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 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,507 | 1326 | 0.1161 | |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1543 | 0.0611 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 3900 | 83500 | 0.9538 | 5,916 | 1535 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4000 | 93300 | 0.9568 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5600 | 40700 | 0.8615 | 35,358 | 1435 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8321 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 8 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9267 | 8,153 | 1513 | 0.1192 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 7600 | 89100 | 0.9146 | 8,950 | 1500 | 0.0938 | |
| 10 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 94200 | 0.9171 | 9,060 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 10 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 98200 | 0.921 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 13 | California Institute of Technology | 8700 | 94600 | 0.9077 | 971 | 1557 | 0.0379 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9200 | 90900 | 0.8984 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 9700 | 63100 | 0.8468 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | Lafayette College | 9900 | 91000 | 0.8907 | 2,675 | 1427 | 0.3116 | |
| 17 | Rice University | 9900 | 92500 | 0.8932 | 4,807 | 1535 | 0.0801 | |
| 19 | University of California-Berkeley | 10400 | 44400 | 0.766 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 20 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8901 | 6,096 | 1462 | 0.4191 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10800 | 21100 | 0.4888 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1521 | 0.0838 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11600 | 30200 | 0.6162 | 24,260 | 1252 | 0.7576 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 26 | Bucknell University | 13000 | 95700 | 0.8646 | 3,928 | 1396 | 0.322 | |
| 26 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13000 | 17900 | 0.2745 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 26 | University of Idaho | 13000 | 27800 | 0.5344 | 9,656 | 1119 | 0.7476 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 42900 | 0.6899 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | University of Houston | 13300 | 21800 | 0.3898 | 40,366 | 1249 | 0.7577 | |
| 29 | Wayne State University | 13300 | 46800 | 0.7163 | 16,390 | 1174 | 0.8359 | |
| 32 | University of California-Riverside | 13500 | 36500 | 0.6297 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 32 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 32 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 27200 | 0.503 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13900 | 60900 | 0.7719 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 36 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1233 | 0.8351 | |
| 36 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14100 | 31000 | 0.5458 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1115 | 0.9145 | |
| 39 | Case Western Reserve University | 15000 | 92800 | 0.838 | 6,657 | 1475 | 0.3778 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15000 | 28200 | 0.4677 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 15200 | 27000 | 0.4369 | 22,939 | 1182 | 0.9738 | |
| 43 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1360 | 0.2383 | |
| 44 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 44 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5504 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 46 | Stanford University | 16100 | 1932300 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1535 | 0.038 | |
| 47 | McNeese State University | 16500 | 27800 | 0.4068 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 48 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16600 | 41200 | 0.5978 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 48 | California State University-Long Beach | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3567 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 48 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16600 | 26500 | 0.3756 | 23,003 | 1159 | 0.7367 | |
| 51 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16700 | 44200 | 0.6229 | 1,829 | 1109 | 0.945 | |
| 52 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 22400 | 0.2326 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 54 | University of Kentucky | 17500 | 37300 | 0.5317 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 55 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 975 | 0.7836 | |
| 55 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9364 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 57 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8008 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18000 | 58900 | 0.6939 | 8,219 | 1120 | 0.9485 | |
| 59 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 60 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18500 | 30500 | 0.3932 | 6,743 | 1293 | 0.6292 | |
| 60 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 33900 | 0.4544 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 62 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19100 | 80400 | 0.7623 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 63 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1030 | 0.9654 | |
| 64 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20100 | 32900 | 0.389 | 19,787 | 1214 | 0.8807 | |
| 65 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20300 | 60700 | 0.6655 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20400 | 26100 | 0.2181 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 68 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1363 | 0.4879 | |
| 69 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 69 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1125 | 0.861 | |
| 71 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1463 | 0.4503 | |
| 72 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21300 | 27800 | 0.2336 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 73 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 74 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1204 | 0.8863 | |
| 75 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 29900 | 0.2546 | 21,469 | 1148 | 0.9061 | |
| 76 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 77 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1209 | 0.8689 | |
| 78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1044 | 0.7996 | |
| 79 | Tufts University | 23100 | 99000 | 0.7665 | 7,031 | 1507 | 0.1082 | |
| 80 | Marian University | 23500 | 59800 | 0.6066 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 81 | Lamar University | 23700 | 37900 | 0.3743 | 8,387 | 1050 | 0.8353 | |
| 81 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23700 | 34500 | 0.3133 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 83 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 28300 | 0.1413 | 16,405 | 1299 | 0.74 | |
| 84 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 85 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 62800 | 0.5954 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 86 | University of North Dakota | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1014 | 11,837 | 1150 | 0.8157 | |
