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 | Princeton University | 4200 | 82600 | 0.9492 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96200 | 0.9174 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology | 8300 | 91800 | 0.9096 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 13 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 15 | Bucknell University | 11200 | 95700 | 0.8834 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 18 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 19 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 20 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 21 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 39700 | 0.6976 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 21 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12000 | 29100 | 0.5881 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 23 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5216 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 26 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 25700 | 0.5013 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 27 | University of South Florida | 13400 | 17100 | 0.2162 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 28 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 28 | University of North Alabama | 13500 | 28200 | 0.5224 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 31 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14600 | 36200 | 0.5966 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 34 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 35 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 35 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 37 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3992 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15500 | 24900 | 0.377 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 40 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8265 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 40 | Troy University | 15600 | 26800 | 0.4167 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 42 | Western Michigan University | 15700 | 26500 | 0.4079 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 43 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3097 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 43 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 45 | University of California-Riverside | 16200 | 36500 | 0.5558 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 46 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 47 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 47 | University of Kansas | 16400 | 34900 | 0.5302 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 49 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 50 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 51 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.2993 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 52 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 54 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 54 | University of Mississippi | 18200 | 27000 | 0.3258 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 56 | University of California-Berkeley | 18800 | 43500 | 0.5683 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 57 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 58 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3083 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 59 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 60 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 61 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 61 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20100 | 29900 | 0.3271 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 61 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 64 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 64 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 66 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 29300 | 0.2999 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 67 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20500 | 31900 | 0.356 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 67 | University of Southern California | 20500 | 75900 | 0.7303 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 70 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 71 | Louisiana Tech University | 21700 | 25300 | 0.1424 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 72 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 73 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 74 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 75 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 78 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 79 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 80 | University of Arizona | 24300 | 38100 | 0.3623 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 81 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 27500 | 0.1056 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 82 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 83 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25000 | 30600 | 0.183 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 85 | University of Dayton | 25500 | 64200 | 0.6029 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 86 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25600 | 32800 | 0.2194 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 87 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 87 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 89 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 90 | Clarkson University | 26300 | 78000 | 0.663 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 91 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 92 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 93 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 95 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 96 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 97 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 98 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 99 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28000 | 33300 | 0.1589 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 100 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 101 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 102 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 103 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 104 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 106 | Montana State University | 29700 | 31900 | 0.0689 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 107 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 108 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 109 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 110 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31100 | 38500 | 0.1923 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 111 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 111 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 113 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 114 | Lamar University | 31600 | 38300 | 0.175 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 115 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36700 | 0.1307 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 116 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 117 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 118 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 118 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 33200 | 49500 | 0.3296 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 120 | University of Rhode Island | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 121 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35100 | 56700 | 0.381 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 122 | Tuskegee University | 35400 | 41300 | 0.1436 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 123 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 124 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 125 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 47500 | 0.2381 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 126 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 127 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 128 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 129 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 130 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 131 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 132 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 133 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 134 | California Baptist University | 39800 | 65600 | 0.3933 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 134 | University of Maine | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1195 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 136 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 137 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 137 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40400 | 44100 | 0.0839 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 139 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40600 | 50600 | 0.1977 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 140 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 141 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41200 | 47500 | 0.1326 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 141 | University of New Haven | 41200 | 67300 | 0.3876 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 143 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 55200 | 0.2336 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 145 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 146 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 147 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 147 | University at Buffalo | 43400 | 46700 | 0.0707 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 149 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 150 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 151 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 153 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 154 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 155 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 156 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 158 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 159 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 83600 | 0.4006 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 160 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 161 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52600 | 52800 | 0.0038 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 162 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 163 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 164 | Howard University | 55200 | 66500 | 0.17 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 165 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 166 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 167 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 168 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 169 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 170 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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