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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 39100 | 0.868 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Princeton University | 5700 | 81800 | 0.9302 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6900 | 94100 | 0.9269 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 95000 | 0.9167 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 9600 | 30100 | 0.6801 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10000 | 86100 | 0.8838 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 15 | Brigham Young University | 11100 | 29000 | 0.6168 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 16 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.863 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 18 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 29900 | 0.5852 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 18 | New York University | 12400 | 91800 | 0.8647 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 20 | University of California-San Diego | 12600 | 34000 | 0.6289 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 21 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38500 | 0.6596 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 23 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5829 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 24 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13700 | 39000 | 0.6493 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 26 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 29100 | 0.5197 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 28 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14100 | 17900 | 0.2129 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 28 | University of North Alabama | 14100 | 28200 | 0.501 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 24800 | 0.428 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14300 | 25600 | 0.4406 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 23300 | 0.3776 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 33 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4466 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 34 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14800 | 87300 | 0.8302 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 34 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14800 | 23600 | 0.3726 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 37 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43500 | 0.655 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 80400 | 0.8117 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 39 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 40 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 42 | University of California-Riverside | 15900 | 36500 | 0.564 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 16100 | 85700 | 0.8126 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 44 | Lamar University | 16500 | 22900 | 0.2791 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 45 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 46 | University of Southern California | 16900 | 76000 | 0.7776 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 47 | Northeastern University | 17100 | 89900 | 0.8101 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 47 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 49 | University of Georgia | 17200 | 27100 | 0.363 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 50 | Bucknell University | 17700 | 88400 | 0.7996 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 50 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17700 | 26300 | 0.3276 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 50 | University of Rochester | 17700 | 93100 | 0.8101 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 53 | Tufts University | 17800 | 92400 | 0.8077 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 54 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 33600 | 0.4669 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 55 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 56 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 57 | Prairie View A & M University | 18500 | 25400 | 0.2717 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 58 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3408 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 59 | McNeese State University | 19200 | 29200 | 0.3429 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 60 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 61 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 62 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 63 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20100 | 24500 | 0.1792 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 63 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4817 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 63 | Wayne State University | 20100 | 32300 | 0.3782 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 66 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 67 | Western Michigan University | 21000 | 32300 | 0.3499 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 68 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21300 | 30300 | 0.2967 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 69 | Cleveland State University | 21700 | 30900 | 0.2974 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 70 | University of Florida | 22300 | 44000 | 0.4936 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 71 | Florida State University | 22500 | 23100 | 0.026 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 72 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 33600 | 0.3067 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 73 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 74 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 75 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 24000 | 29800 | 0.1925 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 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 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24700 | 26900 | 0.082 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 79 | Miami University-Oxford | 25000 | 27200 | 0.0807 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 79 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2586 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 81 | Montana State University | 25200 | 31400 | 0.1974 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 82 | Dordt University | 25400 | 52300 | 0.5142 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 83 | University of Arkansas | 25500 | 27700 | 0.0796 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 84 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 85 | University of Kansas | 26000 | 42000 | 0.3812 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 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 | Rowan University | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3234 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 89 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27800 | 40300 | 0.31 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 91 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 92 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 93 | University of Tulsa | 28200 | 62700 | 0.5505 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 94 | California State University-Long Beach | 28300 | 38400 | 0.2634 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 95 | University of Louisville | 28500 | 29100 | 0.0206 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 95 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28500 | 36700 | 0.2228 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 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 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 100 | Colorado School of Mines | 28900 | 38100 | 0.2418 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 100 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 100 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28900 | 78100 | 0.63 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 100 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 104 | University of South Alabama | 29600 | 35000 | 0.1543 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 105 | University of North Dakota | 29800 | 32500 | 0.0831 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 106 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 107 | San Jose State University | 30700 | 41000 | 0.251 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 108 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 52900 | 0.4179 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 108 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 110 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 111 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 31100 | 41800 | 0.2561 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 112 | Michigan Technological University | 31300 | 34700 | 0.098 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 113 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41100 | 0.2314 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 32000 | 34400 | 0.0709 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 115 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 116 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 117 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32800 | 38500 | 0.1481 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 117 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 119 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33000 | 54600 | 0.3954 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 120 | University of Dayton | 33100 | 64100 | 0.4836 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 121 | Tuskegee University | 33700 | 41300 | 0.1848 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 122 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34200 | 74600 | 0.5419 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 123 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 35100 | 0.0171 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 125 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 126 | California Baptist University | 35100 | 65200 | 0.4616 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 127 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 35300 | 39000 | 0.0949 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 128 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35900 | 43500 | 0.1748 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 129 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 130 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 131 | University of Maine | 36400 | 45100 | 0.1929 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 132 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 133 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 134 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37600 | 46700 | 0.1949 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 134 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 41800 | 0.1005 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 136 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 62000 | 0.3872 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 137 | Kettering University | 38500 | 66900 | 0.4246 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 137 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 139 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 139 | University of New Haven | 38600 | 64900 | 0.405 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 139 | University of Wyoming | 38600 | 43800 | 0.1187 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 142 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53700 | 0.2627 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 143 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 144 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 145 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 145 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 41200 | 56700 | 0.2734 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 147 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 148 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 149 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 150 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43200 | 55100 | 0.2161 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 151 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 151 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 52100 | 0.167 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 151 | The University of Alabama | 43400 | 48800 | 0.1106 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 154 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46800 | 48000 | 0.025 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 155 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 156 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47500 | 85700 | 0.4455 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 157 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49000 | 85800 | 0.4288 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 158 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 81000 | 0.38 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 159 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50400 | 56400 | 0.1063 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 160 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 160 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51100 | 56300 | 0.0923 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 162 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 163 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53000 | 56100 | 0.0554 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 164 | University of California-Irvine | 55400 | 64800 | 0.145 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 165 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | 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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