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 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 5400 | 82400 | 0.9341 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96500 | 0.9194 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 10 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 11 | Case Western Reserve University | 8700 | 83100 | 0.8951 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 13 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 9200 | 30000 | 0.6931 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10600 | 25000 | 0.5752 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | University of California-San Diego | 11500 | 39700 | 0.7102 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 19 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 19 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 21 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12200 | 43000 | 0.7162 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12400 | 41800 | 0.7032 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 23 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5154 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 24 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 25 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 27 | University of Houston | 13600 | 23100 | 0.4114 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13800 | 17900 | 0.2297 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 29 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 26800 | 0.4847 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 31 | Bucknell University | 13900 | 94800 | 0.8532 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14100 | 28000 | 0.497 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 48200 | 0.7081 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 35 | University of South Florida | 14200 | 17100 | 0.1695 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 36 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 66000 | 0.7838 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 37 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 38 | Louisiana Tech University | 14800 | 36900 | 0.5988 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 40 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 41 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 41 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 43 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 44 | Lamar University | 16300 | 22900 | 0.2879 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 44 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 46 | Wayne State University | 16600 | 46200 | 0.6408 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5703 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 48 | University of Maine | 17000 | 29300 | 0.42 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 49 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17100 | 32200 | 0.4688 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 50 | University of Louisville | 17500 | 29100 | 0.399 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 50 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.3323 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4839 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 50 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 35200 | 0.5031 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 50 | University of St Thomas | 17500 | 50900 | 0.6564 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 55 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17700 | 52500 | 0.6628 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 56 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3547 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18000 | 50400 | 0.6432 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 59 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18300 | 41200 | 0.5565 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 59 | Prairie View A & M University | 18300 | 25400 | 0.2796 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 61 | University of Arizona | 18700 | 30900 | 0.3955 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 62 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 32800 | 0.4243 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 63 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 64 | University of Mississippi | 19500 | 27000 | 0.2777 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 65 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 66 | Western Michigan University | 19800 | 32500 | 0.3912 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 67 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75800 | 0.7352 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 68 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 68 | University of Tulsa | 20300 | 62900 | 0.6773 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 70 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 31000 | 0.3359 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 71 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 71 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 38200 | 0.458 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 73 | Northwestern University | 21300 | 89500 | 0.7623 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 74 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 75 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 76 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 22800 | 26900 | 0.1535 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 79 | Montana State University | 23200 | 31500 | 0.2636 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 79 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23200 | 44400 | 0.4771 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 81 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 82 | New York University | 23700 | 91800 | 0.7416 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 83 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3858 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 84 | Dordt University | 25400 | 51400 | 0.5068 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 84 | University of Kansas | 25400 | 44000 | 0.4229 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 87 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5494 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 87 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0921 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 89 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 90 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 91 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.525 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 92 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3825 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 93 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 93 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27000 | 40500 | 0.3334 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 95 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 37300 | 0.2736 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 95 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31800 | 0.1458 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 97 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 98 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 99 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 99 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 101 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1277 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 102 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 103 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 103 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0978 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 105 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0685 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 107 | Kansas State University | 29300 | 41600 | 0.2946 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 108 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.096 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 109 | Michigan Technological University | 29700 | 34700 | 0.1442 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 110 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6094 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 111 | University of Dayton | 31000 | 64200 | 0.5172 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 112 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31400 | 75200 | 0.5826 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 113 | Manhattan University | 31900 | 72500 | 0.56 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 115 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 116 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 117 | University of New Haven | 35300 | 67100 | 0.474 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 118 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35800 | 42800 | 0.1616 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 119 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3574 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 119 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36200 | 56800 | 0.3624 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 121 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 122 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0553 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 123 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1232 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 124 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 125 | California State University-Long Beach | 37400 | 38600 | 0.0311 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 126 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37500 | 66500 | 0.4358 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 127 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 128 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 129 | Kettering University | 38200 | 83800 | 0.5441 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 130 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 131 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 131 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 133 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1133 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 134 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 135 | Widener University | 42000 | 79400 | 0.4712 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 136 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42300 | 53700 | 0.2122 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 137 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 137 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53400 | 0.1929 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 139 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3664 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 140 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2301 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 141 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 142 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 143 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 144 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 145 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48000 | 48800 | 0.0164 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 146 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 147 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 148 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 149 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1363 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 150 | University of Colorado Boulder | 49000 | 56600 | 0.1342 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 151 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.423 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 152 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 82600 | 0.3887 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 153 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 154 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 155 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 156 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 157 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 158 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 159 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 160 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 163 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 164 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 165 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 166 | University of California-Berkeley | 70700 | 75900 | 0.0685 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 167 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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