Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83500 | 0.9526 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | Carnegie Mellon University | 7100 | 90200 | 0.9215 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9267 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 7800 | 89100 | 0.9123 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.916 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98200 | 0.9199 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 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 | 8900 | 94600 | 0.9055 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 13 | University of Tulsa | 9800 | 63100 | 0.8452 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 10000 | 92500 | 0.8922 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 15 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 16 | University of California-Berkeley | 10500 | 44400 | 0.7637 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 17 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8901 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 18 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11400 | 33000 | 0.6547 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 20 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 41600 | 0.7192 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 21 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11900 | 39000 | 0.6941 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 22 | Lafayette College | 12300 | 87100 | 0.8582 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 23 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 24 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 62800 | 0.7929 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 25 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13300 | 43000 | 0.6907 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 42900 | 0.6875 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | Wayne State University | 13400 | 46800 | 0.7141 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 28 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 22400 | 0.3977 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 29 | University of California-Riverside | 13600 | 36500 | 0.627 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 27200 | 0.4993 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 60900 | 0.7703 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 33 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14100 | 25600 | 0.4484 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 33 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | Western Michigan University | 14500 | 28900 | 0.4988 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 37 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 73100 | 0.7972 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 38 | Bucknell University | 14900 | 89800 | 0.8344 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 38 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 40 | Case Western Reserve University | 15000 | 92800 | 0.838 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 41 | University of Maine | 15200 | 29300 | 0.4815 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 15300 | 27000 | 0.4332 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15400 | 25800 | 0.4033 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 44 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23000 | 0.3177 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 45 | Lehigh University | 15900 | 89400 | 0.8216 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 46 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 46 | Kansas State University | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3905 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 46 | Stanford University | 16100 | 1932300 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 49 | North Carolina State University | 16300 | 28500 | 0.4289 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 49 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 51 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4032 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 52 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16700 | 41200 | 0.5953 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 52 | California State University-Long Beach | 16700 | 25800 | 0.3528 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16700 | 24900 | 0.3289 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 52 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16700 | 42900 | 0.6102 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 56 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 56 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.35 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 58 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 59 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17600 | 44100 | 0.6012 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 60 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 60 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9364 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 62 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8008 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 63 | University of South Alabama | 18000 | 40200 | 0.5528 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 65 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18600 | 30500 | 0.3899 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 65 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 67 | Villanova University | 18700 | 88100 | 0.7876 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 68 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18900 | 54000 | 0.6497 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 69 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 71 | Rowan University | 20500 | 41300 | 0.5039 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 72 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 73 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 74 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21400 | 27800 | 0.23 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 75 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 75 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7725 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 77 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30200 | 0.245 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 79 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23200 | 36100 | 0.357 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 81 | Marian University | 23500 | 59800 | 0.6066 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 82 | Lamar University | 23800 | 37900 | 0.3716 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 82 | University of Houston | 23800 | 28400 | 0.1622 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 84 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24100 | 60700 | 0.6029 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 85 | University of Dayton | 24200 | 64400 | 0.624 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 86 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 87 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24600 | 40500 | 0.3929 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 88 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 89 | University of North Dakota | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1014 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 90 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5525 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 90 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 92 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 92 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0843 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 94 | Temple University | 26200 | 36100 | 0.2744 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 95 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 96 | University of Kansas | 26600 | 44400 | 0.4011 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 97 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 44500 | 0.3973 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 98 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 99 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27200 | 31300 | 0.1307 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 100 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36400 | 0.2144 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 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 South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 104 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 105 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 106 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 107 | Iowa State University | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3183 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 108 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30900 | 38600 | 0.1995 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 31000 | 78300 | 0.6042 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 111 | Drexel University | 31500 | 84100 | 0.6257 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 112 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 112 | Tuskegee University | 31700 | 45600 | 0.3049 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 114 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32000 | 75200 | 0.5745 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 114 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 116 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 117 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 118 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59900 | 0.4511 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 119 | University of Idaho | 33800 | 48700 | 0.3062 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 120 | California Baptist University | 34700 | 69800 | 0.5026 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 121 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 122 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35900 | 56300 | 0.3622 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 123 | Texas Tech University | 36000 | 42100 | 0.1448 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 124 | Tennessee Technological University | 36100 | 38500 | 0.0622 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 125 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 126 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 127 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52700 | 0.2866 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 128 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 128 | Washington State University | 37700 | 53600 | 0.2967 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 130 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39000 | 44400 | 0.1215 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 131 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 132 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40400 | 51400 | 0.2142 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 133 | Colorado School of Mines | 41300 | 62900 | 0.3436 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 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 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 136 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 137 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 138 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43400 | 53400 | 0.1874 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 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 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 45000 | 83500 | 0.4609 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 142 | Widener University | 45700 | 78400 | 0.417 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 143 | University of New Haven | 46200 | 73500 | 0.3712 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 144 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 145 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 62500 | 0.2357 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 146 | University of Kentucky | 48600 | 59900 | 0.1884 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 147 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 86200 | 0.434 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 148 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49400 | 58800 | 0.1599 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 149 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 85400 | 0.4124 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 150 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50500 | 59100 | 0.1454 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 151 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 152 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 153 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72000 | 0.289 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 154 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 155 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 156 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 157 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 158 | Clarkson University | 54300 | 91700 | 0.4078 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 159 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 160 | Howard University | 55100 | 88500 | 0.3776 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.2187 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 162 | Michigan Technological University | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 163 | The University of Alabama | 57400 | 58500 | 0.0188 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 164 | Miami University-Oxford | 57500 | 57500 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63700 | 0.0864 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62300 | 0.0578 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 167 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 168 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 169 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 60600 | 67600 | 0.1035 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 170 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 171 | 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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