Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | 3800 | 93300 | 0.9592 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4200 | 83400 | 0.9496 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | Washington University in St Louis | 7700 | 102300 | 0.9247 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 6 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 98200 | 0.9189 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 8400 | 89100 | 0.9055 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9115 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8800 | 90900 | 0.9028 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 13 | Lamar University | 9600 | 22900 | 0.5801 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9900 | 92500 | 0.8933 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 63100 | 0.8436 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 16 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 17 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10700 | 93700 | 0.8857 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 20 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 35700 | 0.6802 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 21 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 91000 | 0.871 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 22 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 30700 | 0.6165 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11900 | 39000 | 0.6941 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 24 | Brown University | 12000 | 94000 | 0.8722 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 24 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12000 | 32800 | 0.6338 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 26 | University of California-San Diego | 12100 | 41600 | 0.7096 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 12600 | 32900 | 0.6167 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 28 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 29 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 26500 | 0.5013 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 30 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13400 | 17900 | 0.2521 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 42900 | 0.6805 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 33 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 27200 | 0.4883 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 33 | University of Houston | 13900 | 21800 | 0.3623 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13900 | 60900 | 0.7719 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 36 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14300 | 25600 | 0.4406 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 38 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 39 | Bucknell University | 14600 | 95700 | 0.8479 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 40 | Case Western Reserve University | 15000 | 92800 | 0.838 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 40 | University of California-Riverside | 15000 | 66000 | 0.7732 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 43 | Stanford University | 15400 | 1932000 | 0.9921 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15400 | 25800 | 0.4033 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 45 | University of Maine | 15500 | 29300 | 0.4713 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 46 | North Carolina State University | 16300 | 28500 | 0.4289 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 46 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 48 | Texas Tech University | 16400 | 27100 | 0.3947 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 49 | Bellevue College | 16900 | 35500 | 0.5245 | 12,485 | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 41200 | 0.5905 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 49 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 25800 | 0.345 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 49 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3924 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16900 | 24900 | 0.3209 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 54 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31800 | 0.4608 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 55 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 55 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3386 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 57 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 58 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 44200 | 0.6002 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 58 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 60 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17800 | 44100 | 0.5967 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 61 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 62 | Northeastern University | 18100 | 90000 | 0.7987 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 63 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 65 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 66 | Lehigh University | 19300 | 89800 | 0.7852 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 67 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20000 | 29900 | 0.3306 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 67 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 69 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 76400 | 0.7334 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 70 | University of Rhode Island | 20500 | 47400 | 0.5676 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 72 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20600 | 35200 | 0.4144 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 73 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 26100 | 0.2028 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 74 | Rowan University | 21000 | 41300 | 0.4918 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 75 | Iowa State University | 21300 | 25700 | 0.1728 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 76 | University of Kansas | 22200 | 44400 | 0.5003 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 77 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32100 | 0.3051 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 78 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 78 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30300 | 0.2478 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 81 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22900 | 53400 | 0.5716 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 82 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 83 | Marian University | 23700 | 59800 | 0.6033 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 84 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24100 | 44400 | 0.4573 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 85 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24200 | 60700 | 0.6013 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 86 | University of Dayton | 24300 | 64400 | 0.6224 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 24900 | 31600 | 0.2123 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 88 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25000 | 40500 | 0.3828 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 89 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 90 | University of South Florida | 25200 | 36500 | 0.3093 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 91 | University of North Dakota | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1014 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 92 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5525 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 93 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0843 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 94 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 95 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 95 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26500 | 28000 | 0.0535 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 40600 | 0.3349 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 97 | University of Arkansas | 27000 | 44700 | 0.3959 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 99 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.216 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 100 | Clarkson University | 28900 | 78000 | 0.6296 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 100 | Clemson University | 28900 | 37100 | 0.2207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 102 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 103 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 104 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78300 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 105 | Prairie View A & M University | 30900 | 39600 | 0.2196 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 106 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 107 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 107 | Tuskegee University | 31700 | 45600 | 0.3049 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 109 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32100 | 35200 | 0.0881 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 110 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 111 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 113 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34300 | 0.0467 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 114 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33900 | 75200 | 0.5493 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 115 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34100 | 39000 | 0.1256 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 116 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 117 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4126 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 118 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34900 | 46400 | 0.2476 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 118 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34900 | 51300 | 0.3196 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 120 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 35200 | 38500 | 0.0857 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 121 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35900 | 56300 | 0.3622 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 122 | Tennessee Technological University | 36100 | 38500 | 0.0622 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 123 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 62900 | 0.4247 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 124 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 125 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 125 | Western Michigan University | 37500 | 37900 | 0.0105 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 127 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 127 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37700 | 40100 | 0.0598 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 127 | Washington State University | 37700 | 53600 | 0.2967 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 127 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 131 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 132 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 133 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 134 | Drexel University | 40200 | 86400 | 0.535 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 135 | University of Mississippi | 40400 | 45200 | 0.1061 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 136 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 137 | University of Florida | 43000 | 45700 | 0.0591 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 138 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43100 | 88100 | 0.5106 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 139 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 139 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 58500 | 0.2596 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 141 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0926 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 142 | University of New Haven | 45900 | 70700 | 0.3506 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 143 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 144 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 145 | University of Delaware | 48100 | 62400 | 0.2294 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 146 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 147 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48500 | 61200 | 0.2075 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 148 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48600 | 86200 | 0.4363 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 149 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 59900 | 0.1842 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 150 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 151 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 85400 | 0.4135 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 152 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50200 | 58900 | 0.1477 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 153 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 154 | Manhattan University | 51100 | 72900 | 0.2989 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 155 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 156 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 157 | University of California-Berkeley | 52200 | 76600 | 0.3185 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 158 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52800 | 86300 | 0.3882 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 159 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 161 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 162 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53800 | 96100 | 0.44 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 164 | Howard University | 55200 | 88500 | 0.3764 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 165 | Michigan Technological University | 55600 | 55600 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 166 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 167 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 168 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61400 | 66900 | 0.0823 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 170 | University of California-Irvine | 71900 | 75000 | 0.0413 | 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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