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 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4000 | 93300 | 0.9568 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4300 | 83500 | 0.949 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | Rice University | 5800 | 87400 | 0.9337 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6100 | 40700 | 0.8492 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8321 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 8 | Lafayette College | 7600 | 91000 | 0.916 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 7700 | 102300 | 0.9247 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 10 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.915 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 10 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 98200 | 0.9189 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 8200 | 89100 | 0.9078 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | California Institute of Technology | 9200 | 94600 | 0.9024 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 16 | Houston City College | 9300 | 15100 | 0.3854 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9700 | 90900 | 0.8929 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 18 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 63100 | 0.8436 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 19 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 20 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8901 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 21 | University of California-Berkeley | 10800 | 44400 | 0.757 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10800 | 21100 | 0.4888 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 23 | San Jacinto Community College | 11300 | 14300 | 0.2097 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 24 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 36800 | 0.69 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 25 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11900 | 39000 | 0.6941 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 27 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12000 | 30200 | 0.603 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 28 | University of California-San Diego | 12100 | 41600 | 0.7096 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 42900 | 0.7038 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 31 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13500 | 43000 | 0.686 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 31 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 31 | Wayne State University | 13500 | 46800 | 0.712 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 35 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 60900 | 0.7687 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 37 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 38 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5361 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 39 | Western Michigan University | 14800 | 28900 | 0.4884 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 14900 | 29900 | 0.501 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 41 | Case Western Reserve University | 15000 | 92800 | 0.838 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 41 | University of California-Riverside | 15000 | 66100 | 0.7734 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 43 | Bucknell University | 15300 | 95700 | 0.8405 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 15400 | 73100 | 0.789 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 45 | University of Maine | 15500 | 29300 | 0.4713 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 46 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 47 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 16100 | 24200 | 0.3354 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 47 | Stanford University | 16100 | 1932300 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 49 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 51 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 41200 | 0.5905 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 51 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 25800 | 0.345 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 51 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3924 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 54 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 26500 | 0.3556 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 55 | Prairie View A & M University | 17200 | 25400 | 0.3233 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 56 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 56 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3386 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 58 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 59 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 44200 | 0.6002 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 59 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9364 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 61 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 62 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6956 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 62 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 37300 | 0.5201 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 64 | Northeastern University | 18100 | 90000 | 0.7985 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 64 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 28400 | 0.362 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 66 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 67 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 68 | Texas Tech University | 19400 | 28100 | 0.3087 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 69 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 70 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 60700 | 0.6622 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 72 | University of Houston | 20500 | 28400 | 0.2785 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 74 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 75 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 39800 | 0.4744 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 76 | Iowa State University | 21300 | 25700 | 0.1728 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 77 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21400 | 24100 | 0.1119 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 78 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 80 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 22200 | 27900 | 0.2034 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 81 | Florida State University | 22300 | 23000 | 0.0305 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 82 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 83 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 83 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7725 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 85 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 33400 | 0.3142 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 86 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 87 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23500 | 36100 | 0.3487 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 88 | Marian University | 23700 | 59800 | 0.6033 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 89 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24100 | 44400 | 0.4573 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 24100 | 34500 | 0.3017 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 91 | University of Dayton | 24300 | 64400 | 0.6224 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 92 | Lamar University | 24400 | 37900 | 0.3558 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 92 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 94 | Tennessee Technological University | 24800 | 33700 | 0.2643 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 95 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25000 | 40400 | 0.3814 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 96 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25700 | 62800 | 0.5907 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 96 | University of North Dakota | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1014 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 98 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5525 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 99 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0843 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 100 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 101 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 101 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26500 | 28000 | 0.0535 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 103 | University of Kansas | 26800 | 44400 | 0.3966 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 104 | University of Mississippi | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 105 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 106 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 106 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27200 | 31300 | 0.1307 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 108 | New York University | 28900 | 92100 | 0.6862 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 109 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29100 | 85400 | 0.6595 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 110 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 29600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 111 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 111 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 113 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 33000 | 0.0969 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 114 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41800 | 0.2704 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 116 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 31300 | 78300 | 0.6003 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 119 | Tuskegee University | 31700 | 45600 | 0.3049 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 120 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32200 | 75200 | 0.5718 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 121 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 122 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 123 | University of Idaho | 33800 | 48700 | 0.3062 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 124 | California Baptist University | 34700 | 69800 | 0.5026 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 126 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 127 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35900 | 56300 | 0.3622 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 128 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 62900 | 0.4247 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 129 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 130 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 131 | Rowan University | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3039 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 132 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52700 | 0.2885 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 133 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 134 | Widener University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 135 | University of Rhode Island | 37900 | 58400 | 0.351 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 136 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66700 | 0.4304 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 137 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 138 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5359 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 139 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3317 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 140 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 42700 | 43400 | 0.0161 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 141 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 141 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 58600 | 0.2611 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 143 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43600 | 53400 | 0.1837 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 144 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0926 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 145 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2758 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 146 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 45200 | 83500 | 0.4585 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 147 | University of New Haven | 46100 | 73500 | 0.3726 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 148 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 149 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 150 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 86200 | 0.434 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 151 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 152 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49400 | 58800 | 0.1599 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 153 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50200 | 59100 | 0.1505 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 154 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 155 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50900 | 64700 | 0.2134 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 156 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 157 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72000 | 0.289 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 159 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 160 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 161 | Clarkson University | 54700 | 91700 | 0.4035 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 162 | Howard University | 55200 | 88500 | 0.3764 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 163 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.219 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 164 | Michigan Technological University | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 165 | Miami University-Oxford | 57500 | 57500 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63700 | 0.0864 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 167 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 60600 | 67600 | 0.1035 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 69900 | 0.0258 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 170 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75200 | 0.0426 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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