Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | 4200 | 82600 | 0.9492 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Rice University | 5800 | 85000 | 0.9319 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96200 | 0.9174 | 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 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 18 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 19 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 21 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5162 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 22 | Lamar University | 12800 | 23000 | 0.4413 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 23 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 25100 | 0.4809 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 25 | San Jacinto Community College | 13300 | 16800 | 0.208 | 31,812 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13600 | 43000 | 0.6837 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 27 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 25800 | 0.4415 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 29 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 30 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 31 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 32 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 34 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 35 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3097 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 35 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15900 | 25000 | 0.3628 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 38 | University of California-Riverside | 16200 | 36500 | 0.5558 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 38 | Western Michigan University | 16200 | 32500 | 0.5021 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 40 | University of Kansas | 16300 | 34900 | 0.5319 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 41 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 42 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16800 | 28000 | 0.4016 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 44 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 46 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 47 | Prairie View A & M University | 17300 | 25400 | 0.3193 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 48 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 43200 | 0.5853 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 48 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28700 | 0.3678 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 51 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18300 | 35300 | 0.4813 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 52 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18600 | 39000 | 0.5243 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 52 | University of Mississippi | 18600 | 27000 | 0.311 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 52 | Youngstown State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.453 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 55 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 56 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19100 | 31000 | 0.3843 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 57 | Tuskegee University | 19300 | 42100 | 0.5422 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 58 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 59 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 60 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78700 | 0.7472 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 61 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 62 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 63 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75900 | 0.7316 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 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 | |
| 64 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 29300 | 0.2999 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 67 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 68 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 69 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 69 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 72 | Texas Tech University | 22100 | 27200 | 0.1903 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 73 | University of St Thomas | 22200 | 50200 | 0.5582 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 74 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 75 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 78 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 23400 | 30000 | 0.2186 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 79 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3458 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 80 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 81 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 27500 | 0.1056 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 82 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25300 | 40500 | 0.3754 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 83 | Clarkson University | 25600 | 78000 | 0.672 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 83 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0776 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 85 | Iowa State University | 25700 | 43300 | 0.406 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 86 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5497 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 86 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0928 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 88 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 89 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5253 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 90 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38100 | 0.2915 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 91 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 92 | 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 | 28100 | 32800 | 0.1419 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 96 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 96 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 98 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 99 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2143 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 99 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 101 | University of Dayton | 29000 | 64200 | 0.5484 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 101 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0691 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 103 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2141 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 103 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 29200 | 33300 | 0.1246 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 103 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 106 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29300 | 83600 | 0.6493 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 107 | Montana State University | 29800 | 31900 | 0.0657 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 107 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.2895 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.2721 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 111 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30800 | 38500 | 0.2001 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 112 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1624 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 113 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 113 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 55800 | 0.4442 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 115 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 31100 | 39900 | 0.2206 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 117 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 118 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36700 | 0.1307 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 119 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 120 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 121 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 122 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 123 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34000 | 75200 | 0.548 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 123 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1203 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 126 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35200 | 56700 | 0.3792 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 127 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 128 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0558 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 129 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36700 | 47500 | 0.2275 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 130 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 131 | University of New Haven | 37000 | 67300 | 0.45 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 132 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 132 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 134 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 134 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 136 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 137 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 138 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 139 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 140 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2777 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 140 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 142 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 143 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 144 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3667 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 146 | Manhattan University | 43500 | 74100 | 0.4129 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 146 | Widener University | 43500 | 79400 | 0.4523 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 148 | University at Buffalo | 44100 | 46700 | 0.0557 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 149 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45600 | 50600 | 0.0988 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 150 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 151 | University of California-San Diego | 46400 | 75300 | 0.3836 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 152 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 153 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47800 | 57700 | 0.172 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 154 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 156 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 157 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 158 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 159 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 163 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 164 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 165 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 166 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 167 | University of California-Berkeley | 71100 | 76100 | 0.0657 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 168 | 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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