Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9267 | 8,153 | 1513 | 0.1192 | |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame | 7800 | 89100 | 0.9123 | 8,950 | 1500 | 0.0938 | |
| 7 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.916 | 9,060 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98200 | 0.9199 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8900 | 94600 | 0.9055 | 971 | 1557 | 0.0379 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9400 | 90900 | 0.8962 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 13 | University of Tulsa | 9800 | 63100 | 0.8452 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 14 | Lafayette College | 9900 | 91000 | 0.8907 | 2,675 | 1427 | 0.3116 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 10000 | 92500 | 0.8922 | 4,807 | 1535 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8901 | 6,096 | 1462 | 0.4191 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1521 | 0.0838 | |
| 18 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 41600 | 0.7192 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 19 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11900 | 39000 | 0.6941 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 20 | Louisiana Tech University | 12400 | 42900 | 0.7108 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 21 | Wayne State University | 12500 | 32900 | 0.6197 | 16,390 | 1174 | 0.8359 | |
| 22 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 23 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 24 | Bucknell University | 13000 | 95700 | 0.8646 | 3,928 | 1396 | 0.322 | |
| 24 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13000 | 17900 | 0.2758 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 26 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 26 | University of Houston | 13500 | 21800 | 0.3806 | 40,366 | 1249 | 0.7577 | |
| 26 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 22400 | 0.3977 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 27200 | 0.4993 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 60900 | 0.7703 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 32 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14100 | 25600 | 0.4484 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 33 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1115 | 0.9145 | |
| 34 | Western Michigan University | 14500 | 28900 | 0.4988 | 13,714 | 1115 | 0.9121 | |
| 35 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66100 | 0.7764 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 36 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 37 | Case Western Reserve University | 15000 | 92800 | 0.838 | 6,657 | 1475 | 0.3778 | |
| 38 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15100 | 28200 | 0.4642 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 39 | University of Maine | 15200 | 29300 | 0.4815 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 39 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 41 | University of Mississippi | 15300 | 27000 | 0.4332 | 22,939 | 1182 | 0.9738 | |
| 42 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23000 | 0.3177 | 34,271 | 1360 | 0.2383 | |
| 42 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 44 | Kansas State University | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3905 | 16,555 | 1164 | 0.875 | |
| 44 | Stanford University | 16100 | 1932300 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1535 | 0.038 | |
| 46 | North Carolina State University | 16300 | 28500 | 0.4289 | 29,340 | 1378 | 0.3954 | |
| 47 | Texas Tech University | 16400 | 27900 | 0.4116 | 34,021 | 1200 | 0.6906 | |
| 48 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4032 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 49 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 26500 | 0.3696 | 23,003 | 1159 | 0.7367 | |
| 50 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16800 | 44200 | 0.6206 | 1,829 | 1109 | 0.945 | |
| 51 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31900 | 0.4622 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 51 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 53 | 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 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8008 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18100 | 58900 | 0.6922 | 8,219 | 1120 | 0.9485 | |
| 59 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18300 | 28200 | 0.3514 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1030 | 0.9654 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3473 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 63 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 63 | Western Carolina University | 20000 | 21600 | 0.074 | 10,268 | 1130 | 0.7076 | |
| 65 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20200 | 32900 | 0.386 | 19,787 | 1214 | 0.8807 | |
| 66 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20400 | 39800 | 0.4869 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20400 | 60700 | 0.6639 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 68 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1363 | 0.4879 | |
| 69 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1125 | 0.861 | |
| 70 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21200 | 24100 | 0.1202 | 35,248 | 1273 | 0.6939 | |
| 71 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21400 | 27800 | 0.23 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 72 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21500 | 29900 | 0.2814 | 21,469 | 1148 | 0.9061 | |
| 73 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1204 | 0.8863 | |
| 74 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1209 | 0.8689 | |
| 75 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 33400 | 0.3202 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30200 | 0.245 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 77 | Tufts University | 23100 | 99000 | 0.7665 | 7,031 | 1507 | 0.1082 | |
| 78 | Marian University | 23500 | 59800 | 0.6066 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 79 | Lamar University | 23800 | 37900 | 0.3716 | 8,387 | 1050 | 0.8353 | |
| 80 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1397 | 0.5989 | |
| 81 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 82 | Miami University-Oxford | 24500 | 28300 | 0.1342 | 16,405 | 1299 | 0.74 | |
| 83 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 62800 | 0.5954 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 84 | University of North Dakota | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1014 | 11,837 | 1150 | 0.8157 | |
| 85 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5525 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1279 | 0.8324 | |
| 87 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 88 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 89 | University of Kansas | 26600 | 44400 | 0.4011 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 90 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 44500 | 0.3973 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 91 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 92 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1044 | 0.7996 | |
