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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 | 1294 | 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 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5300 | 40700 | 0.8689 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 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 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 7100 | 93800 | 0.9245 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 11 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7200 | 90000 | 0.9204 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 12 | Bowdoin College | 7600 | 89900 | 0.9157 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 96500 | 0.9173 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 18 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 19 | University of Pennsylvania | 9600 | 92900 | 0.8969 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 21 | Wellesley College | 11700 | 91300 | 0.872 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 23 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 23 | University of Houston | 11900 | 28400 | 0.5817 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 25 | University of California-San Diego | 12100 | 39700 | 0.6951 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 26 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 27 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12700 | 43000 | 0.7046 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 28 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 54500 | 0.7651 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 29 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 36900 | 0.6368 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 32 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13600 | 28000 | 0.5148 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 37 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14200 | 17900 | 0.2073 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14400 | 46000 | 0.6866 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14400 | 48200 | 0.7019 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 40 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 40 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 42 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 42 | University of South Florida | 14800 | 17100 | 0.1344 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 44 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5995 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 45 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 45 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15100 | 25700 | 0.412 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 45 | University of Georgia | 15100 | 26600 | 0.4308 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 48 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 49 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 50 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15800 | 37900 | 0.5827 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 50 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15800 | 27600 | 0.4277 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 52 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 52 | Wayne State University | 15900 | 32900 | 0.5165 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 54 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 55 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 55 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 57 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 58 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 58 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16700 | 23100 | 0.277 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 60 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16800 | 53200 | 0.6846 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 61 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 22400 | 0.246 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 62 | McNeese State University | 17000 | 32800 | 0.4823 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 63 | University of Maine | 17300 | 29300 | 0.4098 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 64 | University of St Thomas | 17400 | 50900 | 0.6584 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 64 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17400 | 33600 | 0.4818 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 66 | Lamar University | 17600 | 41900 | 0.5799 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 67 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 68 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 68 | University of California-Berkeley | 17900 | 43500 | 0.589 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 70 | Prairie View A & M University | 18000 | 39600 | 0.5452 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 70 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 18000 | 26300 | 0.3135 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 70 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4691 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 73 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3441 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 74 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18500 | 50400 | 0.6333 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 75 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18700 | 41200 | 0.5467 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 76 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 77 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19800 | 29300 | 0.3237 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 78 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 79 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 79 | Western Michigan University | 20100 | 32500 | 0.382 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 81 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 20300 | 29500 | 0.3123 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 81 | San Jose State University | 20300 | 33600 | 0.3955 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 81 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20300 | 27600 | 0.264 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 81 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 85 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75800 | 0.7312 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 86 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 87 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 88 | University of Tulsa | 20800 | 62900 | 0.6693 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 89 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 90 | Centre College | 21000 | 73400 | 0.7135 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5434 | |
| 91 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 38200 | 0.4449 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 92 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 21300 | 26900 | 0.2095 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 93 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 21500 | 30700 | 0.298 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 94 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21600 | 42600 | 0.4935 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 95 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21700 | 42700 | 0.4919 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 96 | Northwestern University | 21800 | 89500 | 0.7567 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 97 | Montana State University | 21900 | 27100 | 0.1916 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 98 | Tufts University | 22300 | 98900 | 0.7742 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 99 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 99 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22600 | 59900 | 0.6226 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 101 | University of South Dakota | 22900 | 26000 | 0.1205 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 102 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 103 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 103 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 105 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3396 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 105 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 107 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 108 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24300 | 44400 | 0.4514 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24300 | 26300 | 0.0761 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 110 | University at Buffalo | 24400 | 34000 | 0.2824 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 111 | Hendrix College | 24600 | 59300 | 0.5848 | 1,101 | 1260 | 0.5563 | |
| 112 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2566 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 113 | Miami University-Oxford | 25400 | 28400 | 0.1056 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 114 | Dordt University | 25600 | 52500 | 0.5121 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 115 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25700 | 56100 | 0.5416 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 116 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 116 | University of Kansas | 25900 | 44000 | 0.4117 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 118 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 119 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 120 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 121 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 121 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 121 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31800 | 0.1459 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 124 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 125 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 125 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 127 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27600 | 40500 | 0.3186 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 128 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 128 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 130 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 131 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 132 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 133 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 134 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 135 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 29500 | 70200 | 0.5801 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 136 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30300 | 44900 | 0.3248 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 137 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 137 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 139 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 140 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31800 | 62800 | 0.4933 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 141 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 141 | Michigan Technological University | 32100 | 34700 | 0.075 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 143 | University of Dayton | 32200 | 64200 | 0.4985 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 143 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 145 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 146 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32500 | 75200 | 0.568 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 146 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 148 | Rider University | 32700 | 60600 | 0.4604 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 149 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 149 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 45100 | 0.2727 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 151 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 152 | University of Louisville | 34300 | 42000 | 0.1835 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 153 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 154 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34600 | 36100 | 0.0415 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 155 | University of New Haven | 35800 | 67100 | 0.4666 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 156 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36000 | 56800 | 0.366 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 158 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 159 | Auburn University | 36300 | 38000 | 0.0447 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 159 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 161 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36400 | 42800 | 0.1492 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 162 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 163 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 163 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 165 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66500 | 0.4253 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 166 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 166 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 166 | Texas Tech University | 38500 | 41000 | 0.061 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 169 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 170 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 171 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 172 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44700 | 49300 | 0.0932 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 173 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 174 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 175 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47000 | 49800 | 0.0562 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 176 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 177 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 178 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 178 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 180 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48800 | 61200 | 0.2032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 181 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49900 | 85800 | 0.4183 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 182 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 82600 | 0.3912 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 183 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 184 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 185 | University of Colorado Boulder | 56200 | 56600 | 0.0071 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 186 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 187 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 188 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 189 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 190 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 191 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0324 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 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.