Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Colorado.
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 Colorado.
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 | Princeton University | 5500 | 82400 | 0.9329 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 3 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7800 | 90000 | 0.9138 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 10 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9024 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10800 | 25000 | 0.5672 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3775 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 39700 | 0.7052 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11900 | 93100 | 0.8724 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 18 | Pikes Peak State College | 11900 | 18700 | 0.3647 | 12,388 | 0 | 0.8643 | |
| 18 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 21 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 22 | Arapahoe Community College | 12100 | 25400 | 0.5227 | 15,012 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Lafayette College | 12100 | 85800 | 0.8594 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 24 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12400 | 43000 | 0.7116 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 26 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12600 | 25900 | 0.5124 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 28 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 29 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 29 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38800 | 0.659 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13300 | 28000 | 0.5256 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 32 | Youngstown State University | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4921 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 33 | Kansas State University | 13700 | 26100 | 0.4756 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14200 | 48200 | 0.706 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 36 | University of South Florida | 14400 | 17100 | 0.1578 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 37 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 36900 | 0.6069 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 37 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 25700 | 0.4353 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 37 | University of California-Riverside | 14500 | 66000 | 0.7807 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 40 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 40 | Case Western Reserve University | 14700 | 83100 | 0.8229 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 40 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 43 | University of California-Irvine | 15300 | 36300 | 0.5784 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 44 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 45 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 46 | Florida State University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.314 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 46 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89600 | 0.8252 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3899 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 49 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16300 | 23200 | 0.2974 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 50 | University of South Alabama | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 51 | North Carolina State University | 16600 | 28500 | 0.4168 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 52 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5708 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 52 | Wayne State University | 16700 | 46200 | 0.6386 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16900 | 24900 | 0.3209 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 55 | University of Maine | 17100 | 29300 | 0.4166 | 9,601 | 1178 | 0.9664 | |
| 56 | Lamar University | 17400 | 41900 | 0.5847 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 57 | University of California-Berkeley | 17500 | 43500 | 0.5982 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 57 | University of St Thomas | 17500 | 50900 | 0.6564 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 59 | University of Rhode Island | 17600 | 33900 | 0.4809 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 60 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17700 | 26300 | 0.3255 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 61 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5503 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 62 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18100 | 52500 | 0.6552 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 63 | University of Arizona | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3922 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 64 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45000 | 0.5806 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 65 | McNeese State University | 19000 | 32800 | 0.4213 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 67 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19800 | 27600 | 0.2821 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 67 | Western Michigan University | 19800 | 32500 | 0.3912 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 69 | San Jose State University | 20000 | 33600 | 0.4044 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 70 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1691 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75800 | 0.7338 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 72 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 72 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20300 | 45200 | 0.5514 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 74 | University of Tulsa | 20500 | 62900 | 0.6741 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 75 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 75 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3327 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 77 | University of Wyoming | 20800 | 27900 | 0.2558 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 78 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 21000 | 30700 | 0.3148 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 79 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21300 | 42600 | 0.5005 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 80 | Northwestern University | 21500 | 89500 | 0.7601 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 81 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 82 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 83 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22300 | 59900 | 0.6276 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 84 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 85 | Montana State University | 23300 | 31400 | 0.2579 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 86 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 35000 | 0.3315 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 87 | New York University | 23800 | 91800 | 0.7405 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 88 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 89 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 26300 | 0.0876 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 90 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24900 | 26900 | 0.0762 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 91 | Tennessee Technological University | 25100 | 33700 | 0.254 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 91 | University of North Dakota | 25100 | 27700 | 0.0922 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 93 | Dordt University | 25400 | 52500 | 0.5159 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 94 | University of Kansas | 25600 | 44000 | 0.4189 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 95 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5485 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 96 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 97 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5253 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 98 | University of Arkansas | 26900 | 29600 | 0.0928 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 99 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 100 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27200 | 40500 | 0.3285 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 101 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27400 | 31100 | 0.1206 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 103 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 104 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 105 | Clarkson University | 28000 | 78000 | 0.6412 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 105 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 108 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.244 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 29600 | 32600 | 0.0935 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 110 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29700 | 45100 | 0.3414 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 111 | Michigan Technological University | 30500 | 34700 | 0.1211 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6043 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 113 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.1597 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 114 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 114 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31100 | 62800 | 0.5044 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 116 | University of Nevada-Reno | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 117 | University of Dayton | 32000 | 64200 | 0.5016 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 118 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32200 | 75200 | 0.572 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 118 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 121 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32300 | 36700 | 0.1187 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32600 | 35100 | 0.0713 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 123 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 124 | University of Louisville | 33900 | 42000 | 0.1931 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 125 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34300 | 36100 | 0.0498 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 126 | University of New Haven | 35600 | 67100 | 0.4695 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 127 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36000 | 42800 | 0.1575 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 128 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36200 | 36600 | 0.0109 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 128 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36200 | 56800 | 0.3624 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 130 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 130 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2784 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 132 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0527 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 133 | University of Connecticut | 37400 | 43900 | 0.1482 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 134 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 134 | California State University-Long Beach | 37600 | 38600 | 0.0259 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 136 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 136 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 138 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 139 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 140 | Washington State University | 41100 | 56300 | 0.2706 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 140 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 142 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 143 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 144 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45600 | 0.0526 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53400 | 0.191 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 146 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68600 | 0.3653 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 147 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2741 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 148 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 149 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 150 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 151 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 152 | University of Delaware | 47900 | 61300 | 0.2184 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 153 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48400 | 56600 | 0.1448 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83800 | 0.4164 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48900 | 92100 | 0.4693 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 154 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1357 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 157 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4207 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 158 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 82600 | 0.3887 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 159 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 160 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0385 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51700 | 53700 | 0.0382 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 64200 | 0.1619 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 163 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 164 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 164 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0346 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 166 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 169 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0322 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 170 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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