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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5300 | 40700 | 0.8689 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 5800 | 82400 | 0.9292 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7200 | 90000 | 0.9204 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 95700 | 0.9165 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 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 California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11200 | 25000 | 0.5512 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 18 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 19 | University of California-San Diego | 12100 | 39700 | 0.6951 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 21 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5156 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 22 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 23 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12700 | 43000 | 0.7046 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 24 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 25 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13400 | 41800 | 0.6793 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 13400 | 57700 | 0.7676 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 27 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 27 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13600 | 28000 | 0.5148 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 30 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 31 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14200 | 17900 | 0.2073 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14200 | 48200 | 0.706 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 33 | Middle Tennessee State University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3857 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 33 | University of Houston | 14300 | 23100 | 0.3811 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14400 | 46000 | 0.6866 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 36 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 36 | Louisiana Tech University | 14700 | 36900 | 0.6015 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 36 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 39 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 40 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 40 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15100 | 25700 | 0.412 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 42 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 45 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3846 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 46 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 47 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 47 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 49 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 50 | Lamar University | 16700 | 22900 | 0.2704 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 52 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 22400 | 0.246 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 53 | McNeese State University | 17000 | 32800 | 0.4823 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 53 | Wayne State University | 17000 | 46200 | 0.6321 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 55 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 56 | Cleveland State University | 17300 | 30900 | 0.4396 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 57 | University of St Thomas | 17400 | 50900 | 0.6584 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 58 | Prairie View A & M University | 18000 | 39600 | 0.5452 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 58 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4691 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 60 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 18200 | 24200 | 0.2484 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 60 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3441 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 62 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18400 | 52500 | 0.6495 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 63 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18500 | 50400 | 0.6333 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 64 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19400 | 30600 | 0.366 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 65 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 65 | Western Michigan University | 19900 | 26500 | 0.2493 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 67 | San Jose State University | 20300 | 33600 | 0.3955 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 67 | Texas Tech University | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2727 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 67 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20300 | 27600 | 0.264 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 67 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 67 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20300 | 78700 | 0.7421 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 72 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75800 | 0.7312 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 74 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 74 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 76 | University of Tulsa | 20800 | 62900 | 0.6693 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 77 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21200 | 32800 | 0.3542 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 78 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21600 | 42600 | 0.4935 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 79 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21700 | 42700 | 0.4919 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 80 | Northwestern University | 21800 | 89500 | 0.7567 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 81 | Tufts University | 22300 | 98900 | 0.7742 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 82 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 82 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 84 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 85 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 85 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23300 | 40000 | 0.4174 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 23500 | 31500 | 0.254 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 88 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 88 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24300 | 26300 | 0.0761 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 91 | University at Buffalo | 24400 | 34000 | 0.2824 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 92 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0794 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 93 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2566 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 94 | Dordt University | 25600 | 52500 | 0.5121 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 95 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 96 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 96 | University of Kansas | 25900 | 44000 | 0.4117 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 98 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26400 | 59900 | 0.5592 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 99 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 100 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 101 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2984 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 101 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 103 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1233 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 104 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 104 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 106 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 106 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 108 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 109 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41500 | 0.3251 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 110 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 111 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 112 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 113 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 114 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 116 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.272 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 119 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 119 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 119 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 123 | University of Dayton | 32200 | 64200 | 0.4985 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 124 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 125 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32500 | 75200 | 0.568 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 126 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34300 | 53400 | 0.3578 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 128 | University of New Haven | 35800 | 67100 | 0.4666 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 129 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36000 | 56800 | 0.366 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 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 | 37200 | 43900 | 0.1528 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 133 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 134 | California State University-Long Beach | 37800 | 38600 | 0.0207 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 135 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 135 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 137 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66500 | 0.4253 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 138 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 139 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 140 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 141 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 142 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 143 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57700 | 0.265 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 144 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43300 | 54700 | 0.2084 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 146 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 147 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53400 | 0.1854 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 148 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44700 | 49300 | 0.0932 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 149 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 150 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 151 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 152 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 154 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49900 | 85800 | 0.4183 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 155 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 82600 | 0.3912 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 156 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 157 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 158 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 159 | Howard University | 53600 | 76900 | 0.3029 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 161 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 162 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0867 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 163 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 164 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 166 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | University of California-Berkeley | 71000 | 75900 | 0.0646 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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