Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | California Institute of Technology | 3000 | 93000 | 0.9675 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 4 | Stanford University | 3500 | 1932400 | 0.9982 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 3600 | 83500 | 0.9574 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4000 | 93300 | 0.9568 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 7 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 7000 | 89100 | 0.9213 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9267 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 10 | Northwestern University | 7600 | 94200 | 0.9192 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 98200 | 0.922 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8800 | 90900 | 0.9028 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 15 | University of Tulsa | 9500 | 63100 | 0.85 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 9800 | 92500 | 0.8943 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 32500 | 0.6894 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 18 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10300 | 33000 | 0.688 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 19 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8901 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10800 | 21100 | 0.4888 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 21 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 41600 | 0.7315 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 21 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11200 | 30200 | 0.6295 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 23 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 36800 | 0.69 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 24 | Lafayette College | 11600 | 91000 | 0.8721 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 26 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 11900 | 42900 | 0.7225 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 29 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 62800 | 0.7992 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 31 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 32 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 43000 | 0.6979 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 33 | Wayne State University | 13100 | 46800 | 0.7205 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 34 | University of Georgia | 13200 | 27200 | 0.514 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 35 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13700 | 60900 | 0.7752 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 37 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 38 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 13900 | 31000 | 0.5523 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 39 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 73100 | 0.8041 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 40 | University of California-Riverside | 14400 | 36500 | 0.6053 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 41 | University of Maine | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4952 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 14900 | 27000 | 0.448 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 43 | Case Western Reserve University | 15000 | 92800 | 0.838 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 44 | Bucknell University | 15100 | 95700 | 0.8426 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 45 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 46 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 47 | McNeese State University | 16100 | 27800 | 0.4212 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 48 | Texas Tech University | 16400 | 27900 | 0.4116 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 49 | University of Louisville | 16600 | 29100 | 0.43 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 49 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16600 | 26300 | 0.3691 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 49 | University of South Alabama | 16600 | 22400 | 0.2594 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 52 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16900 | 44200 | 0.6183 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 53 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31900 | 0.4622 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 53 | University of Kentucky | 17100 | 37300 | 0.5421 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17200 | 58900 | 0.7075 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 56 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4141 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 28400 | 0.3831 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 58 | Northeastern University | 17600 | 90000 | 0.8041 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 58 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 60 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9364 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 61 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 62 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18300 | 30500 | 0.3997 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 63 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19100 | 54000 | 0.646 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 64 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19700 | 39800 | 0.5045 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 65 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20000 | 26100 | 0.2334 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 65 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 67 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 68 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 68 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 70 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 70 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 72 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20800 | 27800 | 0.2516 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 73 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 74 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 33400 | 0.3292 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 74 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7736 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 76 | California Baptist University | 22500 | 65400 | 0.6564 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 76 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 78 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 22700 | 36100 | 0.3709 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 79 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 80 | University of Houston | 23100 | 28400 | 0.1868 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 80 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 23100 | 80400 | 0.7126 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 82 | Lamar University | 23200 | 37900 | 0.3875 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 82 | Marian University | 23200 | 59800 | 0.6116 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 84 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23400 | 34500 | 0.322 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 85 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23600 | 40400 | 0.4161 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 86 | University of Dayton | 23900 | 64400 | 0.6286 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 87 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 28300 | 0.1519 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 87 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24000 | 60700 | 0.6046 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 89 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24100 | 44400 | 0.4573 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 90 | University of South Florida | 24200 | 36500 | 0.3366 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 91 | Montana State University | 24400 | 31600 | 0.2281 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 92 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 93 | Tennessee Technological University | 24800 | 33700 | 0.2643 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 94 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5525 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 95 | Dordt University | 25900 | 52500 | 0.5064 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.3618 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 97 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0843 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 98 | University of Kansas | 26100 | 44400 | 0.4124 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 99 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 100 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38600 | 0.3007 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 100 | Michigan Technological University | 27000 | 34700 | 0.2217 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 102 | University of Southern California | 27100 | 98300 | 0.7245 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 103 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27200 | 31300 | 0.1307 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36400 | 0.2172 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 105 | University of Utah | 28600 | 32000 | 0.1061 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 106 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 45200 | 0.3626 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.216 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 108 | Clemson University | 28900 | 37100 | 0.2207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 108 | New York University | 28900 | 92100 | 0.6862 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 110 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 111 | California State University-Long Beach | 29400 | 38800 | 0.2422 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 112 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 29600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 113 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30400 | 78300 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30600 | 38600 | 0.2073 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 114 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 116 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 117 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 119 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31600 | 75200 | 0.5798 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 119 | Tuskegee University | 31600 | 45600 | 0.3071 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 121 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 121 | Villanova University | 31800 | 92900 | 0.658 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 123 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 124 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 125 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 126 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 127 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 128 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 129 | Rowan University | 35800 | 53600 | 0.3319 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 130 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35900 | 56300 | 0.3622 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 131 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 62900 | 0.4247 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 132 | Western Michigan University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0571 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 133 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36400 | 36700 | 0.0082 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 134 | University of Rhode Island | 37000 | 58400 | 0.3664 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 135 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37200 | 41600 | 0.1056 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 136 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 137 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 52700 | 0.2828 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 138 | Widener University | 37900 | 79400 | 0.5228 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 139 | University of Arizona | 38900 | 48300 | 0.1944 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 140 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 141 | Drexel University | 39100 | 86400 | 0.5475 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 142 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 143 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42800 | 55100 | 0.2233 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 144 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43000 | 53400 | 0.1949 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 145 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 146 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 147 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 148 | Kansas State University | 44000 | 48400 | 0.0916 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 149 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 44500 | 83500 | 0.4669 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 150 | University of New Haven | 46400 | 73500 | 0.3685 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 151 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48500 | 61200 | 0.2075 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 152 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 86200 | 0.434 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 153 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 154 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49400 | 58800 | 0.1599 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 155 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59100 | 0.1589 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 156 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 85400 | 0.41 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 157 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 158 | Manhattan University | 51300 | 72000 | 0.2876 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 158 | University of California-Berkeley | 51300 | 76600 | 0.3302 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 160 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 161 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 162 | Clarkson University | 53600 | 91700 | 0.4154 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 163 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 164 | Howard University | 54800 | 88500 | 0.381 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 165 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 166 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 167 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 60600 | 67600 | 0.1035 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 169 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69900 | 0.02 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 170 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75200 | 0.0412 | 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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