 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15400 | 24900 | 0.381 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 41 | Stanford University | 15500 | 1865100 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3992 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 41 | University of Mississippi | 15500 | 37400 | 0.5858 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 44 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16200 | 62800 | 0.7417 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 44 | University of Kansas | 16200 | 34900 | 0.536 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 46 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 47 | California State University-Long Beach | 16800 | 33300 | 0.4956 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 47 | McNeese State University | 16800 | 27800 | 0.396 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 49 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 39900 | 0.5772 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 50 | Kansas State University | 17000 | 26400 | 0.3542 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 51 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3498 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 52 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 53 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 54 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17500 | 43500 | 0.5982 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 55 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17700 | 34000 | 0.4799 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 55 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 57 | Northeastern University | 18100 | 90000 | 0.7989 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 57 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 40600 | 0.5536 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 60 | Texas Tech University | 18500 | 27100 | 0.3172 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 61 | University of Rhode Island | 18800 | 81200 | 0.7684 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 41100 | 0.5403 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 63 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 29900 | 0.3371 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 67 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 76200 | 0.7348 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 68 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 69 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 69 | University of Houston | 21800 | 21800 | 0 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 71 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 72 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 72 | Tufts University | 22400 | 120000 | 0.813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 74 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22900 | 29600 | 0.2263 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 76 | Lamar University | 23300 | 37500 | 0.3787 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 77 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 26900 | 0.1264 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 78 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23700 | 34500 | 0.3133 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 79 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 30400 | 0.204 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 80 | University of Dayton | 24300 | 94000 | 0.7415 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 81 | Montana State University | 24800 | 73500 | 0.6628 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 81 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24800 | 31600 | 0.2149 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 83 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 84 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 84 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 84 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 87 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 88 | Clarkson University | 26300 | 78000 | 0.663 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 89 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 90 | Rider University | 26700 | 60200 | 0.5567 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 91 | University of Arkansas | 27000 | 52400 | 0.485 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 92 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 93 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 93 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 95 | West Virginia University | 27400 | 40900 | 0.3299 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 96 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 97 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28000 | 33300 | 0.1589 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 98 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 99 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 100 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 101 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 36200 | 0.2045 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 101 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 103 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 104 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34200 | 0.1402 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 106 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 107 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29900 | 59100 | 0.4938 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 108 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39400 | 0.2234 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 108 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78200 | 0.6084 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82600 | 0.628 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 111 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 112 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 112 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31200 | 39400 | 0.2079 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 114 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31500 | 38500 | 0.1819 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 115 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 116 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 116 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1361 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 118 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 119 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 120 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32200 | 54400 | 0.408 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 121 | Hendrix College | 32400 | 88000 | 0.6318 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 121 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32400 | 44100 | 0.2654 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 121 | Villanova University | 32400 | 114000 | 0.7159 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 124 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 124 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 126 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 32900 | 72600 | 0.5465 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 127 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 128 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 129 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 130 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 131 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 132 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 134 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.0851 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 135 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 136 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 137 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 138 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 138 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37700 | 66600 | 0.4337 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 140 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 140 | Widener University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 142 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 53000 | 0.2756 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 143 | Manhattan University | 38500 | 73700 | 0.4776 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 144 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 145 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 146 | Drexel University | 39900 | 107600 | 0.629 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 147 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 148 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 149 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41100 | 51300 | 0.1988 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 150 | University at Buffalo | 41600 | 46400 | 0.1035 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 151 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41900 | 58900 | 0.2886 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 152 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57200 | 0.2587 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 153 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 154 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3714 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 154 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 156 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 157 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43800 | 53400 | 0.1799 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 158 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 43900 | 83400 | 0.4735 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 159 | University of New Haven | 46100 | 107200 | 0.57 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 160 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 161 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47500 | 53300 | 0.1087 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 162 | University of Delaware | 47900 | 62000 | 0.2269 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 163 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 164 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 165 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 49200 | 65300 | 0.2466 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 166 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58800 | 0.1547 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 167 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 168 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 95600 | 0.4741 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 169 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51000 | 72700 | 0.2984 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 51500 | 74100 | 0.3043 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 171 | University of California-Berkeley | 52000 | 98700 | 0.4731 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 172 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 173 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 174 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 175 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 176 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 177 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 178 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 179 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 58000 | 59900 | 0.0317 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 180 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 181 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 182 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 183 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59900 | 64800 | 0.0756 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 183 | Howard University | 59900 | 67300 | 0.1099 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 185 | Michigan Technological University | 60500 | 76100 | 0.205 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 90000 | 0.2421 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 189 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 190 | Auburn University | 75200 | 85500 | 0.1204 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.