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                                These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Virginia.
                                
                                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 Virginia.
                                
                                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 California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 5 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 86800 | 0.9319 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 7200 | 39100 | 0.8168 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 11 | Princeton University | 8000 | 81800 | 0.902 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 12 | Bowdoin College | 8200 | 89900 | 0.909 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 13 | University of Pennsylvania | 8600 | 93000 | 0.9077 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | CUNY City College | 8900 | 31200 | 0.7148 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 16 | Vanderbilt University | 9000 | 95000 | 0.9051 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 17 | Johns Hopkins University | 9600 | 88600 | 0.8915 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86100 | 0.871 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 20 | Wellesley College | 11100 | 90900 | 0.8782 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 22 | Lafayette College | 12400 | 85800 | 0.856 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 23 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12500 | 34300 | 0.6352 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13400 | 38500 | 0.652 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24800 | 0.4401 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 29100 | 0.5197 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 31 | Kansas State University | 14300 | 26100 | 0.4526 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 31 | University of Idaho | 14300 | 26400 | 0.458 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14500 | 23600 | 0.3853 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 34 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8314 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 35 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 36 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 80400 | 0.8142 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 37 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.8324 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 38 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 39 | Centre College | 15700 | 70100 | 0.7763 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 40 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 41 | University of California-Berkeley | 16300 | 43500 | 0.6252 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 42 | University of Florida | 16500 | 22300 | 0.2602 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 43 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16600 | 53300 | 0.6889 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 43 | Lamar University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2748 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 45 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 46 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 47 | Brown University | 17600 | 93900 | 0.8123 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 47 | Bucknell University | 17600 | 88400 | 0.8007 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 49 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 22400 | 0.2013 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 50 | Tufts University | 18100 | 92400 | 0.8045 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 50 | University of Louisville | 18100 | 29100 | 0.3784 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 52 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | University of Maine | 18300 | 29000 | 0.3669 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 53 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 55 | Prairie View A & M University | 18600 | 25400 | 0.2678 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 56 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 29200 | 0.3532 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 57 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 57 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 59 | Youngstown State University | 19300 | 29300 | 0.3409 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 60 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30300 | 0.3594 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 61 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19800 | 23100 | 0.1428 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 62 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 63 | University of Wyoming | 20200 | 26700 | 0.2426 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 64 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20500 | 69400 | 0.705 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 65 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20500 | 43700 | 0.532 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 67 | West Virginia University | 20600 | 23300 | 0.1159 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 67 | Western Michigan University | 20600 | 32300 | 0.3623 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 69 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3322 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20800 | 26900 | 0.2267 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 70 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3071 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 72 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 73 | New York University | 21100 | 91800 | 0.7699 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 73 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21100 | 38100 | 0.4457 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 75 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 76 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 21600 | 24400 | 0.1148 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 77 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 78 | Florida State University | 22700 | 23100 | 0.0173 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 79 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 80 | University of California-Irvine | 23100 | 35300 | 0.346 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 81 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 82 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23700 | 24500 | 0.0326 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 83 | Hendrix College | 23900 | 51900 | 0.5397 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
| 83 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23900 | 71600 | 0.6664 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 85 | Tennessee Technological University | 24200 | 32600 | 0.2574 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 86 | Montana State University | 24900 | 31400 | 0.207 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 86 | University of Rochester | 24900 | 93100 | 0.7328 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 88 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 88 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 25000 | 26900 | 0.0701 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 90 | Dordt University | 25100 | 52300 | 0.5199 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 90 | Miami University-Oxford | 25100 | 27200 | 0.0771 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 92 | University of North Dakota | 25300 | 27700 | 0.0863 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 93 | University of Kansas | 25600 | 42000 | 0.3902 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 94 | University of Chicago | 25700 | 95000 | 0.7295 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 95 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 95 | University of Arkansas | 25800 | 27700 | 0.068 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 97 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25900 | 35700 | 0.2747 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 98 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 98 | Tuskegee University | 26100 | 42100 | 0.3805 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 100 | University of Arizona | 26500 | 35200 | 0.247 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 100 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 102 | Trine University | 26800 | 56100 | 0.5224 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 103 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 