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 | 4100 | 82600 | 0.9504 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5000 | 40700 | 0.8762 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7800 | 90000 | 0.9138 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96200 | 0.9185 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9087 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 11000 | 86200 | 0.8729 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | University of Tulsa | 11500 | 62900 | 0.8169 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 18 | University of California-San Diego | 11800 | 39700 | 0.7026 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 20 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 21 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 22 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 23 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13500 | 43000 | 0.686 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 24 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6054 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 26 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 26600 | 0.4775 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 27 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 28 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 29 | University of St Thomas | 15300 | 50900 | 0.6997 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 30 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 30 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15400 | 24900 | 0.381 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 33 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.392 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 35 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 36 | Western Michigan University | 16000 | 32500 | 0.5083 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 37 | Coastal Carolina University | 16400 | 27200 | 0.3979 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 38 | University of Florida | 16500 | 22500 | 0.2666 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 40 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 40 | University of Maine | 16800 | 29300 | 0.4269 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 40 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 43 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 44 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4178 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 46 | University of Louisville | 17700 | 29100 | 0.3921 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 47 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 49 | University of California-Berkeley | 18600 | 43500 | 0.5729 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 50 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 51 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3876 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 52 | University of Idaho | 19300 | 45200 | 0.5725 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 53 | University of Rhode Island | 19500 | 33900 | 0.4249 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 54 | University of South Alabama | 19600 | 22400 | 0.1252 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 55 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 56 | University of Arizona | 19800 | 30900 | 0.3598 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 57 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 58 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 58 | Youngstown State University | 20100 | 34000 | 0.4089 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 60 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 61 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 61 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75900 | 0.7329 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 63 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20400 | 29300 | 0.3033 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 64 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 64 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 66 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2578 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 67 | Washington State University | 21300 | 36200 | 0.4119 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 68 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 25300 | 0.1464 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 69 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 69 | Tufts University | 21800 | 98900 | 0.7793 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 71 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22400 | 33600 | 0.3331 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 72 | Florida State University | 22600 | 22900 | 0.0131 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 73 | New York University | 22700 | 91800 | 0.7524 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 74 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 31000 | 0.2643 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 77 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 78 | University of Kansas | 24400 | 43000 | 0.4326 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 79 | Tennessee Technological University | 25100 | 33700 | 0.2557 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 80 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 25500 | 34000 | 0.2502 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 81 | Clarkson University | 25600 | 78000 | 0.672 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 81 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.076 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 83 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 84 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5492 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 85 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 86 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0741 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 86 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 88 | Trine University | 26700 | 56100 | 0.5245 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 89 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 90 | Kansas State University | 27300 | 30400 | 0.104 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 91 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1215 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 91 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 93 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 94 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 95 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28000 | 32800 | 0.1466 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 96 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1269 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 96 | Syracuse University | 28200 | 83100 | 0.6604 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 98 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 99 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3358 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 100 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.214 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 100 | University of Dayton | 28900 | 64200 | 0.5499 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 102 | Montana State University | 29700 | 31900 | 0.0689 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 103 | University of Toledo | 29900 | 42000 | 0.2884 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 104 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 104 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.2718 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 106 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30700 | 38500 | 0.2027 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 107 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 107 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 31000 | 39900 | 0.2231 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 109 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0772 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 110 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 110 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 112 | Lamar University | 31500 | 38300 | 0.1777 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 113 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41200 | 0.2308 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 113 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1361 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 115 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32000 | 49500 | 0.3539 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 116 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3999 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 116 | Prairie View A & M University | 32900 | 39600 | 0.1691 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 118 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4878 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 119 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 120 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34100 | 75200 | 0.5467 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 121 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34200 | 36100 | 0.0526 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 123 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.357 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 124 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.396 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 125 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36600 | 47500 | 0.2296 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 126 | University of New Haven | 36900 | 67300 | 0.4515 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 127 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 128 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 129 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 130 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 131 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39300 | 44400 | 0.115 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 132 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 133 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40500 | 50000 | 0.1902 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 134 | Wayne State University | 40600 | 46200 | 0.1212 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41000 | 48500 | 0.1546 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 136 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 53600 | 0.2296 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 137 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 138 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 55200 | 0.2391 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 139 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 56200 | 0.2421 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 140 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53600 | 0.1942 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 141 | Manhattan University | 43500 | 74100 | 0.4129 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 142 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3652 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 142 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2297 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 145 | University at Buffalo | 44000 | 46700 | 0.0578 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 146 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45400 | 50600 | 0.1028 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 147 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 148 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2127 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 149 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47500 | 57700 | 0.1764 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 150 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0508 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 151 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | University of California-Riverside | 49400 | 66000 | 0.2517 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 154 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 155 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 83600 | 0.397 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 156 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0396 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0392 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 158 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1262 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 159 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 160 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0356 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 161 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 164 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 165 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0331 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 168 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 169 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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