Considering a degree in Chemical?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Chemical degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
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 Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,108 | 1334 | 0.2244 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 3400 | 90800 | 0.9626 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 3500 | 82600 | 0.9576 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Stanford University | 3500 | 71800 | 0.9517 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 8 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 10 | Swarthmore College | 5800 | 93800 | 0.9383 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 11 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 7600 | 96200 | 0.9205 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 14 | Bowdoin College | 8100 | 89900 | 0.9101 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 8600 | 91300 | 0.906 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 17 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 19 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 20 | University of Pennsylvania | 9500 | 92900 | 0.8977 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 21 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 22 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 23 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 24 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 25 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 29100 | 0.6225 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 26 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 27 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11900 | 25200 | 0.5256 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 29 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 31 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 32 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5154 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 32 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 32 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12500 | 17900 | 0.3025 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 35 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 36 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6956 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 37 | University of Houston | 13200 | 22000 | 0.3993 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 38 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4969 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 39 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6057 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 41 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4659 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 42 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 43 | University of St Thomas | 14400 | 50900 | 0.7174 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 44 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 45 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14700 | 26500 | 0.4472 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 46 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 14800 | 24900 | 0.4051 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 47 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 48 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 49 | University of California-Irvine | 15300 | 38000 | 0.5978 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 49 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 51 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 51 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 53 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 54 | University of Maine | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4474 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 55 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5559 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16300 | 35700 | 0.5435 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 57 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4197 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 57 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16500 | 26300 | 0.3704 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 59 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 60 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 61 | University of California-Riverside | 17000 | 36500 | 0.5341 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 62 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 63 | California State University Maritime Academy | 17300 | 48400 | 0.6428 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 64 | Centre College | 17400 | 73000 | 0.7617 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17500 | 39000 | 0.552 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 66 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 67 | University of California-Berkeley | 17900 | 43600 | 0.5903 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 68 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 69 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 70 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18600 | 29900 | 0.3785 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 70 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4005 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 72 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 73 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 27400 | 0.3138 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 74 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 75 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 76 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 77 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 78 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78700 | 0.7472 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 79 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20100 | 29300 | 0.3135 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 80 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 81 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 82 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 82 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2587 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 84 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 85 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 86 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 87 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 88 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21900 | 33600 | 0.3479 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 89 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 90 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 91 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 92 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 93 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 93 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 96 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3858 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 97 | University of Kansas | 23900 | 43000 | 0.4448 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 97 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3447 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 97 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23900 | 40500 | 0.4099 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 100 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 27500 | 0.1274 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 101 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 102 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0792 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 103 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2564 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 104 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 105 | Clarkson University | 25700 | 78000 | 0.6707 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 106 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5494 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 107 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 108 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 109 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 41500 | 0.366 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 110 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 28900 | 0.0842 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 111 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1252 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 111 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.525 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 113 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3825 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 114 | Michigan Technological University | 27000 | 34700 | 0.222 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 115 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 115 | University of Arizona | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2762 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 115 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1232 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 118 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 119 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 120 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 121 | Lincoln Memorial University | 28000 | 44900 | 0.376 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 122 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1277 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 123 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 124 | University of Dayton | 28700 | 64200 | 0.5531 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 125 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 126 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 127 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2136 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 128 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.289 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 129 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 130 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30400 | 33400 | 0.0899 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 131 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 131 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 30500 | 39900 | 0.2357 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 133 | Lamar University | 30700 | 38300 | 0.1986 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 134 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 135 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 136 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 136 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0779 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 138 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 139 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 31400 | 49500 | 0.366 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 140 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 141 | Prairie View A & M University | 32400 | 39600 | 0.1817 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 142 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 142 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 144 | Hendrix College | 33000 | 59300 | 0.4432 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 145 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 146 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 147 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 148 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 149 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 34400 | 35900 | 0.0418 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 150 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34500 | 70200 | 0.5089 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 151 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 152 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 153 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 154 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1298 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 154 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3574 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 156 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1232 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 156 | University of New Haven | 36500 | 67300 | 0.4574 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 158 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0547 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 159 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 160 | Kettering University | 37400 | 71800 | 0.479 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 160 | University of Connecticut | 37400 | 53600 | 0.3025 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 162 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 163 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 164 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 165 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2477 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 166 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 52700 | 0.2391 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 167 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 168 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 169 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 170 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 171 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3664 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 172 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 173 | Manhattan University | 43800 | 74100 | 0.4088 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 173 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 175 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44900 | 50600 | 0.1127 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 176 | University of California-San Diego | 45300 | 74200 | 0.3893 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 177 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 178 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46400 | 57700 | 0.1959 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 179 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48200 | 48600 | 0.0082 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 180 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 181 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83900 | 0.4172 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 182 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 183 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 183 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 185 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50700 | 83600 | 0.3934 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 186 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 187 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.04 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 188 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 189 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 190 | Howard University | 59900 | 66500 | 0.0993 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 191 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0324 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 191 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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