| 87 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5525 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 88 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 90 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 91 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 92 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27200 | 31300 | 0.1307 | 8,706 | 1235 | 0.8906 | |
| 93 | University of Dayton | 27600 | 64400 | 0.5712 | 7,252 | 1302 | 0.6659 | |
| 94 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27900 | 33300 | 0.162 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 94 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 34,021 | 1200 | 0.6906 | |
| 96 | Tuskegee University | 28200 | 45600 | 0.3816 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 97 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36400 | 0.2172 | 11,691 | 1069 | 0.7722 | |
| 98 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.216 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 99 | New York University | 28900 | 92100 | 0.6862 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 100 | Michigan Technological University | 29000 | 34700 | 0.1641 | 6,009 | 1256 | 0.8546 | |
| 101 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 102 | University of Toledo | 29200 | 32600 | 0.1041 | 10,726 | 1229 | 0.8889 | |
| 103 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 29600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 104 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 105 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 106 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78300 | 0.6106 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 107 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30600 | 38600 | 0.2073 | 7,637 | 1110 | 0.1865 | |
| 108 | Iowa State University | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3183 | 26,346 | 1207 | 0.8793 | |
| 108 | University of Maine | 30800 | 43100 | 0.2855 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 110 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1435 | 0.1334 | |
| 111 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4254 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 112 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 113 | Villanova University | 32200 | 92900 | 0.6537 | 6,933 | 1457 | 0.2814 | |
| 114 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32500 | 54400 | 0.4025 | 35,248 | 1273 | 0.6939 | |
| 115 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1378 | 0.3954 | |
| 116 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32800 | 75200 | 0.5638 | 3,190 | 1307 | 0.6187 | |
| 117 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 53100 | 0.3709 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 118 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 119 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34300 | 59100 | 0.4194 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 120 | California Baptist University | 34900 | 69800 | 0.4998 | 8,707 | 1070 | 0.8139 | |
| 121 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 122 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,862 | 1268 | 0.8647 | |
| 123 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35900 | 56300 | 0.3622 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 124 | Tennessee Technological University | 36100 | 38500 | 0.0622 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 125 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 62900 | 0.4247 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 125 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1296 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 127 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 127 | Western Michigan University | 37000 | 38500 | 0.0389 | 13,714 | 1115 | 0.9121 | |
| 129 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 66700 | 0.4439 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 130 | Kettering University | 37500 | 98700 | 0.6203 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 131 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52700 | 0.2866 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 132 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37700 | 40100 | 0.0598 | 25,054 | 1239 | 0.7762 | |
| 133 | Widener University | 38000 | 79400 | 0.5216 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 134 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39000 | 44400 | 0.1215 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 135 | Rowan University | 39900 | 53600 | 0.2555 | 17,157 | 1219 | 0.7654 | |
| 135 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 137 | Drexel University | 40400 | 86400 | 0.5324 | 12,318 | 1339 | 0.699 | |
| 137 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 139 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41400 | 55300 | 0.2516 | 21,388 | 1375 | 0.5945 | |
| 140 | University of New Haven | 41500 | 73500 | 0.4352 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 141 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 63300 | 0.3285 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 142 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 143 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.092 | 16,555 | 1164 | 0.875 | |
| 144 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 44600 | 83500 | 0.4657 | 2,160 | 1404 | 0.809 | |
| 144 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 44600 | 56600 | 0.2119 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 146 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1303 | 0.8059 | |
| 147 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 148 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,415 | 1279 | 0.8324 | |
| 149 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 86200 | 0.434 | 4,206 | 1445 | 0.5068 | |
| 150 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49700 | 64700 | 0.2319 | 46,627 | 1378 | 0.492 | |
| 151 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50300 | 59100 | 0.1488 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 151 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 85400 | 0.4112 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 153 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1438 | 0.6725 | |
| 154 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 155 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1208 | 0.799 | |
| 156 | Clarkson University | 52500 | 92300 | 0.4312 | 2,163 | 1302 | 0.825 | |
| 157 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 158 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1397 | 0.5989 | |
| 159 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 160 | Howard University | 55000 | 88500 | 0.3787 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.2186 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 162 | University of California-San Diego | 55700 | 79600 | 0.3001 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 163 | Manhattan University | 57400 | 72000 | 0.2028 | 2,378 | 1274 | 0.8216 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0417 | 8,513 | 1203 | 0.9261 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 63600 | 67600 | 0.0591 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1325 | 0.6737 | |
| 169 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69900 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 170 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75200 | 0.0412 | 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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