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 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 4200 | 82600 | 0.9492 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | 7400 | 91800 | 0.9194 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96200 | 0.9174 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 17 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 18 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12000 | 29100 | 0.5881 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12800 | 25000 | 0.4873 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 22 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 24 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4726 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 25 | University of Houston | 14300 | 22000 | 0.3493 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 26 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4513 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 27 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 28 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 29 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 29 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15500 | 24900 | 0.377 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 31 | University of St Thomas | 15500 | 50900 | 0.6958 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 33 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 33 | Troy University | 15700 | 26800 | 0.413 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 35 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 36 | Western Michigan University | 16200 | 32500 | 0.5021 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 37 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 38 | University of Kansas | 16400 | 34900 | 0.5299 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 39 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 40 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 41 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 17300 | 40900 | 0.5767 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 43 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 37700 | 0.5256 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 43 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 46 | University of Mississippi | 18400 | 27000 | 0.3184 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 47 | Youngstown State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.453 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 48 | Texas Tech University | 18700 | 27100 | 0.3105 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 49 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 50 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30100 | 0.3593 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 51 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 52 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 52 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20200 | 29900 | 0.3267 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 55 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 56 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75900 | 0.7316 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 57 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20600 | 31900 | 0.3548 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 58 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 59 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 59 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 61 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 62 | Florida State University | 22400 | 22900 | 0.0218 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 62 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 64 | Montana State University | 22500 | 27100 | 0.1695 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 64 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4764 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 66 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 66 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 68 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 69 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3485 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 70 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 71 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 27500 | 0.1056 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 72 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25100 | 30600 | 0.1797 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 73 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25300 | 40500 | 0.3754 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 74 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0823 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 75 | Clarkson University | 25500 | 78000 | 0.6732 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 76 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5512 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 76 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0973 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 78 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 79 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5276 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 80 | The University of Alabama | 26600 | 31000 | 0.1424 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 81 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 45200 | 0.4067 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 82 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38100 | 0.2915 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 83 | University of North Alabama | 27100 | 37300 | 0.2735 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 84 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27300 | 31600 | 0.1354 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 86 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 87 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 88 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 89 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 89 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28100 | 32800 | 0.1428 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 91 | Auburn University | 28200 | 33800 | 0.1668 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 92 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 92 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 94 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.3398 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 95 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1025 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 96 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 97 | University of Dayton | 29000 | 64200 | 0.5484 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 98 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 37000 | 0.2133 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 99 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 42000 | 0.2926 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 100 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 101 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 102 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30800 | 38500 | 0.2001 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 103 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 31100 | 39900 | 0.2206 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 104 | Michigan Technological University | 31200 | 34700 | 0.1009 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 105 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 106 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 107 | Lamar University | 31600 | 38300 | 0.175 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 108 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1249 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 109 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32200 | 49500 | 0.3498 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 110 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 111 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 112 | Prairie View A & M University | 32900 | 39600 | 0.1691 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 113 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 113 | University of Rhode Island | 33400 | 46400 | 0.2799 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 115 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 38700 | 0.1237 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 116 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34000 | 75200 | 0.548 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 117 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34300 | 36100 | 0.0498 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 118 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35200 | 56700 | 0.3792 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 119 | Tuskegee University | 35400 | 41300 | 0.1437 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 120 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3601 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 121 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 60100 | 0.3977 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 121 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0592 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 123 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 124 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36700 | 47500 | 0.2275 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 124 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 124 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0586 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 127 | University of New Haven | 37100 | 67300 | 0.4485 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 128 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 128 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 130 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 130 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 132 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.119 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 133 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 134 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 135 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 136 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40500 | 44100 | 0.0817 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 137 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 137 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 139 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 140 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 141 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 142 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 143 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 144 | Widener University | 43400 | 79400 | 0.4535 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 146 | Manhattan University | 43500 | 74100 | 0.4129 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 147 | University at Buffalo | 44100 | 46700 | 0.0557 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 148 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 149 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 150 | University of California-San Diego | 46400 | 74600 | 0.3778 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 151 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 152 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 153 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47800 | 48600 | 0.0165 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 154 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48400 | 91400 | 0.4706 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 156 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 156 | University of California-Riverside | 49500 | 66000 | 0.2501 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 158 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 159 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 160 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 83600 | 0.3994 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 161 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51900 | 52800 | 0.017 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 163 | Howard University | 55200 | 66500 | 0.17 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 164 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 168 | University of California-Berkeley | 71100 | 76100 | 0.0657 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 169 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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