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 | |
| 7 | Stanford University | 3600 | 71800 | 0.9503 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 8 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4700 | 40700 | 0.8836 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 10 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 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 | Bakersfield College | 8000 | 22500 | 0.6454 | 30,746 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 16 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 18 | Bowdoin College | 9600 | 89900 | 0.8934 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 18 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 20 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 21 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 22 | Washington University in St Louis | 10800 | 102300 | 0.8943 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 23 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11900 | 25200 | 0.5256 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 26 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 26 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 28 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12200 | 38800 | 0.6861 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 29 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95500 | 0.8709 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 29 | University of Pennsylvania | 12300 | 92900 | 0.8676 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 31 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12600 | 25900 | 0.5141 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 32 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 33 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6053 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 52800 | 0.741 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 35 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 36 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 14800 | 24900 | 0.4051 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 38 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 39 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 40 | University of California-Irvine | 15300 | 38000 | 0.5978 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 40 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 42 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3916 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 44 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5504 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 46 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 47 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 48 | North Carolina State University | 16600 | 28500 | 0.4184 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 48 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16600 | 26300 | 0.3691 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 51 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 52 | University of California-Riverside | 17000 | 36500 | 0.5341 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 53 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 54 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17400 | 39000 | 0.5536 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 55 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 17500 | 34100 | 0.488 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 56 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 57 | University of California-Berkeley | 17800 | 43600 | 0.5926 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 59 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 60 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18600 | 29900 | 0.3773 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 61 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 27400 | 0.3138 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 62 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 64 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 65 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19200 | 31900 | 0.3987 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 66 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 29100 | 0.3299 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 67 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 68 | Cleveland State University | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3555 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 68 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19900 | 30500 | 0.3473 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 70 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20100 | 29300 | 0.3135 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 71 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 72 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 73 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20700 | 23200 | 0.1077 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 74 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 75 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 75 | Washington State University | 21300 | 36200 | 0.4116 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 77 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 78 | Marian University | 21900 | 59800 | 0.6333 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 79 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 80 | New York University | 22700 | 91800 | 0.7524 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 82 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23500 | 34500 | 0.3192 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 83 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23900 | 40500 | 0.4099 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 84 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 27500 | 0.1274 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 86 | Clarkson University | 25800 | 78000 | 0.6694 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 87 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.549 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 88 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 41500 | 0.3684 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 89 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 91 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.083 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 91 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 93 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1257 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 94 | Trine University | 26700 | 56100 | 0.5243 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 95 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3817 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 96 | Michigan Technological University | 27000 | 34700 | 0.222 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 97 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 98 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 99 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 100 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 101 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 102 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28600 | 32700 | 0.1252 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 103 | University of Dayton | 28700 | 64200 | 0.5531 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 104 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 105 | Montana State University | 29400 | 31400 | 0.0637 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 107 | University of Toledo | 29900 | 42000 | 0.2882 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 108 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39200 | 0.235 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 109 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30200 | 59100 | 0.4887 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 110 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30300 | 41200 | 0.2649 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 110 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 112 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 30500 | 39900 | 0.2357 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 114 | Lamar University | 30700 | 38300 | 0.1986 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 115 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 116 | The College of Wooster | 31000 | 83100 | 0.6267 | 1,738 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
| 117 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 117 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31100 | 36700 | 0.1525 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 119 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 119 | University of North Dakota | 31200 | 33700 | 0.0769 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 31400 | 49500 | 0.366 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 122 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 122 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31500 | 45100 | 0.3015 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 124 | Prairie View A & M University | 32400 | 39600 | 0.1817 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 124 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 126 | Hendrix College | 33000 | 59300 | 0.4432 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 33000 | 34500 | 0.0435 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 128 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.186 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 129 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 130 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 131 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34400 | 39000 | 0.1179 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 132 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34600 | 70200 | 0.5074 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 133 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 134 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 135 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35500 | 56700 | 0.3739 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 137 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 60100 | 0.3977 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 137 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3568 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 139 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2793 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 139 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0544 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 141 | University of New Haven | 36500 | 67300 | 0.4574 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 142 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 143 | Kettering University | 37400 | 71800 | 0.479 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 144 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 145 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 38000 | 40100 | 0.0523 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 146 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53100 | 0.2692 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 147 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 148 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 149 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 150 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2471 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 151 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 47500 | 0.1558 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 151 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40100 | 44100 | 0.0907 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 153 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1125 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 153 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 155 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 156 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 157 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 158 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 159 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45700 | 0.0526 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 160 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3651 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 161 | Widener University | 43700 | 79400 | 0.4498 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 162 | Manhattan University | 43800 | 74100 | 0.4088 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 162 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 164 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2743 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 164 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44900 | 50600 | 0.1127 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 166 | University of California-San Diego | 45300 | 77200 | 0.4132 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 167 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 168 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0482 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 169 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0506 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 170 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 171 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83900 | 0.4172 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 172 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1522 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 173 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 174 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 175 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50700 | 83600 | 0.3934 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 176 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0394 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 177 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51300 | 52800 | 0.0284 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 178 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 178 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.039 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 180 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 180 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1261 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 182 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 183 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 62800 | 0.1433 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 184 | Howard University | 59900 | 66500 | 0.0993 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 185 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0329 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0318 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 187 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 189 | University of California-Davis | 68800 | 69800 | 0.0143 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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