104 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27500 | 36700 | 0.2486 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 104 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 106 | Christian Brothers University | 27700 | 54600 | 0.4926 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 106 | University of Tulsa | 27700 | 62700 | 0.5585 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 108 | Cleveland State University | 27900 | 37300 | 0.2521 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 109 | California State University-Long Beach | 28000 | 38400 | 0.2712 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 109 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 40300 | 0.3053 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 112 | Lehigh University | 28300 | 85700 | 0.6702 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 112 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 28300 | 28300 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 114 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28400 | 33400 | 0.1499 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 115 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 116 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 116 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 28700 | 55800 | 0.4858 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 118 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29200 | 38000 | 0.2318 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 118 | Clarkson University | 29200 | 78000 | 0.6258 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 118 | University of Iowa | 29200 | 31100 | 0.0606 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 121 | Clemson University | 29400 | 37100 | 0.207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 122 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 122 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 124 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30100 | 44900 | 0.3293 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 125 | San Jose State University | 30300 | 41000 | 0.2608 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 126 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 127 | Mississippi College | 30500 | 45400 | 0.3282 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 127 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30500 | 41800 | 0.2705 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 127 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30500 | 33100 | 0.0786 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 130 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6044 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 131 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 132 | University of Toledo | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2594 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 133 | University of Rhode Island | 31300 | 46700 | 0.3298 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 134 | Rider University | 31600 | 64300 | 0.5084 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 135 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31700 | 36400 | 0.129 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 136 | Benedictine College | 32000 | 50800 | 0.3702 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 137 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 32100 | 39500 | 0.1875 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 137 | Old Dominion University | 32100 | 32100 | 0.0009 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 139 | Hampton University | 32200 | 46100 | 0.3001 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 139 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 141 | Widener University | 32400 | 75300 | 0.5695 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 142 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32500 | 38500 | 0.1559 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32800 | 34700 | 0.0547 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 143 | University of Dayton | 32800 | 64100 | 0.4883 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 145 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 37000 | 0.0847 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 146 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 146 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 148 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34800 | 74600 | 0.5338 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 149 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 150 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35100 | 49600 | 0.2921 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 151 | California Baptist University | 35400 | 65200 | 0.457 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 152 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3531 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 152 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 36400 | 38700 | 0.0595 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 154 | Colorado School of Mines | 36500 | 59800 | 0.3899 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 155 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37000 | 46700 | 0.2077 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 156 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37000 | 38900 | 0.0484 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 158 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.0933 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 159 | University of New Haven | 38300 | 64900 | 0.4096 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 160 | Kettering University | 38400 | 66900 | 0.426 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 160 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38400 | 44400 | 0.1352 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 162 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 163 | Wayne State University | 39300 | 45500 | 0.1362 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 57800 | 0.315 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 165 | University of California-San Diego | 40300 | 61100 | 0.3405 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 165 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40300 | 56700 | 0.2893 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 167 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 168 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 169 | George Mason University | 42400 | 49200 | 0.1383 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 169 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 171 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42500 | 52100 | 0.1843 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 171 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54900 | 0.2261 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 173 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 174 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 175 | University of California-Riverside | 43500 | 66400 | 0.3448 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 176 | Florida Institute of Technology | 44500 | 66400 | 0.3298 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 177 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 178 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 47500 | 52300 | 0.0917 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 179 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48300 | 85700 | 0.4362 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 180 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49900 | 56400 | 0.1152 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 181 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 50000 | 85800 | 0.4172 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 182 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 183 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 183 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51700 | 56300 | 0.0816 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 185 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 186 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 187 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 54100 | 81000 | 0.3319 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 188 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57300 | 59200 | 0.0318 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 189 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 190 | Hawaii Pacific University | 59000 | 60900 | 0.031 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 191 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 192 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.