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 | Rice University | 5100 | 85000 | 0.9402 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 40700 | 0.8713 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Dallas College | 5600 | 16500 | 0.6604 | 125,613 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 5700 | 82400 | 0.9305 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 8 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 10 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 11 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 15 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 9800 | 30000 | 0.6731 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 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 | |
| 18 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 20 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 36900 | 0.6395 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 22 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 22 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57700 | 0.7693 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5184 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 26 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 27 | University of Idaho | 13700 | 25800 | 0.4692 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 27 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46200 | 0.6942 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 48200 | 0.7081 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 31 | University of California-Riverside | 14600 | 66000 | 0.7792 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 32 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 32 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 34 | University of Georgia | 15000 | 26600 | 0.4344 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 35 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 36 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 37 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 38 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 40 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3096 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 40 | Wayne State University | 15800 | 32900 | 0.5195 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 42 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 43 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 44 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 45 | Lamar University | 16400 | 23000 | 0.2845 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3544 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 47 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 48 | University of Kansas | 17000 | 37100 | 0.5403 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 49 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 50 | University of California-Berkeley | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5936 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 51 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 26300 | 0.3211 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 51 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 33900 | 0.475 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 53 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 53 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 53 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 35200 | 0.4917 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18000 | 50400 | 0.6432 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 57 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 18100 | 24200 | 0.2526 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 57 | University of St Thomas | 18100 | 50200 | 0.64 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 59 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18300 | 52500 | 0.6514 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 60 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 60 | Prairie View A & M University | 18500 | 39600 | 0.5326 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 62 | McNeese State University | 19000 | 32800 | 0.4213 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 62 | University of Arizona | 19000 | 30900 | 0.3857 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 64 | Tuskegee University | 19500 | 42100 | 0.5374 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 65 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 66 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 32500 | 0.3851 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 67 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 68 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20200 | 78700 | 0.7434 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 68 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 70 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 70 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75800 | 0.7325 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 72 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2583 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 74 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 74 | University of Tulsa | 20700 | 62900 | 0.6709 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 76 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21600 | 42700 | 0.4943 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 77 | Northwestern University | 21700 | 89500 | 0.7579 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 78 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 78 | Montana State University | 21800 | 27100 | 0.1953 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 80 | Tufts University | 22200 | 98900 | 0.7752 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 81 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22500 | 59900 | 0.6242 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 82 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 83 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 84 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23300 | 40000 | 0.4174 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 85 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23500 | 44400 | 0.4704 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 86 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 86 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 88 | Texas Tech University | 23700 | 28100 | 0.1562 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 89 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3397 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24200 | 26300 | 0.08 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 91 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24300 | 44400 | 0.4514 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 92 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0794 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 93 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25100 | 56100 | 0.5523 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 94 | Miami University-Oxford | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1126 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 95 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52500 | 0.514 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 96 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 97 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 98 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 99 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 100 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 100 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 102 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 29500 | 0.0677 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 103 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 104 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 106 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 107 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 109 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 109 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 111 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29400 | 82600 | 0.6443 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 112 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 113 | Kansas State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.2859 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 114 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.272 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 117 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31500 | 62800 | 0.4981 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 118 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31800 | 59600 | 0.4661 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 119 | University of Dayton | 32100 | 64200 | 0.5001 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 121 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 122 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32400 | 75200 | 0.5693 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 123 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 124 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 125 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1199 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 126 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34600 | 58500 | 0.4091 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 128 | University of New Haven | 35700 | 67100 | 0.4681 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 129 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36100 | 36600 | 0.0137 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 130 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 131 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 132 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0554 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 133 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 134 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 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 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 138 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 139 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 140 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 141 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 142 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41800 | 47200 | 0.1143 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 143 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57700 | 0.265 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43100 | 54700 | 0.212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 145 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 145 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53400 | 0.1873 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 147 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 148 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 149 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 150 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 151 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 152 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4207 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 155 | University of California-San Diego | 49900 | 77100 | 0.3526 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 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 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 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 Colorado Boulder | 55900 | 56600 | 0.0124 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 163 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0361 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 166 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 168 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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