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 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 5800 | 93800 | 0.9383 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 11 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 8200 | 89900 | 0.909 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 14 | 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 | 0.9087 | 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 California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 26 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11700 | 25000 | 0.5312 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 29 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11900 | 25200 | 0.5256 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 31 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 33 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95500 | 0.8709 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12400 | 24700 | 0.4983 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 36 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 37 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 37 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12600 | 25900 | 0.5145 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 39 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6054 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 40 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4659 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 41 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 42 | University of St Thomas | 14400 | 50900 | 0.7174 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 43 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 44 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 45 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 46 | University of California-Irvine | 15300 | 38000 | 0.5978 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 46 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 48 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 49 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 50 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5507 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 51 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 52 | University of Maine | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4474 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 52 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 32900 | 0.5073 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 54 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 55 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16600 | 26300 | 0.3694 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 55 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 57 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 58 | California State University Maritime Academy | 17300 | 48400 | 0.6428 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 59 | Centre College | 17500 | 73000 | 0.7603 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 59 | Prairie View A & M University | 17500 | 25400 | 0.3111 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 59 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4144 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 62 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 63 | University of California-Berkeley | 17800 | 43600 | 0.5926 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 64 | Texas Tech University | 17900 | 27100 | 0.34 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 65 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 66 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18400 | 30100 | 0.3893 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 67 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4005 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 68 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 27400 | 0.3138 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 69 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 70 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 71 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 72 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19200 | 31900 | 0.3986 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 73 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 32100 | 0.3924 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 74 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 75 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 77 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 78 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20700 | 23200 | 0.1077 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 78 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 80 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 81 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 82 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 83 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 84 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 85 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 86 | New York University | 22700 | 91800 | 0.7524 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 87 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 88 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 89 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 34500 | 0.3221 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 90 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3435 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23900 | 40500 | 0.4099 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 92 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 27500 | 0.1274 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 93 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 94 | Clarkson University | 25700 | 78000 | 0.6707 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 95 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5492 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 95 | University of North Dakota | 26000 | 28600 | 0.0912 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 97 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 98 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 99 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0833 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 100 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1261 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 101 | Trine University | 26700 | 56100 | 0.5245 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 102 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3819 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 103 | University of Arizona | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2762 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 104 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 105 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 106 | Lincoln Memorial University | 27900 | 44900 | 0.3782 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 106 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 108 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1269 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 110 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28600 | 32700 | 0.1255 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 111 | University of Dayton | 28700 | 64200 | 0.5531 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 112 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 113 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.214 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 114 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0677 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 115 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 116 | University of Toledo | 29900 | 42000 | 0.2884 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 117 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30200 | 59100 | 0.4887 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 118 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 119 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 119 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 30500 | 39900 | 0.2357 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 121 | Lamar University | 30700 | 38300 | 0.1986 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 122 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 123 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31100 | 36700 | 0.1525 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 123 | University of Louisville | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2593 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 126 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 127 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 31400 | 49500 | 0.366 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 128 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 128 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31500 | 45100 | 0.3015 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 130 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32300 | 36700 | 0.1202 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 131 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 133 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3999 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 134 | Hendrix College | 33000 | 59300 | 0.4432 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 135 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 135 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.1862 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 137 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 138 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34400 | 39000 | 0.1182 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 140 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34600 | 70200 | 0.5074 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 141 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 142 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35500 | 56700 | 0.3739 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 143 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35700 | 56700 | 0.3701 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 144 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.357 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 145 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0546 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 146 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1226 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 146 | University of New Haven | 36500 | 67300 | 0.4574 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 148 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0541 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 150 | Kettering University | 37400 | 71800 | 0.479 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 151 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 152 | Washington State University | 38300 | 53900 | 0.2897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 153 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 154 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 155 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2473 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 156 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40200 | 50000 | 0.1962 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1127 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 158 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 159 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 160 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 161 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 162 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45700 | 0.0526 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 163 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3652 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 163 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 165 | Manhattan University | 43800 | 74100 | 0.4088 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 165 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 167 | University of California-Riverside | 45100 | 66000 | 0.3168 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 168 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 169 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2127 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 170 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 171 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0482 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 172 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48300 | 48600 | 0.0062 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 173 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83900 | 0.4172 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 175 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 176 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 177 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49900 | 59400 | 0.16 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 178 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50700 | 83600 | 0.3934 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 179 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 180 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51300 | 52800 | 0.0284 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 181 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 181 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0392 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 183 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 184 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 185 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 62800 | 0.1433 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 186 | Howard University | 54800 | 66500 | 0.176 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 187 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0356 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 188 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 189 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0331 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.032 | 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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