Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 5300 | 82400 | 0.9353 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | 6600 | 91800 | 0.9285 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96500 | 0.9194 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 10 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 13 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 8900 | 30000 | 0.7031 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 15 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 16 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 18 | University of California-San Diego | 11300 | 39700 | 0.7152 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 20 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 20 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 22 | University of Houston | 12000 | 23100 | 0.4807 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 23 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12100 | 43000 | 0.7186 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 24 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5154 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 26 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 27 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4771 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 27 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6057 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13700 | 17900 | 0.2353 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 29 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 32 | Bucknell University | 13900 | 94800 | 0.8532 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13900 | 48200 | 0.7123 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14000 | 28000 | 0.5005 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 36 | University of California-Riverside | 14200 | 66000 | 0.7853 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 37 | Louisiana Tech University | 14700 | 36900 | 0.6015 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 37 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 39 | University of Georgia | 14800 | 26600 | 0.4448 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 40 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8331 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 41 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 42 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 43 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 45 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 45 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 47 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16300 | 35700 | 0.5435 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 48 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 46200 | 0.643 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 49 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 32800 | 0.4945 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16600 | 24900 | 0.3329 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 51 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5703 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 52 | Cleveland State University | 17000 | 30900 | 0.4493 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 52 | University of California-Berkeley | 17000 | 43500 | 0.6097 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 54 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 55 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 35200 | 0.5059 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 56 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 33600 | 0.4758 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 57 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 17900 | 24200 | 0.2608 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 59 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18200 | 41200 | 0.5589 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 59 | Prairie View A & M University | 18200 | 25400 | 0.2835 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 61 | University of Arizona | 18500 | 30900 | 0.4019 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 62 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3036 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 63 | Western Michigan University | 19300 | 26500 | 0.272 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 64 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3339 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 65 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19600 | 78700 | 0.751 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 67 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1724 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 68 | University of Tulsa | 20200 | 62900 | 0.6789 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 69 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 70 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 45200 | 0.5499 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 71 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 71 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20500 | 30700 | 0.3305 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 73 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20600 | 32800 | 0.3723 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 73 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20600 | 38200 | 0.4606 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 75 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2587 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 76 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21000 | 42600 | 0.5076 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 77 | Northwestern University | 21100 | 89500 | 0.7646 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 78 | Montana State University | 21600 | 27100 | 0.2027 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 79 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 80 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22100 | 59900 | 0.6309 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 81 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4794 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 82 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 83 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 84 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 85 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 86 | New York University | 23700 | 91800 | 0.7416 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 87 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 28400 | 0.1302 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 88 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25000 | 52700 | 0.5256 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 88 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 25000 | 42700 | 0.4146 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 90 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52500 | 0.5197 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 91 | University of Kansas | 25300 | 44000 | 0.4252 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 92 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0769 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 93 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 94 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5494 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 95 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 96 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.525 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 97 | University of St Thomas | 26800 | 50900 | 0.4737 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 98 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 99 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1232 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 100 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 100 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27500 | 31600 | 0.1307 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 100 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 103 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 104 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 104 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 104 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 108 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 109 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 110 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2136 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33200 | 0.1203 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 112 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.289 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 113 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6094 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 113 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.2719 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 115 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30600 | 62800 | 0.5124 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 116 | University of Dayton | 30900 | 64200 | 0.5188 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 117 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.1619 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 118 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 118 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 118 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0779 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 121 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31300 | 75200 | 0.5839 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 122 | Manhattan University | 31900 | 72500 | 0.56 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 123 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1209 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 124 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62500 | 0.4822 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 126 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 127 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 128 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 36100 | 0.0554 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 129 | University of New Haven | 35200 | 67100 | 0.4755 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 130 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 131 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 131 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.28 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 133 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0553 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1232 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 135 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0547 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 136 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 137 | California State University-Long Beach | 37400 | 38600 | 0.0311 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 138 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 139 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 139 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 141 | Kettering University | 38200 | 83800 | 0.5441 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 142 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 143 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2774 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 144 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 145 | Widener University | 42000 | 79400 | 0.4712 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 146 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42100 | 53700 | 0.2159 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 147 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42600 | 54700 | 0.2212 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 148 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 53400 | 0.1966 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 149 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3664 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 150 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 151 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 152 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 153 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 154 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0513 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 155 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 155 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48700 | 56600 | 0.1395 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 157 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 158 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49400 | 85800 | 0.4242 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 159 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 82600 | 0.3875 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 160 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.04 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 162 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53100 | 61200 | 0.1329 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 163 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 164 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.036 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 167 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 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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