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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 | 1,081 | 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 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 5800 | 82400 | 0.9292 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 91300 | 0.9351 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology | 7100 | 91800 | 0.9231 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 10 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7200 | 90000 | 0.9204 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 11 | Bowdoin College | 7600 | 89900 | 0.9157 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 96500 | 0.9173 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 18 | University of California-Irvine | 9600 | 42100 | 0.7714 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 18 | University of Pennsylvania | 9600 | 92900 | 0.8969 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 20 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 9700 | 53000 | 0.8161 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 21 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10700 | 28400 | 0.6224 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 22 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 23 | University of California-San Diego | 11500 | 44900 | 0.7439 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 24 | Wellesley College | 11700 | 91300 | 0.872 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 26 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.8629 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 27 | University of Houston | 11900 | 28400 | 0.5817 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 28 | Brown University | 12200 | 94000 | 0.8699 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 29 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95500 | 0.8709 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 30 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 13400 | 57700 | 0.7676 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 32 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14400 | 46000 | 0.6866 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14400 | 48200 | 0.7019 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14500 | 28000 | 0.4827 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 37 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 37 | Louisiana Tech University | 14700 | 36900 | 0.6015 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 37 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 40 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 41 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 42 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 43 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15700 | 37900 | 0.5853 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15700 | 30500 | 0.485 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 43 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 46 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 46 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 15900 | 23200 | 0.3146 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 48 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 49 | Lamar University | 16700 | 22900 | 0.2704 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 50 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16800 | 53200 | 0.6846 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 51 | McNeese State University | 17000 | 32800 | 0.4823 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 51 | Wayne State University | 17000 | 46200 | 0.6321 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 53 | Cleveland State University | 17300 | 30900 | 0.4396 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17300 | 24900 | 0.3048 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 55 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 56 | University of California-Berkeley | 17900 | 43500 | 0.589 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 57 | University of Louisville | 18100 | 29100 | 0.3784 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 57 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 35200 | 0.486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 59 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 27700 | 0.343 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 60 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18400 | 52500 | 0.6495 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 61 | Prairie View A & M University | 18600 | 49200 | 0.6216 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 62 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18700 | 41200 | 0.5467 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 62 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 46400 | 0.5965 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 64 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 31800 | 0.3933 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 65 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19400 | 30600 | 0.366 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 66 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 67 | Centre College | 20100 | 73400 | 0.7257 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 67 | Western Michigan University | 20100 | 32500 | 0.382 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 69 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 69 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 71 | San Jose State University | 20300 | 33600 | 0.3955 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 71 | Texas Tech University | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2727 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 71 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20300 | 78700 | 0.7421 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 74 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75800 | 0.7312 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 75 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 76 | University of Tulsa | 20900 | 62900 | 0.6677 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 77 | Kansas State University | 21100 | 28800 | 0.2675 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 78 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 21200 | 26900 | 0.2121 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 78 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21200 | 32800 | 0.3532 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 78 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 38200 | 0.4451 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 81 | Northwestern University | 21400 | 89500 | 0.7612 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 81 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 83 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21700 | 42700 | 0.4919 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 84 | Montana State University | 21900 | 27100 | 0.1916 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 84 | New York University | 21900 | 91800 | 0.7612 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 86 | Tufts University | 22300 | 98900 | 0.7742 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 87 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32500 | 0.3077 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 88 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22600 | 59900 | 0.6226 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 89 | University of South Dakota | 22800 | 26000 | 0.1232 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 90 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23600 | 44400 | 0.4681 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 92 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3406 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 93 | Hendrix College | 24300 | 59300 | 0.5899 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
| 94 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 24500 | 30500 | 0.1968 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 95 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24600 | 26500 | 0.0717 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 96 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 24900 | 42100 | 0.4082 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 96 | University of North Dakota | 24900 | 27700 | 0.0978 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 98 | Dordt University | 25300 | 52500 | 0.5178 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 98 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 100 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 100 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25800 | 38500 | 0.33 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 100 | University of Kansas | 25800 | 44000 | 0.4133 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 103 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 104 | Tuskegee University | 26000 | 42100 | 0.3828 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 105 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 106 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5263 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 107 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 107 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27000 | 30400 | 0.1135 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 109 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 110 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 111 | Clarkson University | 27700 | 78000 | 0.645 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 112 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 113 | Iowa State University | 28100 | 42800 | 0.3427 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 114 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 115 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33900 | 0.1417 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 117 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 29400 | 70200 | 0.5816 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 117 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 119 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 120 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30300 | 44900 | 0.3248 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 121 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78100 | 0.6069 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 122 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 123 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 124 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 32000 | 59600 | 0.4628 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 125 | Michigan Technological University | 32100 | 34700 | 0.075 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 127 | University of Dayton | 32200 | 64200 | 0.4985 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 128 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 129 | Rider University | 32700 | 60600 | 0.4604 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 130 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 130 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 45100 | 0.2727 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 132 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 134 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 135 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 35100 | 75200 | 0.5334 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 136 | University of New Haven | 35800 | 67100 | 0.4666 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 137 | North Carolina A & T State University | 35900 | 36600 | 0.0191 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 138 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36000 | 56800 | 0.366 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 139 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 140 | Auburn University | 36300 | 38000 | 0.0447 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 140 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 140 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 140 | Tennessee Technological University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0572 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 144 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36400 | 42800 | 0.1495 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 145 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 146 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 147 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 148 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 43900 | 0.1436 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 149 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 149 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 149 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 152 | University of Wyoming | 38600 | 43800 | 0.1187 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 153 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 154 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39800 | 53700 | 0.259 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 155 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 156 | Widener University | 41000 | 79400 | 0.4838 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 157 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 158 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 159 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 160 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 161 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 162 | Maine Maritime Academy | 43200 | 49800 | 0.1325 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 163 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 53400 | 0.1892 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 163 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43300 | 54700 | 0.2084 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 165 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 166 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44600 | 53700 | 0.1694 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 167 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44700 | 49300 | 0.0932 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 168 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 169 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 171 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 172 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 173 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 174 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 61300 | 0.215 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 175 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83800 | 0.42 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 178 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49800 | 85800 | 0.4195 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 179 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 82600 | 0.3924 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 180 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 181 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 182 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 183 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 184 | Howard University | 53600 | 76900 | 0.3029 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 184 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 186 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53900 | 56100 | 0.0393 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 187 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 188 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 189 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58700 | 60900 | 0.0362 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 192 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.