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 | Princeton University | 4300 | 82600 | 0.9479 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7300 | 90000 | 0.9193 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 92900 | 0.9147 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 8 | California Institute of Technology | 8300 | 91800 | 0.9096 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 13 | Bucknell University | 11200 | 95700 | 0.8834 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 11400 | 86200 | 0.8682 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 25000 | 0.4793 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 20 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13500 | 24700 | 0.4537 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 22 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 23 | University of Houston | 14500 | 22000 | 0.3403 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 24 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 25 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 25 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 27 | Austin Peay State University | 15400 | 29100 | 0.4725 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 28 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 29 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3886 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 30 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 30 | Western Michigan University | 15800 | 26500 | 0.4042 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 32 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 33 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 34 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 34 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 36 | University of Kansas | 16500 | 34900 | 0.5274 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 38 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 39 | Wayne State University | 16800 | 32900 | 0.4891 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 40 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University | 17400 | 40900 | 0.5743 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 42 | University of Louisville | 18000 | 29100 | 0.3818 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 44 | Youngstown State University | 18700 | 34000 | 0.45 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18800 | 39000 | 0.5176 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 46 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 46 | Texas Tech University | 18900 | 27100 | 0.3031 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 46 | University of California-Berkeley | 18900 | 43500 | 0.566 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 49 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3811 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 50 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19600 | 28200 | 0.3047 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 51 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 52 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 52 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 33900 | 0.416 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 54 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 55 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 55 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 55 | University of South Alabama | 20100 | 22400 | 0.1029 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 55 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 59 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 60 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.317 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 61 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 61 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 63 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 64 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 65 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 66 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 67 | University of Memphis | 21500 | 29600 | 0.274 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 68 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 68 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 68 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 72 | Florida State University | 22300 | 22900 | 0.0262 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 73 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 74 | Montana State University | 22600 | 27100 | 0.1658 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 74 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3271 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 76 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 31000 | 0.2579 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 77 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 79 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.349 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 80 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 80 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24100 | 24900 | 0.0321 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 82 | University of Arizona | 24300 | 38100 | 0.3623 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 83 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 84 | University of Dayton | 25500 | 64200 | 0.6029 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 85 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25700 | 32800 | 0.2164 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 86 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 87 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0806 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 88 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 89 | Clarkson University | 26300 | 78000 | 0.663 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 89 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 91 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 92 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4523 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 93 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 94 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 95 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 96 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 97 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 98 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 99 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 100 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 101 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 102 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 103 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 104 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 105 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 105 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30800 | 39200 | 0.2146 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 107 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 108 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 31100 | 39900 | 0.2206 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 109 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31200 | 38500 | 0.1897 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 109 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 111 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 112 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31600 | 59100 | 0.4651 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 113 | Lamar University | 31700 | 38300 | 0.1724 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 114 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31900 | 41200 | 0.226 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 115 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32000 | 36700 | 0.128 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 116 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 117 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 118 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 33400 | 49500 | 0.3256 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 119 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 120 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34400 | 35200 | 0.0238 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 121 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 122 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35100 | 56700 | 0.381 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 123 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35900 | 56700 | 0.3666 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 124 | Colorado School of Mines | 36100 | 60100 | 0.3993 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 125 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 126 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 127 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 128 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 129 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 130 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 131 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 132 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 132 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1192 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 134 | California Baptist University | 39800 | 65600 | 0.3933 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 135 | University of Maine | 39900 | 45200 | 0.1173 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 136 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 137 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 138 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40800 | 50600 | 0.1937 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 139 | University of New Haven | 41300 | 67300 | 0.3862 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 140 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 141 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42100 | 53600 | 0.2147 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 142 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 56200 | 0.2474 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42600 | 55200 | 0.2282 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 144 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 145 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 146 | University at Buffalo | 43500 | 46700 | 0.0685 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 147 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 148 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46400 | 86300 | 0.4621 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 149 | University of California-San Diego | 46600 | 77200 | 0.3964 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 150 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 151 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48000 | 57700 | 0.1677 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 152 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 153 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 154 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 155 | University of California-Riverside | 49600 | 66000 | 0.2486 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 156 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 157 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 83600 | 0.4006 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 161 | Howard University | 55300 | 66500 | 0.1685 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 162 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 163 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58100 | 64100 | 0.0936 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 166 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 166 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 170 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 69800 | 0.0243 | 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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