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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | Rice University | 5100 | 85000 | 0.9402 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 5700 | 82400 | 0.9305 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 91200 | 0.935 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 6900 | 93800 | 0.9266 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 11 | Bowdoin College | 7500 | 89900 | 0.9168 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 11 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 15 | Austin Community College District | 8300 | 21500 | 0.6125 | 35,600 | 0 | 0.4666 | |
| 16 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 18 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9012 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 19 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 20 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 9800 | 30000 | 0.6731 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 21 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 22 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11200 | 25100 | 0.5525 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 24 | Wellesley College | 11300 | 91300 | 0.8764 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 25 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 26 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 26 | University of California-San Diego | 11900 | 39700 | 0.7001 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 28 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 30 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5156 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 30 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12500 | 43000 | 0.7093 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 33 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 35 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 36 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 37 | University of Idaho | 13700 | 25800 | 0.4692 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 37 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 39 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14300 | 48200 | 0.704 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4862 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 42 | Louisiana Tech University | 14600 | 36900 | 0.6042 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 42 | University of California-Riverside | 14600 | 66000 | 0.7792 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 42 | University of South Florida | 14600 | 17100 | 0.1461 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 45 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 45 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 47 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4236 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 48 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 37400 | 0.6022 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 49 | University of Georgia | 15000 | 26600 | 0.4344 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 50 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 51 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15600 | 37900 | 0.5879 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 51 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 53 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 54 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3096 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 54 | Wayne State University | 15800 | 32900 | 0.5195 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 56 | California State University-Long Beach | 16100 | 25800 | 0.3761 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 56 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 58 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 59 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 60 | Lamar University | 16400 | 23000 | 0.2845 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 61 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3544 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 61 | University of Houston | 16600 | 23100 | 0.2815 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 63 | University of South Alabama | 16700 | 22400 | 0.2549 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 63 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16700 | 23100 | 0.277 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 65 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16800 | 53200 | 0.6846 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 66 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 32800 | 0.4854 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 66 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 68 | University of Maine | 17200 | 29300 | 0.4132 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 69 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17300 | 33600 | 0.4847 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17400 | 25000 | 0.3028 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 71 | University of California-Berkeley | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5936 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 71 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 73 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 26300 | 0.3211 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 73 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 33900 | 0.475 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 75 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 75 | Prairie View A & M University | 17900 | 25400 | 0.2957 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 77 | University of St Thomas | 18100 | 50200 | 0.64 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 78 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19100 | 30600 | 0.3758 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 79 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 80 | Tuskegee University | 19500 | 42100 | 0.5374 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 81 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3271 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 82 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 83 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 32500 | 0.3851 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 84 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 20100 | 29500 | 0.3191 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 85 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 85 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75800 | 0.7325 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 87 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 88 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 88 | University of Tulsa | 20700 | 62900 | 0.6709 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 88 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 91 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 92 | Centre College | 21000 | 73400 | 0.7135 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5434 | |
| 92 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 38200 | 0.4501 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 94 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21400 | 42600 | 0.4982 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 95 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21600 | 42700 | 0.4943 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 96 | Northwestern University | 21700 | 89500 | 0.7579 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 97 | Tufts University | 22200 | 98900 | 0.7752 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 98 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22500 | 59900 | 0.6242 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 99 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 100 | Montana State University | 23400 | 31500 | 0.2572 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 101 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 101 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 103 | Texas Tech University | 23700 | 28100 | 0.1562 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 104 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3394 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 105 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24200 | 26300 | 0.08 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 107 | University at Buffalo | 24400 | 34000 | 0.2824 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 108 | Hendrix College | 24600 | 59300 | 0.5848 | 1,101 | 1260 | 0.5563 | |
| 109 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 24700 | 30700 | 0.1934 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 110 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52500 | 0.514 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 111 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 112 | University of Kansas | 25700 | 44000 | 0.4162 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 113 | Iowa State University | 25800 | 43300 | 0.4057 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 114 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 114 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0923 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 116 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 117 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2984 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 118 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 118 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1233 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3235 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 122 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 122 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27500 | 31600 | 0.1309 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 122 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 122 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 126 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 126 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41500 | 0.3299 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 128 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 129 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 130 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 131 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 132 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 132 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 134 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29400 | 82600 | 0.6443 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 135 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 29600 | 70200 | 0.5787 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 136 | Kansas State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.2862 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 137 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30300 | 44900 | 0.3248 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 138 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.272 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 139 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 139 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 141 | Michigan Technological University | 31300 | 34700 | 0.098 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 142 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31500 | 62800 | 0.4981 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 143 | University of Dayton | 32100 | 64200 | 0.5001 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 144 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 144 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 146 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 147 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32400 | 75200 | 0.5693 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 148 | Rider University | 32500 | 60600 | 0.4637 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 149 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 150 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 151 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 152 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34600 | 58500 | 0.4091 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 153 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 154 | University of New Haven | 35700 | 67100 | 0.4681 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 155 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36100 | 36600 | 0.0137 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 155 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 157 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 158 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 158 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 160 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0554 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 161 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 162 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 162 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 162 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66500 | 0.4283 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 165 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 165 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 167 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 168 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 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 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41800 | 47200 | 0.1143 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 172 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 173 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 174 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44500 | 49300 | 0.0973 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 175 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 176 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 177 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47100 | 49800 | 0.0542 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 178 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 179 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 180 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 181 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4207 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 182 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 184 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 185 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 186 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 187 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 188 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 189 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 190 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0324 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 191 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.