Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Alabama.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Chemical Engineering degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Alabama.
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 Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 2 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 4700 | 90300 | 0.9478 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University | 4800 | 88600 | 0.9457 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 5700 | 81800 | 0.9302 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6900 | 94100 | 0.9269 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 95000 | 0.9167 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 11 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 9600 | 30100 | 0.6801 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | 10000 | 86100 | 0.8838 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University | 11100 | 29000 | 0.6168 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 15 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.863 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 16 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11900 | 27200 | 0.5632 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 17 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 29900 | 0.5852 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 17 | New York University | 12400 | 91800 | 0.8647 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 19 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 21 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38500 | 0.6596 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 23 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 24 | Kansas State University | 14100 | 26100 | 0.4588 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 24 | University of North Alabama | 14100 | 28200 | 0.501 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 24800 | 0.428 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 23300 | 0.3776 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4466 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 29 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14800 | 87300 | 0.8302 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 29 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14800 | 23600 | 0.3726 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 32 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43500 | 0.655 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 33 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 80400 | 0.8117 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 34 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 35 | Troy University | 15900 | 26800 | 0.4056 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 35 | University of California-Riverside | 15900 | 36500 | 0.564 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 37 | Lehigh University | 16100 | 85700 | 0.8126 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 38 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 39 | University of Southern California | 16900 | 76000 | 0.7776 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 40 | Northeastern University | 17100 | 89900 | 0.8101 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 40 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 42 | University of Kansas | 17600 | 34900 | 0.4962 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 43 | Bucknell University | 17700 | 88400 | 0.7996 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 43 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17700 | 26300 | 0.3276 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 43 | University of Rochester | 17700 | 93100 | 0.8101 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 46 | Tufts University | 17800 | 92400 | 0.8077 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 47 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3466 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 48 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 49 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 50 | University of Louisville | 18500 | 29100 | 0.3646 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 51 | University of South Alabama | 18800 | 22400 | 0.1642 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 52 | McNeese State University | 19200 | 29200 | 0.3429 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 53 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 54 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 55 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 55 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19800 | 28200 | 0.2979 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 57 | University of Wyoming | 19900 | 26700 | 0.2545 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 58 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 59 | Wayne State University | 20100 | 32300 | 0.3782 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 60 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20600 | 26900 | 0.2341 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 61 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20700 | 36200 | 0.4284 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 62 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3071 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 63 | Western Michigan University | 21000 | 32300 | 0.3499 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 64 | Montana State University | 21100 | 27100 | 0.2211 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 65 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 65 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21300 | 30300 | 0.2967 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 67 | Cleveland State University | 21700 | 30900 | 0.2974 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 68 | University of Florida | 22300 | 44000 | 0.4936 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 69 | Florida State University | 22500 | 23100 | 0.026 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 70 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 71 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 72 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 73 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 74 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3391 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 75 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24000 | 24500 | 0.0204 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 76 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 24400 | 71600 | 0.6595 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 76 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 24400 | 83600 | 0.7084 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 78 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 24700 | 39900 | 0.3811 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 79 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 79 | Miami University-Oxford | 25000 | 27200 | 0.0807 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 81 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25100 | 32200 | 0.2204 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 82 | Dordt University | 25400 | 52300 | 0.5142 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 83 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25600 | 35700 | 0.2831 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 84 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 85 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 86 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5263 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 87 | University of Arizona | 26900 | 35200 | 0.2356 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 88 | Lamar University | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2809 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 89 | Rowan University | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3234 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 89 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27400 | 31600 | 0.1331 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 91 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 92 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 28000 | 28300 | 0.0117 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 93 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 93 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28100 | 31000 | 0.0937 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 95 | University of Tulsa | 28200 | 62700 | 0.5505 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 96 | California State University-Long Beach | 28300 | 38400 | 0.2634 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 97 | Clarkson University | 28600 | 78000 | 0.6335 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 97 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 99 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 100 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28900 | 78100 | 0.63 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 101 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29200 | 55800 | 0.4768 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 102 | University of Toledo | 29400 | 32600 | 0.0983 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 103 | University of North Dakota | 29800 | 32500 | 0.0831 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 104 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 105 | San Jose State University | 30700 | 41000 | 0.251 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 106 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 52900 | 0.4179 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 107 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 31100 | 41800 | 0.2561 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 108 | Michigan Technological University | 31300 | 34700 | 0.098 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 109 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32000 | 36400 | 0.1207 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 110 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 111 | Widener University | 32700 | 75300 | 0.5655 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 112 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32800 | 38500 | 0.1481 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 112 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 114 | University of Dayton | 33100 | 64100 | 0.4836 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 115 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 116 | Tuskegee University | 33700 | 41300 | 0.1848 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 117 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34200 | 74600 | 0.5419 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 118 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 119 | Prairie View A & M University | 34700 | 39600 | 0.1238 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 119 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 121 | California Baptist University | 35100 | 65200 | 0.4616 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 122 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 123 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 59800 | 0.3932 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 123 | Tennessee Technological University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0572 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 125 | University of Maine | 36400 | 45100 | 0.1929 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 126 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 127 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 128 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37600 | 46700 | 0.1949 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 129 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 41800 | 0.1005 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 131 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 62000 | 0.3872 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 132 | Kettering University | 38500 | 66900 | 0.4246 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 133 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 133 | University of New Haven | 38600 | 64900 | 0.405 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 135 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53700 | 0.2627 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 136 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 137 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 138 | University of California-San Diego | 40900 | 61100 | 0.3307 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 139 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 140 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 141 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 142 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 142 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54900 | 0.2169 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 52900 | 0.1853 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 145 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43200 | 55100 | 0.2161 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 146 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 146 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 52100 | 0.167 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 146 | The University of Alabama | 43400 | 48800 | 0.1106 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 149 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 150 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46800 | 48000 | 0.025 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 151 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 152 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47500 | 85700 | 0.4455 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 153 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49000 | 85800 | 0.4288 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 154 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 81000 | 0.38 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 155 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50500 | 52300 | 0.0344 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 156 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 157 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 158 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51100 | 56300 | 0.0923 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 160 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 161 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53000 | 56100 | 0.0554 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 162 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 163 | Howard University | 53600 | 61600 | 0.1299 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 164 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 164 | University of California-Irvine | 55400 | 64800 | 0.145 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 166 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | 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.
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