Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Kentucky.
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 Kentucky.
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 | 1326 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1543 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4000 | 93300 | 0.9568 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83500 | 0.9526 | 5,916 | 1535 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5700 | 40700 | 0.859 | 35,358 | 1435 | 0.1642 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9267 | 8,153 | 1513 | 0.1192 | |
| 7 | Northern Kentucky University | 7700 | 25900 | 0.704 | 10,136 | 1090 | 0.9666 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 7800 | 89100 | 0.9123 | 8,950 | 1500 | 0.0938 | |
| 9 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.916 | 9,060 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98200 | 0.9199 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 11 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | California Institute of Technology | 8900 | 94600 | 0.9055 | 971 | 1557 | 0.0379 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9400 | 90900 | 0.8962 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 15 | University of Tulsa | 9800 | 63100 | 0.8452 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 16 | Lafayette College | 9900 | 91000 | 0.8907 | 2,675 | 1427 | 0.3116 | |
| 17 | Rice University | 10000 | 92500 | 0.8922 | 4,807 | 1535 | 0.0801 | |
| 18 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 19 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8901 | 6,096 | 1462 | 0.4191 | |
| 20 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10900 | 28000 | 0.6101 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.9683 | |
| 21 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1521 | 0.0838 | |
| 22 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 41600 | 0.7192 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech University | 12400 | 42900 | 0.7108 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 26 | Bucknell University | 13000 | 95700 | 0.8646 | 3,928 | 1396 | 0.322 | |
| 26 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 62800 | 0.7929 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 26 | University of Idaho | 13000 | 27800 | 0.5344 | 9,656 | 1119 | 0.7476 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13100 | 17900 | 0.2689 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 30 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13300 | 43000 | 0.6907 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 31 | Wayne State University | 13400 | 46800 | 0.7141 | 16,390 | 1174 | 0.8359 | |
| 32 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 27200 | 0.4993 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 60900 | 0.7703 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 34 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1233 | 0.8351 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1115 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66100 | 0.7764 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 73100 | 0.7972 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 38 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 39 | Case Western Reserve University | 15000 | 92800 | 0.838 | 6,657 | 1475 | 0.3778 | |
| 40 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15100 | 28200 | 0.4642 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 41 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 42 | University of Kansas | 15800 | 34900 | 0.5476 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 43 | Kansas State University | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3905 | 16,555 | 1164 | 0.875 | |
| 43 | Stanford University | 16100 | 1932300 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1535 | 0.038 | |
| 45 | Texas Tech University | 16400 | 27900 | 0.4116 | 34,021 | 1200 | 0.6906 | |
| 46 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4032 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 47 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16700 | 41200 | 0.5953 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 47 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 26500 | 0.3696 | 23,003 | 1159 | 0.7367 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16800 | 44200 | 0.6206 | 1,829 | 1109 | 0.945 | |
| 50 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31900 | 0.4622 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 50 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.35 | 19,787 | 1214 | 0.8807 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 52 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 22400 | 0.2236 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 54 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17600 | 44100 | 0.6012 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 55 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 975 | 0.7836 | |
| 55 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9364 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 57 | University of Louisville | 17800 | 29100 | 0.3887 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 58 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8008 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18100 | 58900 | 0.6922 | 8,219 | 1120 | 0.9485 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18900 | 54000 | 0.6497 | 3,991 | 1030 | 0.9654 | |
| 62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 63 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20400 | 60700 | 0.6639 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 64 | Rowan University | 20500 | 41300 | 0.5039 | 17,157 | 1219 | 0.7654 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1363 | 0.4879 | |
| 66 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 66 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1125 | 0.861 | |
| 68 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 69 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 21100 | 21100 | 0 | 20,786 | 1209 | 0.8689 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21400 | 27800 | 0.23 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 71 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21500 | 29900 | 0.2814 | 21,469 | 1148 | 0.9061 | |
| 72 | University of Houston | 21800 | 21800 | 0 | 40,366 | 1249 | 0.7577 | |
| 73 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1360 | 0.2383 | |
| 73 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 75 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43100 | 0.4783 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 76 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 33400 | 0.3202 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 77 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30200 | 0.245 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 78 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22900 | 80400 | 0.7151 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 79 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1044 | 0.7996 | |
| 80 | Tufts University | 23100 | 99000 | 0.7665 | 7,031 | 1507 | 0.1082 | |
| 81 | Marian University | 23500 | 59800 | 0.6066 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 82 | Lamar University | 23800 | 37900 | 0.3716 | 8,387 | 1050 | 0.8353 | |
| 82 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23800 | 34500 | 0.3104 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 84 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 85 | Miami University-Oxford | 24500 | 28300 | 0.1342 | 16,405 | 1299 | 0.74 | |
