Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | 3800 | 93300 | 0.9592 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4300 | 83400 | 0.9484 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 91000 | 0.9149 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 7900 | 102300 | 0.9232 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 7 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 97600 | 0.9184 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9033 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9115 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8800 | 90900 | 0.9028 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 14 | Lamar University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5714 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9900 | 92500 | 0.8933 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 10000 | 63100 | 0.842 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10700 | 93700 | 0.8857 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | University of California-Berkeley | 11000 | 44400 | 0.7525 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 20 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 21 | Brown University | 12000 | 94000 | 0.8722 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5969 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 23 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 32800 | 0.6216 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 26 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 27 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13500 | 17900 | 0.2465 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 28 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13700 | 43000 | 0.6814 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 42900 | 0.6782 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | University of California-Riverside | 13900 | 36500 | 0.6187 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 31 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 27200 | 0.4846 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 60900 | 0.7703 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 33 | University of Houston | 14100 | 21800 | 0.3531 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 35 | Bucknell University | 14600 | 95700 | 0.8479 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 36 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4441 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 37 | Case Western Reserve University | 15000 | 92800 | 0.838 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 37 | University of California-Irvine | 15000 | 40400 | 0.6292 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 39 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 40 | Stanford University | 15500 | 1932000 | 0.992 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 41 | University of Mississippi | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4184 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 42 | Texas Tech University | 16400 | 27100 | 0.3947 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 43 | Kansas State University | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3738 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 44 | McNeese State University | 17000 | 27800 | 0.3888 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 45 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26500 | 0.3485 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.3348 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 48 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17800 | 44200 | 0.5979 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 50 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 50 | Prairie View A & M University | 17900 | 25400 | 0.2953 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 50 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17900 | 44100 | 0.5944 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 53 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7976 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18900 | 28100 | 0.327 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4337 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 58 | Lehigh University | 19300 | 89800 | 0.7852 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 59 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 61 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 76400 | 0.7308 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 62 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20700 | 35200 | 0.4116 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 62 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 64 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21100 | 40600 | 0.4797 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 66 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 39200 | 0.4594 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 67 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21800 | 33600 | 0.3509 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 68 | Florida State University | 22300 | 23000 | 0.0305 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 69 | University of Kansas | 22400 | 44400 | 0.4958 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 69 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 71 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 71 | University of Florida | 22500 | 42900 | 0.4753 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 74 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22600 | 80400 | 0.7186 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30300 | 0.2478 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 76 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 33400 | 0.3112 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 77 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23600 | 34500 | 0.3162 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 78 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23700 | 36100 | 0.3432 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 79 | Marian University | 23800 | 59800 | 0.6016 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24200 | 60700 | 0.6013 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 81 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 81 | University of Dayton | 24400 | 64400 | 0.6209 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 83 | Tennessee Technological University | 24800 | 33700 | 0.2643 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 84 | Miami University-Oxford | 25100 | 28300 | 0.113 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 85 | University at Buffalo | 25200 | 34000 | 0.2589 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 86 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5525 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 86 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 39400 | 0.3453 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 89 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0843 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 90 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 90 | University of Arkansas | 26100 | 28500 | 0.0839 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 92 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 93 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27200 | 31300 | 0.1307 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 94 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 95 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 38800 | 0.2886 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 96 | Wayne State University | 28400 | 46800 | 0.3934 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 97 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 97 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 99 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 36200 | 0.2045 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 100 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 101 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 102 | Clarkson University | 29200 | 78000 | 0.6258 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 103 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 104 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 33000 | 0.0938 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 105 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 106 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30600 | 41800 | 0.2682 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 106 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 108 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30700 | 36900 | 0.1691 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 109 | Iowa State University | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3183 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 110 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78300 | 0.6054 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 112 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 113 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 114 | Tuskegee University | 31700 | 45600 | 0.3049 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 115 | Cleveland State University | 31800 | 32100 | 0.0094 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 116 | Michigan Technological University | 32000 | 34700 | 0.0777 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 117 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 118 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 119 | Villanova University | 32700 | 92900 | 0.6483 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 120 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34000 | 75200 | 0.548 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34200 | 35300 | 0.0322 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 122 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 123 | University of Idaho | 34600 | 48700 | 0.2895 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 124 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34900 | 46400 | 0.2476 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 124 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34900 | 45800 | 0.2381 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 126 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 127 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 35300 | 38500 | 0.0831 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 128 | University of South Alabama | 36800 | 40200 | 0.0847 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 129 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 130 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37200 | 41600 | 0.1056 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 131 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 52500 | 0.2874 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 132 | Rowan University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.3002 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 132 | Western Michigan University | 37500 | 37900 | 0.0105 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 134 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37700 | 40100 | 0.0598 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 134 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 136 | Kettering University | 37800 | 98700 | 0.6173 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 137 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 38000 | 55500 | 0.3156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 138 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 138 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39000 | 44400 | 0.1215 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 140 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 141 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 142 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5339 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 143 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 144 | University of Maine | 40800 | 42800 | 0.0468 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55300 | 0.2316 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 146 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43100 | 88100 | 0.5106 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 147 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 148 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2758 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 149 | University of New Haven | 45800 | 70700 | 0.352 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 150 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 151 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48600 | 86200 | 0.4363 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 152 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 49200 | 57000 | 0.1369 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 153 | University of California-San Diego | 49500 | 79600 | 0.378 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 154 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50000 | 85400 | 0.4147 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 155 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 156 | Manhattan University | 51100 | 72900 | 0.2989 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 158 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52800 | 86300 | 0.3882 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 159 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 160 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53800 | 96100 | 0.44 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 161 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 162 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2208 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 163 | Howard University | 55300 | 88500 | 0.3753 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61400 | 66900 | 0.0823 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 169 | University of California-Davis | 68000 | 69900 | 0.0272 | 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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