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 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 3400 | 90800 | 0.9626 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 3500 | 82600 | 0.9576 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | Stanford University | 3600 | 71800 | 0.9503 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 8 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 10 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt University | 7600 | 96200 | 0.9205 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 12 | Bakersfield College | 8000 | 22500 | 0.6454 | 30,746 | 0 | 0.7948 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 17 | Bowdoin College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8945 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 18 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 19 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 21 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 22 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 22 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 24 | Bucknell University | 11300 | 95700 | 0.8824 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 25 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11600 | 25200 | 0.5375 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 27 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11700 | 25000 | 0.5312 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 29 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 30 | University of Chicago | 12100 | 95500 | 0.873 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 32 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 33 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 34 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6956 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 35 | University of Houston | 13200 | 22000 | 0.3993 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 36 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 37 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 38 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 40 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 40 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.6031 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 40 | Western Michigan University | 15100 | 32500 | 0.536 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 43 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 44 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 45 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 46 | University of Maine | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4474 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 47 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 47 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16300 | 35700 | 0.5435 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 49 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 49 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 51 | West Virginia University | 16500 | 40900 | 0.5963 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 52 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 53 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17500 | 34100 | 0.488 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 53 | Prairie View A & M University | 17500 | 25400 | 0.3111 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17500 | 35300 | 0.5039 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 56 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 57 | University of California-Berkeley | 17800 | 43600 | 0.5926 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 17900 | 28600 | 0.3739 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 59 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18500 | 29900 | 0.3805 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 60 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 27400 | 0.3138 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 61 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 63 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 64 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19200 | 31900 | 0.3987 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 65 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 65 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 67 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 67 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 69 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 70 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 71 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 72 | Louisiana Tech University | 20900 | 26100 | 0.1994 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 72 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 74 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 75 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 75 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 77 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 78 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 80 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 23800 | 30600 | 0.2222 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 80 | University of Kansas | 23800 | 43000 | 0.4462 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 82 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23900 | 40500 | 0.4099 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 83 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24200 | 44400 | 0.4549 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 84 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 85 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 24800 | 32800 | 0.2438 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 86 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 87 | University of Dayton | 25100 | 64200 | 0.6091 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 88 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 89 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 90 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 91 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 92 | Clarkson University | 26500 | 78000 | 0.6604 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 92 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 92 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0828 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 92 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 96 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3862 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 96 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.126 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 98 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 99 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 100 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27400 | 32700 | 0.1618 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 100 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 102 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 103 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 105 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34000 | 0.1442 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 107 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 107 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30100 | 39200 | 0.2324 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 109 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30300 | 41200 | 0.2649 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 110 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 30500 | 39900 | 0.2357 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 111 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30600 | 38500 | 0.2052 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 111 | Lamar University | 30600 | 38300 | 0.2012 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 111 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | California Baptist University | 30700 | 64800 | 0.5254 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 114 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 116 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 116 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 116 | University of Louisville | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2665 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 119 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 120 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 121 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31100 | 36700 | 0.1525 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 122 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 123 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31300 | 45100 | 0.306 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 124 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 125 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 126 | Hendrix College | 32300 | 59300 | 0.455 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 129 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 130 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 131 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 132 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33600 | 38200 | 0.1201 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 133 | University of Rhode Island | 33800 | 46400 | 0.2713 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 134 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34100 | 70200 | 0.5146 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35000 | 56700 | 0.3825 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 136 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 137 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35600 | 41600 | 0.1442 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 139 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 140 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 141 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 142 | Kettering University | 37600 | 71800 | 0.4763 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 143 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 144 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 145 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 146 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 147 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39500 | 50000 | 0.2102 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 148 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 148 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 150 | University of Illinois Chicago | 39800 | 50600 | 0.2135 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 151 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40000 | 53600 | 0.2539 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 152 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40100 | 44100 | 0.0907 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 153 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 154 | University of New Haven | 40900 | 67300 | 0.3921 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 155 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 156 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 56200 | 0.2403 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 157 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 158 | Widener University | 43300 | 79400 | 0.4548 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 159 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 160 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 161 | University of California-Riverside | 45100 | 66000 | 0.3168 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 162 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 163 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 164 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2294 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 165 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 166 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 167 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 168 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1548 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 169 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 170 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 171 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 172 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 172 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 83600 | 0.3958 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 174 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 176 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52000 | 52800 | 0.0151 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 177 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 178 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 178 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 180 | Howard University | 54800 | 66500 | 0.176 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 181 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 182 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 183 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 184 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 185 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 186 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 186 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 188 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 189 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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