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 | |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 36700 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins University | 6200 | 88600 | 0.9299 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 7 | Santa Ana College | 6300 | 30400 | 0.792 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6700 | 39100 | 0.8296 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology | 7100 | 90300 | 0.9212 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 9 | Santa Monica College | 7100 | 15500 | 0.5427 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 11 | Princeton University | 7600 | 81800 | 0.9069 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 8800 | 95000 | 0.9072 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 13 | Stanford University | 9400 | 71500 | 0.868 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10800 | 27200 | 0.6037 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 20 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 21 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 29900 | 0.5852 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 25 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 39000 | 0.6675 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38500 | 0.657 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 17100 | 0.2104 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 29 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 31 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 31 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 31300 | 0.55 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 33 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14200 | 23600 | 0.3981 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 23300 | 0.3776 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 36 | Case Western Reserve University | 14600 | 80400 | 0.8179 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 37 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4158 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 37 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43600 | 0.6561 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 40 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 41 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23100 | 0.3246 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 42 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15700 | 87300 | 0.8199 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3909 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 44 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 45 | Tufts University | 16100 | 92400 | 0.8262 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 46 | University of Arizona | 16400 | 30900 | 0.47 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 47 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 48 | University of Georgia | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3702 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 49 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17600 | 26300 | 0.3312 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 50 | Bucknell University | 17800 | 88400 | 0.7984 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 51 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 52 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18000 | 33600 | 0.4639 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3455 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 55 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 22400 | 0.1834 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 56 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 57 | McNeese State University | 18700 | 29200 | 0.36 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 58 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 59 | Youngstown State University | 19100 | 29300 | 0.3477 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 71400 | 0.7313 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 61 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 62 | Lehigh University | 19500 | 85700 | 0.7729 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 63 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 64 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 65 | University of Wyoming | 20000 | 26700 | 0.2497 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1704 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 67 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20200 | 24500 | 0.1752 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 67 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 67 | Western Michigan University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20300 | 26900 | 0.2452 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 71 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 72 | University of California-Irvine | 21000 | 35300 | 0.4058 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 73 | University of Rochester | 23300 | 93100 | 0.7499 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 74 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 33600 | 0.3037 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 74 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23400 | 71600 | 0.6734 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 76 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 77 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23700 | 28300 | 0.1627 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 78 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36000 | 0.3356 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 79 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 24200 | 39900 | 0.3936 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 80 | University at Buffalo | 24300 | 34000 | 0.2853 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 81 | Montana State University | 24700 | 31400 | 0.2133 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 81 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24700 | 32200 | 0.2328 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 83 | Dordt University | 24900 | 52300 | 0.5237 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 84 | Tuskegee University | 25000 | 42100 | 0.4066 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 84 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 86 | Tennessee Technological University | 25100 | 33700 | 0.2548 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 87 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 42000 | 0.3995 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 88 | Lamar University | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3021 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 89 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5258 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 90 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 26700 | 36700 | 0.2703 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 91 | California State University-Long Beach | 26800 | 38400 | 0.3025 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 92 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26900 | 31000 | 0.1315 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 92 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 94 | University of Tulsa | 27300 | 62700 | 0.5649 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 95 | University of Louisville | 27400 | 42200 | 0.3505 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 96 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 97 | Christian Brothers University | 27600 | 54600 | 0.4948 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 98 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 99 | Colorado School of Mines | 28900 | 38100 | 0.2418 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 99 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0961 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 101 | Clarkson University | 29000 | 78000 | 0.6284 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 102 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 103 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30000 | 41800 | 0.2824 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 103 | University of North Dakota | 30000 | 32500 | 0.0791 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 105 | University of Houston | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1365 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 106 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6096 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 107 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 107 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2639 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 109 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 110 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31200 | 36400 | 0.1427 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 111 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 112 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 113 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 114 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 114 | University of Dayton | 32500 | 64100 | 0.493 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 114 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 117 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 33000 | 45200 | 0.27 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 118 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33400 | 54600 | 0.3881 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 119 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33700 | 37000 | 0.0898 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 120 | Prairie View A & M University | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1415 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 121 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 123 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34700 | 74600 | 0.5351 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 123 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34700 | 49600 | 0.3002 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 125 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35400 | 43500 | 0.1863 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 126 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 35500 | 35500 | 0 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 127 | University of Maine | 35800 | 45100 | 0.2062 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 128 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3565 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 129 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 130 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36600 | 46700 | 0.2163 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 131 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 132 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 132 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 134 | University of New Haven | 38100 | 64900 | 0.4127 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 135 | Kettering University | 38300 | 66900 | 0.4275 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 136 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 136 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 138 | Wayne State University | 39000 | 45500 | 0.1428 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 139 | University of California-San Diego | 39600 | 61100 | 0.352 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 139 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 141 | University of California-Riverside | 39700 | 66400 | 0.402 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 142 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 143 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 144 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 145 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 55100 | 0.2379 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 54900 | 0.2352 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 147 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 147 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45600 | 0.0526 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 149 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43700 | 68800 | 0.3647 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 151 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 152 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45900 | 48000 | 0.0437 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 153 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46600 | 58900 | 0.2099 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 154 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 155 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48300 | 85700 | 0.4362 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 156 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 157 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49100 | 85800 | 0.4277 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 158 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50700 | 81000 | 0.3739 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 159 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 160 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51600 | 56300 | 0.0834 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 162 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 163 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51800 | 56100 | 0.0762 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 164 | Howard University | 53400 | 61600 | 0.1331 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 165 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 166 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 167 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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