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 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 4300 | 82600 | 0.9479 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7300 | 90000 | 0.9193 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 92900 | 0.9147 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9087 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 11300 | 86200 | 0.8694 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 17 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 18 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12200 | 29100 | 0.5812 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 21 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 22 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13300 | 17900 | 0.2577 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13500 | 24700 | 0.4537 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 24 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6054 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 25 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14700 | 26500 | 0.4465 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14700 | 36200 | 0.5939 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 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 | Austin Peay State University | 15500 | 29100 | 0.469 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 30 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 31 | University of St Thomas | 15700 | 50900 | 0.6918 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 32 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3945 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 32 | Western Michigan University | 15800 | 26500 | 0.4042 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 34 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 34 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 36 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3769 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 37 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 38 | University of Kansas | 16500 | 34900 | 0.5278 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 39 | North Carolina State University | 16600 | 28500 | 0.4187 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 40 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 41 | University of Maine | 17000 | 29300 | 0.42 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 42 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 44 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 17200 | 35700 | 0.5183 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4178 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.339 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 47 | University of Memphis | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3265 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 48 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 50 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18400 | 35300 | 0.4784 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 51 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 51 | Texas Tech University | 18900 | 27100 | 0.3031 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 51 | University of California-Berkeley | 18900 | 43500 | 0.566 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 54 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3811 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 55 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30100 | 0.356 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 55 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 33900 | 0.416 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 58 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19900 | 30500 | 0.3473 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 58 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 58 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 61 | University of South Alabama | 20100 | 22400 | 0.1029 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 63 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 63 | Youngstown State University | 20300 | 34000 | 0.403 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 65 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 65 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 29300 | 0.2999 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 67 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 68 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 69 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20800 | 31900 | 0.348 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 70 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 71 | Louisiana Tech University | 21900 | 25300 | 0.1345 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 72 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 73 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4791 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 74 | Florida State University | 22600 | 22900 | 0.0131 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 74 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3271 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 76 | New York University | 22700 | 91800 | 0.7524 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 77 | The University of Alabama | 23100 | 31000 | 0.2546 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 78 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 34500 | 0.3221 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4308 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 80 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 81 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 82 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25300 | 30600 | 0.1732 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 83 | Clarkson University | 25600 | 78000 | 0.672 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 83 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.076 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 85 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5492 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 85 | University of North Dakota | 26000 | 28600 | 0.0912 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 87 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 88 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 89 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48800 | 0.4546 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 90 | Trine University | 26700 | 56100 | 0.5245 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 91 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38100 | 0.2915 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 91 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 93 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 95 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 95 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 97 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 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 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0677 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 101 | University of Dayton | 29100 | 64200 | 0.5468 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 101 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 101 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 104 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 29200 | 33300 | 0.1233 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 104 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 106 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0952 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 107 | Montana State University | 29900 | 31900 | 0.0626 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 108 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30900 | 38500 | 0.1975 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 110 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 111 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 112 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 113 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31600 | 59100 | 0.4651 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 114 | Lamar University | 31700 | 38300 | 0.1724 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 115 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31900 | 41200 | 0.226 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 116 | Michigan Technological University | 32000 | 34700 | 0.0778 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 117 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32300 | 36700 | 0.1202 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 118 | Prairie View A & M University | 32900 | 39600 | 0.1691 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 119 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 120 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4878 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 121 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 122 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34000 | 75200 | 0.548 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 123 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34400 | 39000 | 0.1182 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 124 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35200 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 126 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.357 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 127 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.396 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 128 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2795 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 128 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0546 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 130 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1226 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 131 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36600 | 56700 | 0.3543 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 132 | University of New Haven | 37100 | 67300 | 0.4485 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 133 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 134 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 135 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 136 | Washington State University | 38300 | 53900 | 0.2897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 137 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39300 | 44400 | 0.115 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 138 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1127 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 139 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 140 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 141 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41300 | 48500 | 0.1484 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 142 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 143 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 53600 | 0.2165 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 144 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55200 | 0.23 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 146 | Manhattan University | 43400 | 74100 | 0.4142 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 147 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3652 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 147 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2297 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 150 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2743 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 151 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46400 | 86300 | 0.4621 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 152 | University of California-San Diego | 46600 | 76000 | 0.3868 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 153 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2127 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 154 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 155 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 156 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 157 | University of California-Riverside | 49600 | 66000 | 0.2486 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 158 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 159 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 160 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 83600 | 0.3982 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 161 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 162 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0392 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53100 | 61200 | 0.1324 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 164 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 165 | Howard University | 55300 | 66500 | 0.1685 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 166 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0331 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 169 | University of California-Irvine | 71900 | 75600 | 0.049 | 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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