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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in West 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 West 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 | 1,063 | 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 | 4200 | 83400 | 0.9497 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 5200 | 93100 | 0.9446 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95700 | 0.9385 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 9 | Bowdoin College | 6900 | 94700 | 0.9271 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 10 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 112400 | 0.9316 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98000 | 0.9194 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 12 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 93000 | 0.9142 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 14 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 117400 | 0.9284 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 8500 | 86900 | 0.9027 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 112200 | 0.9209 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 16 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 18 | Rice University | 9800 | 92600 | 0.8939 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 19 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 82000 | 0.879 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 20 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 21 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 22 | University of California-Berkeley | 10800 | 57300 | 0.811 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 23 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 30900 | 0.6402 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 24 | Marshall University | 11400 | 27800 | 0.5896 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 11500 | 21000 | 0.4518 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 26 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 45200 | 0.7348 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 27 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95000 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 28 | Lamar University | 12900 | 22900 | 0.4361 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 29 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 30 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 31 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13700 | 55100 | 0.7514 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 34 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 35 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 27200 | 0.4846 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 36 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 43500 | 0.6712 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 36 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14300 | 25600 | 0.4406 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 39 | University of Houston | 14400 | 21800 | 0.3394 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 39 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14400 | 36200 | 0.6024 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 41 | Bucknell University | 14600 | 92800 | 0.8424 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 42 | University of California-Riverside | 14900 | 118100 | 0.8735 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 43 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 92100 | 0.8358 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 43 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6547 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15500 | 24900 | 0.377 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 46 | University of Mississippi | 15600 | 37400 | 0.5831 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 47 | Stanford University | 15700 | 1865100 | 0.9916 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 48 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16300 | 62800 | 0.7401 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 48 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 50 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 51 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3924 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 52 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 53 | Kansas State University | 17200 | 26400 | 0.3485 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 54 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3422 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 55 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 57 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5936 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 57 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 59 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17900 | 34000 | 0.474 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 59 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 46800 | 0.6172 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 61 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 36800 | 0.5074 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 63 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7978 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 64 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 40600 | 0.5487 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 65 | Texas Tech University | 18600 | 27100 | 0.3135 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 66 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18700 | 65300 | 0.7136 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 67 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 67 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 81200 | 0.766 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 69 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19300 | 37900 | 0.4926 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 70 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 71 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 72 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 76200 | 0.7322 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 73 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20500 | 32100 | 0.3617 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 74 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20600 | 43700 | 0.5287 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 75 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 76 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 77 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 78 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 79 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 80 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 80 | Tufts University | 22400 | 120000 | 0.813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 82 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3777 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 83 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 84 | Montana State University | 23300 | 73500 | 0.6832 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 85 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23500 | 36100 | 0.3487 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 86 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23600 | 26900 | 0.1227 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 87 | University of Dayton | 24300 | 94000 | 0.7415 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 87 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 30400 | 0.2007 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 89 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 90 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25000 | 31600 | 0.2086 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25000 | 42000 | 0.4052 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 92 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 93 | University of Kansas | 25700 | 43000 | 0.402 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 94 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 94 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 94 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 97 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0806 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 97 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 99 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 100 | Clarkson University | 26300 | 78000 | 0.663 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 101 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 102 | Rider University | 26700 | 60200 | 0.5567 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 40600 | 0.3374 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 104 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2985 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 105 | West Virginia University | 27100 | 51100 | 0.4699 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 106 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 107 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 43100 | 0.36 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 108 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 109 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28500 | 34400 | 0.1713 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 110 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 110 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 112 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 113 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 36200 | 0.2045 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 114 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 115 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30100 | 59100 | 0.4904 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 116 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82300 | 0.627 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 116 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 118 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 118 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78200 | 0.6058 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 120 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 120 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31200 | 39400 | 0.2079 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 122 | University of Louisville | 31300 | 42100 | 0.2562 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 124 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31600 | 38500 | 0.1793 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 125 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 126 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 127 | Hendrix College | 32300 | 88000 | 0.633 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 127 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 130 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32500 | 44100 | 0.2632 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 130 | Villanova University | 32500 | 114000 | 0.715 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 132 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 133 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 32900 | 72600 | 0.5465 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 134 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 135 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33500 | 34200 | 0.0204 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 136 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 137 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 138 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 140 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 142 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 143 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0826 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 144 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 145 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 145 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 147 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 148 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 148 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 150 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37900 | 66600 | 0.4307 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 151 | Manhattan University | 38500 | 73700 | 0.4776 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 152 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 39000 | 60200 | 0.3528 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 153 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 153 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1192 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 156 | Drexel University | 40100 | 107600 | 0.6271 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 157 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 158 | University of Maine | 40700 | 56000 | 0.2734 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 159 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41300 | 51300 | 0.1949 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 160 | University at Buffalo | 41700 | 46400 | 0.1014 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 161 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 162 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 163 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 163 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3685 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 165 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 43900 | 83400 | 0.4735 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 165 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43900 | 53400 | 0.178 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 167 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 168 | University of New Haven | 46000 | 107200 | 0.5709 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 169 | University of Delaware | 48100 | 62000 | 0.2245 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 170 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 171 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58800 | 0.1547 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 172 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 95600 | 0.4751 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 173 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 174 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51300 | 72700 | 0.2943 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 175 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 176 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 177 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 178 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 179 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 180 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 181 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 57900 | 59900 | 0.0334 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 182 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 183 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 184 | Howard University | 60000 | 67300 | 0.1084 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 185 | Michigan Technological University | 60400 | 76100 | 0.2063 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 90000 | 0.2432 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.