| 93 | University of Dayton | 27700 | 64400 | 0.5697 | 7,252 | 1302 | 0.6659 | |
| 94 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27900 | 33300 | 0.162 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 95 | Tuskegee University | 28200 | 45600 | 0.3816 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 96 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36400 | 0.2172 | 11,691 | 1069 | 0.7722 | |
| 97 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 36300 | 0.2066 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 98 | New York University | 28900 | 92100 | 0.6862 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 99 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 29600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 99 | University of Toledo | 29600 | 42000 | 0.2954 | 10,726 | 1229 | 0.8889 | |
| 101 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 102 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 34200 | 0.1285 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 103 | California State University-Long Beach | 30700 | 38800 | 0.2087 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 103 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30700 | 38600 | 0.2047 | 7,637 | 1110 | 0.1865 | |
| 103 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30700 | 36900 | 0.1691 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 103 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78300 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 107 | Iowa State University | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3183 | 26,346 | 1207 | 0.8793 | |
| 108 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1435 | 0.1334 | |
| 109 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 110 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 32300 | 92900 | 0.6526 | 6,933 | 1457 | 0.2814 | |
| 112 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32900 | 75200 | 0.5625 | 3,190 | 1307 | 0.6187 | |
| 113 | University of Idaho | 34000 | 48700 | 0.302 | 9,656 | 1119 | 0.7476 | |
| 114 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34100 | 39000 | 0.1256 | 8,706 | 1235 | 0.8906 | |
| 115 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34400 | 59100 | 0.4177 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 116 | California Baptist University | 34900 | 69800 | 0.4998 | 8,707 | 1070 | 0.8139 | |
| 117 | Tennessee Technological University | 36100 | 38500 | 0.0622 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 117 | University of Rhode Island | 36100 | 58400 | 0.3818 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 119 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1296 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 120 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 121 | Kettering University | 37500 | 98700 | 0.6203 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 122 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52700 | 0.2866 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 123 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37700 | 40100 | 0.0598 | 25,054 | 1239 | 0.7762 | |
| 124 | Widener University | 38000 | 79400 | 0.5216 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 125 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 125 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39000 | 44400 | 0.1215 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 127 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 128 | Rowan University | 40100 | 53600 | 0.2517 | 17,157 | 1219 | 0.7654 | |
| 129 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 130 | Drexel University | 40500 | 86400 | 0.5313 | 12,318 | 1339 | 0.699 | |
| 131 | University of New Haven | 41400 | 73500 | 0.4365 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 132 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41600 | 55300 | 0.2479 | 21,388 | 1375 | 0.5945 | |
| 133 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41800 | 83500 | 0.4992 | 2,160 | 1404 | 0.809 | |
| 134 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3301 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 135 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 135 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 58600 | 0.2645 | 31,875 | 1463 | 0.4503 | |
| 137 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1435 | 0.1642 | |
| 138 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 139 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 44600 | 56600 | 0.2119 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 140 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2758 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 141 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45400 | 51400 | 0.1168 | 24,260 | 1252 | 0.7576 | |
| 142 | Appalachian State University | 46200 | 46500 | 0.0064 | 19,732 | 1190 | 0.9388 | |
| 143 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1303 | 0.8059 | |
| 144 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47800 | 47800 | 0 | 6,743 | 1293 | 0.6292 | |
| 145 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 146 | University of Arizona | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 43,294 | 1233 | 0.8351 | |
| 146 | University of Kentucky | 48600 | 59900 | 0.1884 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 148 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 86200 | 0.434 | 4,206 | 1445 | 0.5068 | |
| 149 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50000 | 64700 | 0.2273 | 46,627 | 1378 | 0.492 | |
| 150 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 85400 | 0.4124 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 151 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 152 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1438 | 0.6725 | |
| 153 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 154 | University of California-Berkeley | 51900 | 76600 | 0.3223 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 155 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1208 | 0.799 | |
| 156 | Clarkson University | 52700 | 92300 | 0.4291 | 2,163 | 1302 | 0.825 | |
| 157 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 158 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 159 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 160 | Howard University | 55100 | 88500 | 0.3776 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 161 | Michigan Technological University | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 6,009 | 1256 | 0.8546 | |
| 162 | Manhattan University | 57400 | 72000 | 0.2028 | 2,378 | 1274 | 0.8216 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 164 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 166 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0417 | 8,513 | 1203 | 0.9261 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 63600 | 67600 | 0.0591 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1325 | 0.6737 | |
| 170 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69900 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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