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 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 3400 | 90800 | 0.9626 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 3500 | 82600 | 0.9576 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Stanford University | 3500 | 71800 | 0.9517 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4600 | 40700 | 0.886 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7600 | 96200 | 0.9205 | 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 | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 11 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9087 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 18 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11700 | 25000 | 0.5312 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 21 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 21 | Lamar University | 12000 | 22900 | 0.4754 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12200 | 38800 | 0.6861 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12400 | 24700 | 0.4983 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 25 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 25 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12500 | 17900 | 0.3025 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 28 | University of Houston | 13200 | 22000 | 0.3993 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 29 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6054 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 31 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4659 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 32 | University of St Thomas | 14400 | 50900 | 0.7174 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 33 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 34 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14700 | 26500 | 0.4465 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 35 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 36 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 37 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 38 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.392 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 40 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 42 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16300 | 35700 | 0.5435 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 43 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 44 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 45 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17500 | 35300 | 0.5039 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 46 | University of California-Berkeley | 17800 | 43600 | 0.5926 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 47 | Texas Tech University | 17900 | 27100 | 0.34 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 49 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18400 | 30100 | 0.3893 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18600 | 29900 | 0.3777 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 51 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 51 | University of South Alabama | 18700 | 22400 | 0.1655 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 53 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 27400 | 0.3138 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 54 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 56 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 57 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19200 | 31900 | 0.3986 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 58 | University of Arizona | 19300 | 30900 | 0.376 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 59 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 60 | Cleveland State University | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3555 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 60 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19900 | 30500 | 0.3473 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 62 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20100 | 29300 | 0.3135 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 63 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 64 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 65 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20700 | 23200 | 0.1077 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 66 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 67 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 68 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 69 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 70 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 71 | New York University | 22700 | 91800 | 0.7524 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 72 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 73 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 34500 | 0.3221 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 74 | University of Kansas | 23900 | 43000 | 0.4442 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 75 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 76 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24400 | 44400 | 0.4508 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 77 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 78 | Tennessee Technological University | 25100 | 33700 | 0.2557 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 79 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 80 | Clarkson University | 25700 | 78000 | 0.6707 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 81 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5492 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 81 | University of North Dakota | 26000 | 28600 | 0.0912 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 83 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 41500 | 0.3684 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 84 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 86 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0741 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 87 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0833 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 88 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1252 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 89 | Trine University | 26700 | 56100 | 0.5245 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 90 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3819 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 91 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 91 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27500 | 32800 | 0.1619 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 91 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 94 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 95 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 96 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 97 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1269 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 98 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 99 | University of Dayton | 28700 | 64200 | 0.5531 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 100 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 101 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.214 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 101 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.097 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 103 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0677 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 104 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2129 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0952 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 106 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30200 | 59100 | 0.4887 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 107 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 108 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 108 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 30500 | 39900 | 0.2357 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 110 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 111 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 112 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 113 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 114 | Prairie View A & M University | 32400 | 39600 | 0.1817 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 115 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3999 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 116 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 117 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34400 | 39000 | 0.1182 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 118 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 119 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 120 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35600 | 56700 | 0.3719 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 121 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.357 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 122 | University of New Haven | 36500 | 67300 | 0.4574 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 123 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0541 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 124 | Kettering University | 37400 | 71800 | 0.479 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 124 | University of Connecticut | 37400 | 53600 | 0.3025 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 126 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 127 | Washington State University | 38300 | 53900 | 0.2897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53100 | 0.2692 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 129 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 130 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 131 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40100 | 44100 | 0.0907 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 132 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40200 | 50000 | 0.1962 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 132 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1127 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 132 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 135 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 136 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40800 | 55200 | 0.2608 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 137 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 138 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 139 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45700 | 0.0526 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 140 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3652 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 141 | Widener University | 43700 | 79400 | 0.4498 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 142 | Manhattan University | 43800 | 74100 | 0.4088 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 143 | University of California-Riverside | 45100 | 66000 | 0.3168 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 144 | University of California-San Diego | 45300 | 76000 | 0.4039 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 145 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 146 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2127 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 147 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0508 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 148 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 149 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48800 | 61200 | 0.2027 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 150 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83900 | 0.4172 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 151 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1528 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 152 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 153 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 154 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49900 | 59400 | 0.16 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 155 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50700 | 83600 | 0.3934 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 156 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51300 | 52800 | 0.0284 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 157 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 158 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 158 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1262 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 160 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 56800 | 0.0194 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 161 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0356 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 162 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 163 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 164 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 165 | Howard University | 59900 | 66500 | 0.0993 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 166 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 168 | University of California-Irvine | 68900 | 75600 | 0.0886 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 169 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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