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 | Princeton University | 5700 | 82400 | 0.9305 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 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 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9024 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | San Jacinto Community College | 11400 | 14300 | 0.2029 | 31,812 | 1140 | 1 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11900 | 93100 | 0.8724 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 17 | University of California-San Diego | 11900 | 39700 | 0.7001 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 19 | Lafayette College | 12100 | 85800 | 0.8594 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 20 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12500 | 43000 | 0.7093 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 21 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 21 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12600 | 25900 | 0.5124 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 23 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13000 | 41800 | 0.6888 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 24 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38800 | 0.659 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 36900 | 0.6395 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57700 | 0.7693 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5184 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 29 | Kansas State University | 13700 | 26100 | 0.4756 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 49300 | 0.7221 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 29 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 32 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14100 | 17900 | 0.2129 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14300 | 48200 | 0.704 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 35 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4539 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 36 | University of California-Riverside | 14600 | 66000 | 0.7792 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 36 | University of South Florida | 14600 | 17100 | 0.1461 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 38 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 38 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 40 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4236 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 41 | University of Georgia | 15000 | 26600 | 0.4346 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 42 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 83100 | 0.8169 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 43 | University of California-Irvine | 15300 | 36300 | 0.5784 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 44 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89600 | 0.8252 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 44 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 44 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15700 | 27600 | 0.4313 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 47 | Wayne State University | 15800 | 32900 | 0.5195 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 48 | California State University-Long Beach | 16100 | 25800 | 0.3761 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 49 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 50 | Lamar University | 16400 | 23000 | 0.2845 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 51 | University of Houston | 16600 | 23100 | 0.2815 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 52 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5708 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 52 | University of South Alabama | 16700 | 22400 | 0.2549 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 54 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 32800 | 0.4854 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 54 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 56 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17500 | 32200 | 0.4564 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 57 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 57 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18000 | 50400 | 0.6432 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 60 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3482 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 60 | University of St Thomas | 18100 | 50200 | 0.64 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 62 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18300 | 52500 | 0.6514 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 63 | Prairie View A & M University | 18500 | 39600 | 0.5326 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 63 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 46400 | 0.6008 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 65 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 27000 | 0.2999 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 66 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 67 | Tuskegee University | 19600 | 42100 | 0.535 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 68 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3271 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 69 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 32500 | 0.3851 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 70 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1691 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 71 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75800 | 0.7325 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 73 | University of Tulsa | 20700 | 62900 | 0.6709 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 74 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21100 | 32800 | 0.3577 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 75 | Northwestern University | 21600 | 89500 | 0.759 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 75 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21600 | 42700 | 0.4943 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 77 | Tufts University | 22200 | 98900 | 0.7752 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 78 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43300 | 0.4808 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 79 | Florida State University | 22600 | 22900 | 0.0131 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 79 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 81 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 82 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 35000 | 0.3315 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 82 | Montana State University | 23400 | 31500 | 0.2572 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 84 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23500 | 44400 | 0.4704 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 85 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 86 | New York University | 23800 | 91800 | 0.7405 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 87 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3374 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 88 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 24700 | 30700 | 0.1939 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 89 | Washington State University | 24800 | 38700 | 0.3595 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 90 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24900 | 26900 | 0.0762 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 91 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25100 | 56100 | 0.5523 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 92 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52500 | 0.514 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 93 | University of Kansas | 25700 | 44000 | 0.4166 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 94 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5485 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 95 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26200 | 59900 | 0.5625 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 96 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5253 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 97 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 97 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 45200 | 0.4001 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 99 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 99 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 101 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 31000 | 0.1098 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41500 | 0.3299 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 103 | Clarkson University | 28000 | 78000 | 0.6412 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 103 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 105 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 107 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 108 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2136 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 29000 | 32000 | 0.0953 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 111 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29500 | 82600 | 0.6431 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 112 | University of Toledo | 29600 | 32600 | 0.0935 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 113 | University of North Dakota | 30000 | 32500 | 0.0784 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 114 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 42000 | 0.2738 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6043 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | University of Dayton | 32100 | 64200 | 0.5001 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 117 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 118 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 119 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32400 | 75200 | 0.5693 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 120 | Texas Tech University | 32700 | 41000 | 0.2026 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 121 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3989 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 122 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 123 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34100 | 38700 | 0.1177 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 126 | University of New Haven | 35700 | 67100 | 0.4681 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 127 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36300 | 56300 | 0.356 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 128 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2784 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 129 | Tennessee Technological University | 36500 | 38500 | 0.0532 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 130 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36600 | 41600 | 0.1213 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 131 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 132 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 133 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37900 | 66500 | 0.4298 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 134 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 135 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 135 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 137 | University of Wyoming | 38800 | 43800 | 0.1152 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 138 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 139 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 140 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 141 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 142 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53400 | 0.1929 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 142 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43100 | 54700 | 0.212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 144 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.066 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 145 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68600 | 0.3653 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 146 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2287 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 147 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44500 | 49300 | 0.0973 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 148 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 9,601 | 1178 | 0.9664 | |
| 149 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 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 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83800 | 0.4164 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48900 | 92100 | 0.4693 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 155 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49800 | 85800 | 0.4195 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 156 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0385 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 157 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 157 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1253 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 159 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 64200 | 0.1619 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55900 | 56600 | 0.0124 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 162 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 163 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 164 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0335 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 166 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0322 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | University of California-Berkeley | 70900 | 75900 | 0.0659 | 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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