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 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4000 | 93300 | 0.9568 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4200 | 83500 | 0.9502 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8321 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9262 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 7 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.916 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98200 | 0.9199 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 8000 | 89100 | 0.9101 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | California Institute of Technology | 9000 | 94600 | 0.9045 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 13 | Lamar University | 9400 | 22900 | 0.5888 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9500 | 90900 | 0.8951 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 15 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 63100 | 0.8436 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 10000 | 92500 | 0.8922 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 18 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8901 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 19 | University of California-Berkeley | 10700 | 44400 | 0.7592 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 20 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11200 | 33800 | 0.6688 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 21 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 36800 | 0.69 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 22 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11600 | 87500 | 0.8673 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 24 | University of California-San Diego | 11900 | 41600 | 0.7144 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | Wayne State University | 12500 | 32900 | 0.6197 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 12600 | 42900 | 0.7062 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 30 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13500 | 26600 | 0.493 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 30 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 32 | University of California-Riverside | 13700 | 36500 | 0.6242 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 33 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 60900 | 0.7687 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | Case Western Reserve University | 14600 | 92800 | 0.8423 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 37 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University | 15000 | 73100 | 0.7945 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15200 | 28200 | 0.4606 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 40 | Bucknell University | 15300 | 95700 | 0.8405 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 40 | University of Maine | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4781 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4258 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 44 | Stanford University | 16100 | 1932300 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 45 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16800 | 41200 | 0.5929 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 45 | McNeese State University | 16800 | 27800 | 0.396 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 47 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 26500 | 0.3627 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 48 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3462 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17400 | 31900 | 0.4527 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 50 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17500 | 44200 | 0.6047 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 51 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 52 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17700 | 44100 | 0.5989 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 52 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9364 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 54 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.2993 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 54 | University of Kentucky | 17800 | 37300 | 0.5242 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6956 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 57 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.7997 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 58 | University of South Alabama | 18200 | 40200 | 0.5478 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 59 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 60 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18600 | 30500 | 0.3899 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 61 | University of Rhode Island | 18800 | 33900 | 0.4455 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 62 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 29900 | 0.3373 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 64 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 65 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 67 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 20500 | 44400 | 0.5381 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 68 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20600 | 39800 | 0.4819 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 69 | Iowa State University | 21300 | 25700 | 0.1728 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21600 | 27800 | 0.2228 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 70 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21600 | 29900 | 0.278 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 72 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 73 | Lafayette College | 21800 | 91000 | 0.76 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 74 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22200 | 80400 | 0.7238 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 75 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32600 | 0.3161 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 76 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 76 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7725 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 78 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 33400 | 0.3172 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30200 | 0.245 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 80 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 81 | Marian University | 23600 | 59800 | 0.6049 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 82 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23900 | 34500 | 0.3075 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 83 | University of Houston | 24000 | 28400 | 0.1551 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 83 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 85 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24200 | 60700 | 0.6013 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 85 | University of Dayton | 24200 | 64400 | 0.624 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 87 | Front Range Community College | 24400 | 31400 | 0.2228 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 88 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 28300 | 0.1307 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 89 | Montana State University | 24800 | 31600 | 0.2155 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 90 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 90 | University of South Florida | 25000 | 36500 | 0.3147 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 92 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 62800 | 0.5923 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 93 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5525 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 94 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0843 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 95 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 96 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26400 | 28000 | 0.0571 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 97 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 98 | University of Kansas | 26700 | 44400 | 0.3989 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 99 | University of Arkansas | 26900 | 44500 | 0.3951 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 100 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27200 | 31300 | 0.1307 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 101 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 36300 | 0.2067 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 102 | New York University | 28900 | 92100 | 0.6862 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 103 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 104 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 104 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29700 | 34200 | 0.1314 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 104 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 107 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29800 | 59900 | 0.5028 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 108 | Michigan Technological University | 30500 | 34700 | 0.1209 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 110 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30700 | 36900 | 0.1691 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 111 | California State University-Long Beach | 30800 | 38800 | 0.2061 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 112 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 113 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31000 | 38600 | 0.1969 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 114 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 31100 | 78300 | 0.6029 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 117 | Tuskegee University | 31700 | 45600 | 0.3049 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 119 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32100 | 75200 | 0.5731 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 120 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32200 | 54400 | 0.408 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 121 | Villanova University | 32400 | 92900 | 0.6515 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 122 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 122 | University of Louisville | 32600 | 42100 | 0.2254 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 124 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 125 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34500 | 59100 | 0.416 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 126 | California Baptist University | 34700 | 69800 | 0.5026 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 127 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 128 | Tennessee Technological University | 36100 | 38500 | 0.0622 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 128 | Texas Tech University | 36100 | 42100 | 0.1424 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36100 | 54400 | 0.3364 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 131 | Western Michigan University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0571 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 132 | Rowan University | 37000 | 53600 | 0.3095 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 133 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37200 | 41600 | 0.1056 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 134 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52700 | 0.2885 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 135 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 135 | Washington State University | 37700 | 53600 | 0.2967 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 137 | Widener University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 138 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 139 | Drexel University | 39900 | 86400 | 0.5382 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 139 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 141 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 142 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40500 | 51400 | 0.2123 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 55300 | 0.2407 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 144 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3301 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 145 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 58600 | 0.2628 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 145 | 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 | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0923 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 149 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2758 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 150 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 45100 | 83500 | 0.4597 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 151 | University of New Haven | 46100 | 73500 | 0.3726 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 152 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 153 | University of Georgia | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0746 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 154 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 86200 | 0.434 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 155 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 156 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49400 | 58800 | 0.1599 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 157 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 85400 | 0.4135 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 158 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50500 | 64700 | 0.2196 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 159 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50700 | 59100 | 0.142 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 160 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 161 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 162 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72000 | 0.289 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 163 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52800 | 61200 | 0.1372 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 165 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 166 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 167 | Clarkson University | 54500 | 91700 | 0.4056 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 168 | Howard University | 55200 | 88500 | 0.3764 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 170 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 171 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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