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 | 3900 | 93300 | 0.9581 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83400 | 0.952 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5700 | 40700 | 0.859 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 6 | Carnegie Mellon University | 7100 | 90200 | 0.9214 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 7 | Washington University in St Louis | 7600 | 102300 | 0.9256 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 8 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.9162 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98200 | 0.9199 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 8000 | 89100 | 0.91 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 12 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 98000 | 0.9095 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9800 | 92500 | 0.8944 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | University of Tulsa | 9800 | 63100 | 0.8452 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 16 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 17 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10800 | 93700 | 0.8846 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10800 | 21100 | 0.4888 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 20 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 21 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11400 | 32800 | 0.6521 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 21 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 35700 | 0.6802 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 23 | Brown University | 12100 | 94000 | 0.8712 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 24 | Lafayette College | 12300 | 87100 | 0.8582 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 25 | Wayne State University | 12500 | 32900 | 0.6197 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 26 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 27 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 28 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13100 | 17900 | 0.2689 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 42900 | 0.6875 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 13500 | 21800 | 0.3806 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 60900 | 0.7703 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 33 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 34 | Western Michigan University | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4533 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 35 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 36 | Bucknell University | 14900 | 89800 | 0.8344 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 37 | Stanford University | 15000 | 1932000 | 0.9923 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 92800 | 0.8369 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 40 | Lehigh University | 15900 | 89400 | 0.8216 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 41 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 41 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 43 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4032 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16600 | 24900 | 0.3329 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16600 | 42900 | 0.6125 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 46 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16700 | 41200 | 0.5953 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 47 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17000 | 31500 | 0.4604 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 48 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3496 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 49 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17600 | 44100 | 0.6012 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 50 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3744 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 52 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.7999 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 53 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18200 | 28100 | 0.3519 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 56 | Villanova University | 18700 | 88100 | 0.7876 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 58 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19400 | 29900 | 0.3503 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 59 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1788 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 60 | University of Rhode Island | 20100 | 47400 | 0.5761 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76400 | 0.7373 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 62 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20300 | 35200 | 0.4229 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 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 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 20600 | 83600 | 0.7536 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 65 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.2642 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 67 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 68 | Washington State University | 20800 | 35900 | 0.4198 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 69 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21400 | 27800 | 0.23 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 70 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21500 | 33600 | 0.3598 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 71 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 72 | University of Kansas | 22000 | 44400 | 0.5046 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 73 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22100 | 80400 | 0.7248 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 74 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32100 | 0.302 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 74 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 76 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 77 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 33400 | 0.3202 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 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 | 23600 | 37700 | 0.3738 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23800 | 34500 | 0.3104 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 84 | University of Dayton | 24200 | 64400 | 0.624 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 85 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 86 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 28300 | 0.1307 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 87 | University of South Florida | 24800 | 36500 | 0.3202 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 88 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.261 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 88 | University at Buffalo | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 90 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 90 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0975 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 92 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 93 | Temple University | 26200 | 36100 | 0.2744 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 93 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26200 | 28000 | 0.0642 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 95 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5277 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 96 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 96 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1272 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 98 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28000 | 33300 | 0.1587 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 99 | Clarkson University | 28400 | 78000 | 0.6361 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 100 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1027 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 101 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 102 | Cleveland State University | 29200 | 38600 | 0.2436 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 54200 | 0.461 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 104 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1007 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 106 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1245 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 106 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 108 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78300 | 0.6106 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | Prairie View A & M University | 30900 | 39600 | 0.2196 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 110 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 111 | Drexel University | 31400 | 84100 | 0.6269 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 112 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 113 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 45600 | 0.3027 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 114 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 115 | University of Louisville | 32500 | 42100 | 0.2278 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 116 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4032 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 117 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33600 | 75200 | 0.5533 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 118 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34400 | 59100 | 0.4177 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 119 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69800 | 0.5055 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 119 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34500 | 51300 | 0.3274 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 121 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 122 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 35000 | 38500 | 0.0909 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 122 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 45800 | 0.2359 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 124 | Texas Tech University | 35800 | 41000 | 0.1269 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 125 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3602 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 126 | University of South Alabama | 36200 | 40200 | 0.0996 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 54000 | 0.3278 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 128 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1029 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 129 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 129 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66700 | 0.4364 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 131 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 132 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.057 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 133 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1191 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 134 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 135 | University of Mississippi | 40200 | 45200 | 0.1106 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 136 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 136 | University of Maine | 40400 | 42800 | 0.0561 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 138 | Colorado School of Mines | 41400 | 62900 | 0.342 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 138 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41400 | 55300 | 0.2516 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 140 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 63300 | 0.3287 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 141 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 58500 | 0.2648 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 142 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 143 | Kansas State University | 44500 | 48400 | 0.0807 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 144 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 145 | Widener University | 45700 | 78400 | 0.417 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 146 | University of New Haven | 46100 | 70700 | 0.3478 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 147 | Michigan State University | 46200 | 56200 | 0.1779 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 148 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.2338 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 149 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 150 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 62400 | 0.2344 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 151 | University of Kentucky | 48500 | 59900 | 0.1896 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 152 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4352 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 153 | University of California-San Diego | 49000 | 79600 | 0.3843 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 154 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 85400 | 0.4112 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 155 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 156 | University of California-Berkeley | 51900 | 76600 | 0.3224 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 157 | University of Georgia | 52100 | 52100 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 157 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.042 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 159 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3858 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1546 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 161 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 96100 | 0.4369 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 162 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 163 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2203 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 164 | Michigan Technological University | 55600 | 55600 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 165 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 167 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0371 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 168 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 169 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 170 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0359 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 171 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75000 | 0.04 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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