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 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4000 | 93300 | 0.9568 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4300 | 83500 | 0.949 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6100 | 40700 | 0.8492 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 6 | Lafayette College | 7600 | 91000 | 0.916 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 7 | Washington University in St Louis | 7700 | 102300 | 0.9247 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 8 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.915 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 98200 | 0.9189 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 8200 | 89100 | 0.9078 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | California Institute of Technology | 9200 | 94600 | 0.9024 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 14 | Lamar University | 9600 | 22900 | 0.5801 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 15 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9700 | 90900 | 0.8929 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 63100 | 0.8436 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | Rice University | 10100 | 92500 | 0.8911 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 19 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 20 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8901 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 21 | University of California-Berkeley | 10800 | 44400 | 0.757 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 23 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12000 | 30200 | 0.603 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 24 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12100 | 33000 | 0.6334 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | Wayne State University | 12600 | 32900 | 0.6167 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 42900 | 0.7038 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13400 | 17900 | 0.2521 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 30 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 31 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3843 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 32 | University of Houston | 13900 | 21800 | 0.3623 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13900 | 60900 | 0.7719 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 34 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 35 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14300 | 25600 | 0.4406 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 37 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5361 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 38 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 39 | Western Michigan University | 14800 | 28900 | 0.4884 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 40 | Case Western Reserve University | 15000 | 92800 | 0.838 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 40 | University of California-Riverside | 15000 | 66100 | 0.7734 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 42 | Troy University | 15100 | 26800 | 0.4354 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 44 | Bucknell University | 15300 | 95700 | 0.8405 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 45 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 46 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 47 | Stanford University | 16100 | 1932300 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 48 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 41200 | 0.5905 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 48 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 25800 | 0.345 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 48 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3924 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16900 | 24900 | 0.3209 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 52 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31900 | 0.4622 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 53 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 53 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3386 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 56 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 57 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 44200 | 0.6002 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 57 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9364 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 59 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.2993 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 59 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 40200 | 0.5578 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 61 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 61 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 37300 | 0.5201 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 63 | Northeastern University | 18100 | 90000 | 0.7985 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 65 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 66 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 67 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 68 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20300 | 80400 | 0.7474 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 69 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 71 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 71 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 60700 | 0.6622 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 73 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 73 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 75 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 39800 | 0.4744 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 75 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 77 | Rowan University | 21000 | 41300 | 0.4918 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 77 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 79 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21800 | 29900 | 0.2713 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 81 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 22000 | 30600 | 0.2793 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 82 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 82 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7725 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 82 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43100 | 0.4783 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30200 | 0.245 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 86 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 87 | Marian University | 23700 | 59800 | 0.6033 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 88 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 89 | University of Dayton | 24300 | 64400 | 0.6224 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 90 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 91 | Tennessee Technological University | 24800 | 33700 | 0.2643 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 91 | The University of Alabama | 24800 | 33400 | 0.2578 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 93 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25700 | 62800 | 0.5907 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 93 | University of North Dakota | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1014 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 95 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5525 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 96 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 97 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 98 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 99 | University of Kansas | 26800 | 44400 | 0.3966 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 100 | University of Mississippi | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 101 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 103 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27900 | 33300 | 0.162 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 103 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36400 | 0.2172 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.216 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | New York University | 28900 | 92100 | 0.6862 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 108 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 109 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 31000 | 0.0452 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 110 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 33000 | 0.0969 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 112 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 113 | Iowa State University | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3183 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 113 | University of Maine | 30800 | 43100 | 0.2855 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 115 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31100 | 38600 | 0.1943 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 116 | Michigan Technological University | 31300 | 34700 | 0.0979 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 116 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 31300 | 78300 | 0.6003 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 119 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32200 | 75200 | 0.5718 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 120 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 121 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 122 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 123 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 124 | University of Idaho | 33800 | 48700 | 0.3062 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 125 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34100 | 39000 | 0.1256 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 126 | California Baptist University | 34700 | 69800 | 0.5026 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 126 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4126 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 128 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 130 | Tuskegee University | 35400 | 44900 | 0.2102 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 131 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35900 | 56300 | 0.3622 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 132 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 62900 | 0.4247 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 133 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37200 | 41600 | 0.1056 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 134 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52700 | 0.2885 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 135 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 136 | Widener University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 137 | University of Rhode Island | 37900 | 58400 | 0.351 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 138 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 138 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39000 | 44400 | 0.1215 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 140 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5359 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 141 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 142 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 55300 | 0.2371 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 143 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 42700 | 43400 | 0.0161 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 144 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 145 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0926 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 146 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 44500 | 56600 | 0.2137 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 147 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 45200 | 83500 | 0.4585 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 148 | University of New Haven | 46100 | 73500 | 0.3726 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 149 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 150 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 86200 | 0.434 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 151 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 152 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49400 | 58800 | 0.1599 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 153 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 85400 | 0.4135 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 154 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50900 | 59100 | 0.1387 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 155 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 156 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72000 | 0.289 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 158 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 159 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 160 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 161 | Clarkson University | 54700 | 91700 | 0.4035 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 162 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 163 | Howard University | 55200 | 88500 | 0.3764 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 164 | University of California-San Diego | 56200 | 79600 | 0.2939 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 165 | Miami University-Oxford | 57500 | 57500 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63700 | 0.0864 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 167 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 168 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 60600 | 67600 | 0.1035 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 169 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 170 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75200 | 0.0426 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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