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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in South Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | 4300 | 83400 | 0.9484 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 5400 | 93100 | 0.9424 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9382 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 9 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 96700 | 0.9316 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 10 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 7800 | 102300 | 0.9233 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 12 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 98200 | 0.9189 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 15 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 16 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9033 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 19 | Rice University | 9900 | 92500 | 0.8933 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 20 | University of Tulsa | 10000 | 63100 | 0.842 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 21 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 38600 | 0.7387 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 23 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 24 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 91000 | 0.871 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 26 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 26 | University of Chicago | 11900 | 100600 | 0.8821 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 28 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5322 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 29 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12300 | 32800 | 0.6246 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 31 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 26500 | 0.4975 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 32 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 33 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13500 | 17900 | 0.2465 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 34 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13800 | 38300 | 0.6391 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 34 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 42900 | 0.6782 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 36 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 27200 | 0.4846 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 36 | University of South Florida | 14000 | 22400 | 0.3754 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 60900 | 0.7703 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 39 | Bucknell University | 14400 | 95700 | 0.85 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 39 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 39 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 42 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14500 | 31000 | 0.5329 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 43 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 43 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 45 | University of California-Riverside | 15100 | 66000 | 0.7716 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 46 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15400 | 28200 | 0.4535 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 47 | Stanford University | 15500 | 1932000 | 0.992 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 47 | West Virginia University | 15500 | 73100 | 0.7876 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | University of Maine | 15600 | 29300 | 0.4678 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 50 | University of Mississippi | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4184 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 51 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 52 | Kansas State University | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3742 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 53 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17000 | 41200 | 0.588 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 53 | McNeese State University | 17000 | 27800 | 0.3888 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 53 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17100 | 24900 | 0.3129 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 57 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 57 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3375 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 59 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17700 | 31500 | 0.4382 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 59 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 61 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17800 | 44200 | 0.5979 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 62 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7976 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 63 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 18300 | 58500 | 0.6868 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 65 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18800 | 30500 | 0.3833 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 66 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 66 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 68 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 69 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 70 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.3195 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 71 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20600 | 60700 | 0.6606 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 71 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 76400 | 0.7308 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 73 | University of Rhode Island | 20700 | 47400 | 0.5634 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 74 | University of Houston | 20800 | 28400 | 0.2679 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 75 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20900 | 26100 | 0.1989 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 76 | Rowan University | 21300 | 41300 | 0.4845 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 77 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21800 | 33600 | 0.3509 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 78 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 22000 | 27800 | 0.2084 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 79 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 80 | University of Kansas | 22300 | 44400 | 0.4974 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 81 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 81 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 83 | Syracuse University | 22600 | 83600 | 0.7297 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 83 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22600 | 80400 | 0.7186 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 86 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 87 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 33400 | 0.3112 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 88 | University of South Dakota | 23300 | 26900 | 0.1327 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 89 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23700 | 36100 | 0.3432 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 90 | Marian University | 23800 | 59800 | 0.6016 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 91 | Lamar University | 24100 | 37700 | 0.3606 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 92 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 24200 | 34500 | 0.2988 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 93 | University of Dayton | 24400 | 64400 | 0.6209 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 94 | Montana State University | 25000 | 31600 | 0.2091 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 95 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 96 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 96 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 98 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 99 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26600 | 28000 | 0.0499 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 40600 | 0.3325 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 100 | University of Arkansas | 27100 | 44700 | 0.393 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 100 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31300 | 0.1362 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 103 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 104 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 38800 | 0.2886 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 105 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28200 | 34400 | 0.1801 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 106 | Wayne State University | 28400 | 46800 | 0.3934 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 107 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 108 | Clarkson University | 29100 | 78000 | 0.6271 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 108 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 110 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 111 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 112 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 113 | The College of Wooster | 30600 | 82600 | 0.6301 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 114 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78300 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 30700 | 33300 | 0.077 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 114 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 118 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 119 | Prairie View A & M University | 30900 | 39600 | 0.2196 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 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 | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 123 | Hendrix College | 31700 | 59900 | 0.4711 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 124 | Cleveland State University | 31800 | 32100 | 0.0094 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 126 | Michigan Technological University | 32000 | 34700 | 0.0777 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 127 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 127 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 129 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 129 | Villanova University | 32700 | 92900 | 0.6483 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 131 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 59400 | 0.4478 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 132 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 32900 | 72600 | 0.5465 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 132 | University of Louisville | 32900 | 42100 | 0.2183 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 134 | Rider University | 33200 | 60200 | 0.4485 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 135 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 33800 | 34100 | 0.0088 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 136 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34000 | 75200 | 0.548 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 137 | California Baptist University | 34200 | 69800 | 0.5098 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 138 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34800 | 59100 | 0.4109 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 139 | University of Illinois Chicago | 35000 | 51300 | 0.3177 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 140 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 35300 | 38500 | 0.0831 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 141 | Colorado School of Mines | 36000 | 62900 | 0.4279 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 141 | Tennessee Technological University | 36000 | 38500 | 0.0666 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 143 | Texas Tech University | 36200 | 41000 | 0.1172 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 144 | University of South Alabama | 36800 | 40200 | 0.0847 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 145 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 146 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 52500 | 0.2874 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 147 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 148 | Widener University | 37600 | 79400 | 0.5266 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 149 | Kettering University | 37800 | 98700 | 0.6173 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 149 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 149 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37800 | 55500 | 0.3192 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 152 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 153 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5339 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 155 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 156 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42200 | 63300 | 0.3334 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 157 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 158 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55300 | 0.2316 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 159 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 160 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 161 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 162 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 58500 | 0.2579 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 163 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 164 | University of New Haven | 45700 | 70700 | 0.3534 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 165 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 166 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47500 | 61500 | 0.2286 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 167 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 168 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 169 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 59900 | 0.1824 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 171 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 171 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 173 | University of California-San Diego | 49400 | 79600 | 0.3793 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 174 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 49800 | 85400 | 0.417 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 175 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50400 | 58900 | 0.1443 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 176 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 177 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 178 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 179 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 180 | University of California-Berkeley | 52400 | 76600 | 0.3159 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 181 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 182 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 182 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 184 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 185 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 186 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 187 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 188 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63200 | 65800 | 0.039 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 189 | University of California-Irvine | 71900 | 75000 | 0.0413 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.