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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 | 1,063 | 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 | 4200 | 83400 | 0.9496 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 5200 | 93100 | 0.9446 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 8 | Rice University | 5800 | 87400 | 0.9337 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 9 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95900 | 0.9381 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6100 | 40700 | 0.8492 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 11 | Bowdoin College | 6600 | 96700 | 0.9316 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 7700 | 102300 | 0.9248 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 13 | Lafayette College | 7800 | 91000 | 0.9138 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 14 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 14 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 98200 | 0.9189 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 17 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | 8400 | 89100 | 0.9055 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 19 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 21 | Houston City College | 9300 | 15100 | 0.3854 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Lamar University | 9500 | 23000 | 0.585 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 23 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 63100 | 0.8436 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 25 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4936 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 27 | University of California-Berkeley | 10800 | 44400 | 0.757 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 28 | San Jacinto Community College | 11300 | 14300 | 0.2097 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 28 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11300 | 35700 | 0.683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 30 | University of Chicago | 11900 | 100600 | 0.8821 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 32 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12000 | 32800 | 0.6338 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 32 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 41600 | 0.712 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 34 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12100 | 30200 | 0.6002 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 35 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 36 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 42900 | 0.7038 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 37 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 38 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 39 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 40 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13700 | 38300 | 0.6417 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 42 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3843 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 43 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 60900 | 0.7687 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 44 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 45 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 46 | Bucknell University | 14500 | 95700 | 0.8489 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 47 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 48 | University of California-Riverside | 15000 | 66000 | 0.7732 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 49 | Stanford University | 15400 | 1932000 | 0.9921 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 49 | West Virginia University | 15400 | 73100 | 0.789 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 51 | University of Maine | 15500 | 29300 | 0.4713 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 52 | University of Mississippi | 15600 | 27000 | 0.4221 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 53 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 16100 | 24200 | 0.3354 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3711 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 55 | Kansas State University | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3798 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 56 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3924 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17000 | 25000 | 0.3189 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 57 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 59 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 26500 | 0.3561 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 60 | Prairie View A & M University | 17200 | 25400 | 0.3233 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 61 | University of Houston | 17400 | 28400 | 0.3878 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 61 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 63 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 64 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17700 | 44100 | 0.5989 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 64 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 44200 | 0.6002 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 64 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 67 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 29400 | 0.395 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 68 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 36500 | 0.509 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 69 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 18100 | 58500 | 0.6902 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 69 | Northeastern University | 18100 | 90000 | 0.7987 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 71 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 72 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18700 | 30500 | 0.3866 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 73 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54200 | 0.6526 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 74 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 75 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 76 | Texas Tech University | 19300 | 27300 | 0.2925 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 77 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 77 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 79 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 76400 | 0.7334 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 60700 | 0.6622 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 81 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20600 | 35200 | 0.4144 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 81 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 83 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 26100 | 0.2028 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 84 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 40600 | 0.4864 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 84 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 86 | Florida State University | 22200 | 23000 | 0.0348 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 86 | University of Kansas | 22200 | 44400 | 0.4997 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 88 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22400 | 80400 | 0.7211 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 89 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 89 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 91 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 92 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 33400 | 0.3142 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 92 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22900 | 53400 | 0.5716 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 94 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 95 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 23300 | 30000 | 0.2224 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 96 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23500 | 36100 | 0.3487 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 97 | Marian University | 23700 | 59800 | 0.6033 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 98 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 23900 | 44400 | 0.4611 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 24100 | 34500 | 0.3017 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 100 | University of Dayton | 24300 | 64400 | 0.6224 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 101 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 102 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 103 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 104 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 105 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 105 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25700 | 32900 | 0.2207 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 107 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 107 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 25800 | 28400 | 0.0903 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 109 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28500 | 0.0899 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 110 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 111 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 112 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26500 | 28000 | 0.0535 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 113 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31300 | 0.1362 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 114 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 115 | California State University-Long Beach | 27500 | 38800 | 0.2912 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 115 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 117 | Iowa State University | 27700 | 45200 | 0.3885 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 118 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 119 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 120 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 120 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 122 | Clarkson University | 28900 | 78000 | 0.6296 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 122 | Cleveland State University | 28900 | 38600 | 0.2514 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 122 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 28900 | 85400 | 0.6619 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 125 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 126 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 128 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 129 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78300 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 130 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 83100 | 0.6299 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 131 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 132 | Michigan Technological University | 31200 | 34700 | 0.1008 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 133 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 134 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 135 | Hendrix College | 31700 | 59900 | 0.4711 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 136 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 137 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 138 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 139 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 32900 | 72600 | 0.5465 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 140 | Rider University | 33000 | 60200 | 0.4518 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 141 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 142 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33900 | 75200 | 0.5493 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 143 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 144 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 145 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4143 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 146 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 146 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 148 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 149 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 150 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 151 | Colorado School of Mines | 36000 | 62900 | 0.4279 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 153 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 154 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 155 | Rowan University | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3058 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 156 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 157 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 157 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 159 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 159 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 161 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66700 | 0.4304 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 162 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38200 | 53000 | 0.2793 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 163 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 164 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 165 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5362 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 165 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 167 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 168 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 55300 | 0.2371 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 169 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 170 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 171 | University of New Haven | 45800 | 70700 | 0.352 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 172 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 173 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 174 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49500 | 58900 | 0.1596 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 174 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49500 | 67600 | 0.2678 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 176 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 177 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 178 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 178 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 180 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 181 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 182 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 183 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 184 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 186 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61200 | 66900 | 0.0852 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63200 | 65800 | 0.039 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | University of California-Davis | 67900 | 69900 | 0.0286 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 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.