| 85 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24500 | 40400 | 0.3938 | 21,388 | 1375 | 0.5945 | |
| 87 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1303 | 0.8059 | |
| 88 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5525 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 89 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 89 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0843 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 89 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 92 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 93 | University of Mississippi | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 22,939 | 1182 | 0.9738 | |
| 94 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27200 | 31300 | 0.1307 | 8,706 | 1235 | 0.8906 | |
| 95 | University of Dayton | 27700 | 64400 | 0.5697 | 7,252 | 1302 | 0.6659 | |
| 96 | Tuskegee University | 28200 | 45600 | 0.3816 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 97 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36400 | 0.2172 | 11,691 | 1069 | 0.7722 | |
| 97 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 99 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 36300 | 0.2066 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 99 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.216 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 101 | Clemson University | 28900 | 37100 | 0.2207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 101 | New York University | 28900 | 92100 | 0.6862 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 103 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 31000 | 0.0452 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 103 | University of Toledo | 29600 | 42000 | 0.2954 | 10,726 | 1229 | 0.8889 | |
| 105 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1208 | 0.799 | |
| 105 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 33000 | 0.0969 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 108 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41800 | 0.2704 | 6,743 | 1293 | 0.6292 | |
| 109 | California State University-Long Beach | 30700 | 38800 | 0.2087 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 109 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30700 | 38600 | 0.2047 | 7,637 | 1110 | 0.1865 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78300 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 112 | Iowa State University | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3183 | 26,346 | 1207 | 0.8793 | |
| 113 | University of Maine | 30900 | 43100 | 0.2832 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 113 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1150 | 0.8157 | |
| 115 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1435 | 0.1334 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 119 | Villanova University | 32300 | 92900 | 0.6526 | 6,933 | 1457 | 0.2814 | |
| 120 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32600 | 54400 | 0.4007 | 35,248 | 1273 | 0.6939 | |
| 120 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1378 | 0.3954 | |
| 122 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32900 | 75200 | 0.5625 | 3,190 | 1307 | 0.6187 | |
| 123 | California Baptist University | 34900 | 69800 | 0.4998 | 8,707 | 1070 | 0.8139 | |
| 124 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 125 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35900 | 56300 | 0.3622 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 126 | Tennessee Technological University | 36100 | 38500 | 0.0622 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 126 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 126 | University of Rhode Island | 36100 | 58400 | 0.3818 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 129 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1296 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 130 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 130 | Western Michigan University | 37000 | 38500 | 0.0389 | 13,714 | 1115 | 0.9121 | |
| 132 | Kettering University | 37500 | 98700 | 0.6203 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 133 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52700 | 0.2866 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 134 | Widener University | 38000 | 79400 | 0.5216 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 135 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 135 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39000 | 44400 | 0.1215 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 137 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 138 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 139 | Drexel University | 40500 | 86400 | 0.5313 | 12,318 | 1339 | 0.699 | |
| 140 | University of New Haven | 41400 | 73500 | 0.4365 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 141 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 58600 | 0.2645 | 31,875 | 1463 | 0.4503 | |
| 142 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 143 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43400 | 58800 | 0.262 | 25,054 | 1239 | 0.7762 | |
| 144 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 44600 | 56600 | 0.2119 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 145 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 44700 | 83500 | 0.4645 | 2,160 | 1404 | 0.809 | |
| 146 | University of Kentucky | 45200 | 59900 | 0.2454 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 147 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45400 | 51400 | 0.1168 | 24,260 | 1252 | 0.7576 | |
| 148 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 149 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,415 | 1279 | 0.8324 | |
| 150 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 86200 | 0.434 | 4,206 | 1445 | 0.5068 | |
| 151 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50000 | 64700 | 0.2273 | 46,627 | 1378 | 0.492 | |
| 152 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 85400 | 0.4124 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 153 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50500 | 59100 | 0.1454 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 154 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 155 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1438 | 0.6725 | |
| 156 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 157 | University of California-Berkeley | 51900 | 76600 | 0.3223 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 158 | Clarkson University | 52700 | 92300 | 0.4291 | 2,163 | 1302 | 0.825 | |
| 159 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52800 | 61200 | 0.1372 | 26,490 | 1204 | 0.8863 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1397 | 0.5989 | |
| 161 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 162 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 163 | Howard University | 55100 | 88500 | 0.3776 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 164 | Michigan Technological University | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 6,009 | 1256 | 0.8546 | |
| 165 | Manhattan University | 57400 | 72000 | 0.2028 | 2,378 | 1274 | 0.8216 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 167 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 168 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0417 | 8,513 | 1203 | 0.9261 | |
| 169 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 63600 | 67600 | 0.0591 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 170 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1325 | 0.6737 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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