Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | 3800 | 93300 | 0.9592 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83400 | 0.952 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9267 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 6 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 91000 | 0.9149 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 7 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.9162 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98200 | 0.9199 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 8000 | 89100 | 0.91 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 12 | Case Western Reserve University | 8700 | 92800 | 0.9059 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9115 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8800 | 90900 | 0.9028 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9800 | 92500 | 0.8944 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 15 | University of Tulsa | 9800 | 63100 | 0.8452 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 18 | University of California-Berkeley | 10500 | 44400 | 0.7637 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 19 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 10700 | 93700 | 0.8857 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10800 | 21100 | 0.4888 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11700 | 30200 | 0.6134 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 23 | Brown University | 12000 | 94000 | 0.8722 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 24 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12300 | 25900 | 0.5257 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 12400 | 42900 | 0.7108 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 28 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13100 | 17900 | 0.2689 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 30 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 13500 | 21800 | 0.3806 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 30 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 22400 | 0.3977 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 33 | University of California-Riverside | 13600 | 36500 | 0.627 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13800 | 60900 | 0.7736 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 35 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14200 | 31000 | 0.5426 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 37 | Bucknell University | 14600 | 95700 | 0.8479 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 73100 | 0.7972 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 39 | University of California-Irvine | 15000 | 40400 | 0.6292 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 40 | Stanford University | 15100 | 1932000 | 0.9922 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 41 | University of Mississippi | 15300 | 27000 | 0.4332 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 42 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 16000 | 24200 | 0.3395 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 43 | Kansas State University | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3905 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 44 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4032 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16700 | 24900 | 0.3289 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31800 | 0.4608 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.35 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 22400 | 0.2326 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17400 | 44200 | 0.607 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 50 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 50 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 52 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3712 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 53 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.7999 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 57 | Lehigh University | 19300 | 89800 | 0.7852 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 58 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3473 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 59 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76400 | 0.7373 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 61 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 62 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20400 | 35200 | 0.4201 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 62 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20400 | 40600 | 0.4969 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 62 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 66 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 67 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 68 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21400 | 27800 | 0.23 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 69 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 70 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21900 | 80400 | 0.7273 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 71 | University of Kansas | 22000 | 44400 | 0.5048 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 72 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32100 | 0.3051 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 73 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 74 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 75 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 53400 | 0.5772 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 76 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 33400 | 0.3202 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 77 | Marian University | 23500 | 59800 | 0.6066 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 78 | Lamar University | 23600 | 37700 | 0.3738 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 79 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23800 | 34500 | 0.3104 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 80 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 81 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24100 | 60700 | 0.6029 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 82 | University of Dayton | 24200 | 64400 | 0.624 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 83 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 84 | University of North Dakota | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1014 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 85 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5525 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 86 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0843 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 87 | Dordt University | 26100 | 51400 | 0.4932 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 88 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 32000 | 0.153 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 90 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 91 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 92 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 93 | Clarkson University | 28400 | 78000 | 0.6361 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 94 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 95 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 36200 | 0.2045 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 95 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 45200 | 0.3626 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 95 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.216 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 98 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 99 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 100 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 101 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 102 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30400 | 78300 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 103 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 104 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30700 | 36900 | 0.1691 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 105 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 106 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 106 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 106 | Tuskegee University | 31700 | 45600 | 0.3049 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 109 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 109 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32100 | 35200 | 0.0881 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 32300 | 92900 | 0.6526 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 112 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 113 | University of Louisville | 32500 | 42100 | 0.2278 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 114 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 115 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59400 | 0.4461 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 116 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 117 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33700 | 75200 | 0.552 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 118 | California Baptist University | 34400 | 69800 | 0.5069 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 118 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34400 | 59100 | 0.4177 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 120 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 121 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34900 | 45800 | 0.2381 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 122 | Texas Tech University | 35800 | 41000 | 0.1269 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 123 | Tennessee Technological University | 36100 | 38500 | 0.0622 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 124 | Rowan University | 36700 | 53600 | 0.3151 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 125 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 126 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37200 | 41600 | 0.1056 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 127 | Western Michigan University | 37500 | 37900 | 0.0105 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 128 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 129 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 129 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37700 | 40100 | 0.0598 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 129 | Washington State University | 37700 | 53600 | 0.2967 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 129 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 133 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 38100 | 55500 | 0.3138 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 134 | Drexel University | 39800 | 86400 | 0.5397 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 135 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 136 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 40200 | 86300 | 0.5342 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 137 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 137 | University of Maine | 40400 | 42800 | 0.0561 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 139 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 55300 | 0.2461 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 140 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 63300 | 0.3287 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 141 | University of Arizona | 42700 | 48600 | 0.1213 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 142 | University of Florida | 43000 | 45700 | 0.0591 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 143 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43100 | 88100 | 0.5106 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 144 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 145 | University of New Haven | 46000 | 70700 | 0.3492 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 146 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 147 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 148 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48600 | 86200 | 0.4363 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 148 | University of Kentucky | 48600 | 59900 | 0.189 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 150 | University of California-San Diego | 49000 | 79600 | 0.3843 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 151 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 151 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49200 | 67600 | 0.2722 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 153 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58900 | 0.1562 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 154 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 85400 | 0.4124 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 155 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50500 | 64400 | 0.2158 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 156 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 158 | University of Georgia | 52100 | 52100 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 159 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 160 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53800 | 96100 | 0.44 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 161 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 162 | Howard University | 55100 | 88500 | 0.3776 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 163 | Michigan Technological University | 55600 | 55600 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 164 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63600 | 0.0834 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61500 | 66900 | 0.0808 | 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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