Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in South 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 South 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 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 5500 | 82400 | 0.9329 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 3 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 6800 | 91800 | 0.9264 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 6 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6082 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7700 | 90000 | 0.9149 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 9500 | 30000 | 0.6831 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10800 | 25000 | 0.5672 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 39700 | 0.7052 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 19 | University of Houston | 11900 | 23100 | 0.485 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 21 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12400 | 43000 | 0.7116 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 23 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5156 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 24 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12700 | 41800 | 0.696 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 13200 | 36900 | 0.6422 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 13600 | 25800 | 0.4733 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 28 | Youngstown State University | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4921 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 48200 | 0.7081 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14300 | 28000 | 0.4898 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 14400 | 17100 | 0.1578 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 34 | University of California-Riverside | 14500 | 66000 | 0.7807 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 35 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 35 | Coastal Carolina University | 14700 | 27200 | 0.4605 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 35 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 40 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 41 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 41 | Wayne State University | 15600 | 32900 | 0.5256 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 43 | Florida State University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.314 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 44 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 45 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 46 | Lamar University | 16500 | 22900 | 0.2791 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 46 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 49 | McNeese State University | 16800 | 32800 | 0.4884 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 50 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17300 | 32200 | 0.4626 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 51 | University of South Alabama | 17700 | 35200 | 0.4974 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 52 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18100 | 52500 | 0.6552 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18200 | 50400 | 0.6392 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 46400 | 0.6051 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 55 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18400 | 41200 | 0.554 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 55 | Prairie View A & M University | 18400 | 25400 | 0.2756 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 57 | University of Arizona | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3922 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 57 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18800 | 30600 | 0.3856 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 59 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 60 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19800 | 27600 | 0.2821 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 60 | Western Michigan University | 19800 | 32500 | 0.3912 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 62 | Texas Tech University | 20000 | 27900 | 0.2834 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 62 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20000 | 78700 | 0.7459 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 64 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75800 | 0.7338 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 65 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 67 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 68 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 68 | University of Tulsa | 20500 | 62900 | 0.6741 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 70 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3327 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 70 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 72 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20900 | 32800 | 0.3634 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 73 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 21000 | 30700 | 0.3143 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 74 | Northwestern University | 21500 | 89500 | 0.7601 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 75 | Montana State University | 21700 | 27100 | 0.199 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 76 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 77 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 22400 | 41100 | 0.4551 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 79 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4199 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 81 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 82 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23400 | 44400 | 0.4726 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 83 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 31000 | 0.2418 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 84 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 85 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3391 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 86 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 87 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0794 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 88 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2566 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 89 | Miami University-Oxford | 25100 | 28400 | 0.1161 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 90 | Dordt University | 25400 | 52500 | 0.5159 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 91 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 91 | University of Kansas | 25600 | 44000 | 0.4185 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 93 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 94 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 94 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0923 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 96 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26100 | 59900 | 0.5642 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 26300 | 26300 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 98 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 99 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 99 | University of St Thomas | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4776 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 101 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 102 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 104 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 31000 | 0.1098 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 105 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 106 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 106 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 108 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 109 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 110 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 111 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 112 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 113 | Kansas State University | 29500 | 41600 | 0.2903 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 113 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 115 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.272 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 116 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 117 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 118 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 119 | University of Dayton | 32000 | 64200 | 0.5016 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 120 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32200 | 75200 | 0.572 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 120 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 120 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 124 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 125 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1199 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 127 | University of New Haven | 35600 | 67100 | 0.4695 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 128 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36100 | 56800 | 0.3642 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 129 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36200 | 36600 | 0.0109 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 130 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 131 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 132 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 133 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 134 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 134 | California State University-Long Beach | 37600 | 38600 | 0.0259 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 136 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 136 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 138 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 138 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 140 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 141 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 142 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 143 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 144 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54700 | 0.2138 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 146 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 147 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53400 | 0.191 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 148 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 149 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44000 | 53700 | 0.1806 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 150 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44400 | 49300 | 0.0993 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 151 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 152 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 153 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 154 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 155 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 156 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 157 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49600 | 85800 | 0.4218 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 158 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 82600 | 0.39 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 159 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 160 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 162 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 163 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0361 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 164 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 165 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 168 | University of California-Berkeley | 70800 | 75900 | 0.0672 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 169 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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