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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | 4300 | 83400 | 0.9485 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | Bowdoin College | 4900 | 94700 | 0.9482 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | 5400 | 93100 | 0.9424 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 9 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95900 | 0.9386 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6300 | 50600 | 0.875 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 11 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 112400 | 0.9316 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96700 | 0.918 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 13 | Northwestern University | 8100 | 93000 | 0.9131 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 15 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 117400 | 0.9284 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 8700 | 86900 | 0.9004 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 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 | 9900 | 92600 | 0.8928 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 19 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 82000 | 0.879 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 21 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 22 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 23 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 24 | University of California-Berkeley | 10900 | 57300 | 0.8092 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 25 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 40100 | 0.7156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 26 | University of California-San Diego | 12200 | 45200 | 0.7304 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 26 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95000 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 28 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6335 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 29 | Wayne State University | 12700 | 32900 | 0.6137 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 30 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 30 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 32 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13300 | 17900 | 0.2577 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 32 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 16300 | 0.1836 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 34 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 36 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13800 | 55100 | 0.7496 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 37 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 38 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 27200 | 0.4809 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 39 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 43500 | 0.6667 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 40 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14500 | 31000 | 0.5329 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 42 | Bucknell University | 14600 | 92800 | 0.8424 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 43 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6115 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 44 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14800 | 25800 | 0.4235 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 45 | University of California-Riverside | 15000 | 118100 | 0.8727 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 46 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 92100 | 0.8358 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 46 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6547 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 48 | University of Maine | 15600 | 33300 | 0.5317 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15700 | 24900 | 0.369 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 50 | Stanford University | 15800 | 1865100 | 0.9915 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 51 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 52 | University of Kansas | 16500 | 34900 | 0.5274 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 54 | University of Arizona | 16900 | 41400 | 0.5909 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 55 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 33300 | 0.4896 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 55 | McNeese State University | 17000 | 27800 | 0.3888 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 57 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 58 | Kansas State University | 17300 | 26400 | 0.3429 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 58 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 39900 | 0.5678 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 60 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 61 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 62 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.2993 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 62 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17800 | 43500 | 0.5913 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 64 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 18000 | 34000 | 0.4711 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 65 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 65 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 18100 | 40300 | 0.5511 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 67 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7978 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 68 | University of South Alabama | 18500 | 40600 | 0.5438 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 69 | Austin Peay State University | 18700 | 31600 | 0.4088 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 70 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 71 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 71 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30100 | 0.3552 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 73 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 74 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 75 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 76 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.317 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 77 | University of Southern California | 20500 | 76200 | 0.7309 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 77 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 79 | University of Rhode Island | 20600 | 81200 | 0.7463 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 80 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20700 | 43700 | 0.5264 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 81 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20800 | 32100 | 0.3538 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 82 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 21000 | 25500 | 0.1765 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 83 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 84 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 39200 | 0.4594 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 85 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21600 | 47800 | 0.5482 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 86 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 86 | University of Houston | 21800 | 21800 | 0 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 88 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 22100 | 28300 | 0.2194 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 89 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 90 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 90 | Tufts University | 22400 | 120000 | 0.813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 92 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3271 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 93 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22900 | 29600 | 0.2263 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 94 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 95 | Montana State University | 23400 | 73500 | 0.6818 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 96 | Lamar University | 23600 | 37500 | 0.3707 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 97 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23800 | 26900 | 0.1152 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 98 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23900 | 32900 | 0.2731 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 99 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 100 | University of Dayton | 24400 | 94000 | 0.7404 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 100 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 100 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24400 | 30400 | 0.1974 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 103 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 104 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 105 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25200 | 31600 | 0.2022 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 106 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 107 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 107 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 109 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0806 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 109 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 111 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 112 | Clarkson University | 26300 | 78000 | 0.663 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 113 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 114 | Rider University | 26700 | 60200 | 0.5567 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 115 | Hendrix College | 27100 | 88000 | 0.6921 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 115 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 117 | University of Arkansas | 27200 | 52400 | 0.4812 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 118 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 119 | West Virginia University | 27700 | 40900 | 0.3226 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 120 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 120 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 122 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 123 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 124 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 125 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 126 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 127 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30200 | 59100 | 0.4887 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 128 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82600 | 0.628 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 129 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 130 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78200 | 0.6046 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 131 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 132 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 133 | University of Louisville | 31400 | 42100 | 0.2539 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 134 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 135 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31700 | 38500 | 0.1767 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 136 | Cleveland State University | 31800 | 32100 | 0.0094 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 136 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 138 | Michigan Technological University | 32100 | 45500 | 0.2947 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 139 | Villanova University | 32600 | 114000 | 0.7141 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 140 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 141 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 69700 | 0.529 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 142 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 32900 | 72600 | 0.5465 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 143 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 144 | California Baptist University | 34400 | 69100 | 0.5024 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 144 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34400 | 35200 | 0.0238 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 146 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 147 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 148 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 149 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 59600 | 0.3928 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 150 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 151 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0826 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 152 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 70600 | 0.476 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 153 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 153 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 155 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 52500 | 0.2874 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 156 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 156 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 158 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 159 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 53000 | 0.2756 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 160 | Manhattan University | 38500 | 73700 | 0.4776 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 161 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1192 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 162 | Drexel University | 40200 | 107600 | 0.6262 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 163 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 164 | University of Mississippi | 40500 | 60300 | 0.3283 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 165 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42400 | 58900 | 0.2801 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 166 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 167 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 68700 | 0.367 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 168 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 43900 | 83400 | 0.4735 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 169 | University of New Haven | 45900 | 107200 | 0.5719 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 170 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 171 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47700 | 53300 | 0.105 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 172 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 173 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 174 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 49000 | 65300 | 0.2496 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 175 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 95600 | 0.4751 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 176 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 177 | University of Kentucky | 51800 | 74100 | 0.3002 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 178 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 180 | The University of Alabama | 53600 | 66500 | 0.194 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 181 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 182 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 183 | Howard University | 55200 | 67300 | 0.1797 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 184 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 185 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 186 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63500 | 0.0819 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 187 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 188 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 189 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.