Considering a degree in Chemical?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Colorado.
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 Colorado.
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 | Princeton University | 4100 | 82600 | 0.9504 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95900 | 0.9381 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7800 | 90000 | 0.9138 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96200 | 0.9185 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8300 | 91800 | 0.9096 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 14 | Bowdoin College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8945 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 18 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 19 | Bucknell University | 11200 | 95700 | 0.8834 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 20 | University of Tulsa | 11500 | 62900 | 0.8169 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 22 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 23 | Pikes Peak State College | 11800 | 18700 | 0.3702 | 12,556 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11800 | 29100 | 0.595 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 25 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 26 | Arapahoe Community College | 12100 | 25500 | 0.5228 | 16,758 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | University of Chicago | 12100 | 95500 | 0.873 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 28 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5214 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 31 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 31 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 17100 | 0.222 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 34 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13500 | 43000 | 0.686 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 34 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 36 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 36 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 26600 | 0.4775 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 38 | University of Houston | 14100 | 22000 | 0.3584 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 39 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 40 | Case Western Reserve University | 14700 | 91300 | 0.8394 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 41 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 42 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.399 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 43 | Western Michigan University | 15500 | 26500 | 0.4155 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 46 | Florida State University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.3141 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 47 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 48 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 49 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 51 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 52 | University of Maine | 16800 | 29300 | 0.4269 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 53 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 54 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3496 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 54 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 56 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4171 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 57 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 57 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 60 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 18200 | 48400 | 0.6242 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 61 | University of Mississippi | 18300 | 45000 | 0.5938 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 62 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18400 | 39000 | 0.5278 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 63 | Youngstown State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4559 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 64 | University of California-Berkeley | 18600 | 43500 | 0.5729 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 65 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 66 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3876 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 67 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19100 | 30100 | 0.366 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 68 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19400 | 28200 | 0.3118 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 69 | University of South Alabama | 19600 | 22400 | 0.1252 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 70 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 71 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 20100 | 29100 | 0.3093 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 71 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 71 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 74 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 74 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75900 | 0.7329 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 76 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20400 | 29300 | 0.3033 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 77 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.2642 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 78 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 79 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.4169 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 80 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 26100 | 0.1726 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 81 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 81 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 81 | Tufts University | 21800 | 98900 | 0.7793 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 84 | Montana State University | 22400 | 27100 | 0.1732 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 84 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 84 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22400 | 33600 | 0.3331 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 87 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 31000 | 0.2643 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 88 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 89 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 89 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 91 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23800 | 24900 | 0.0441 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 92 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 93 | University of Kansas | 24300 | 43000 | 0.4344 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 94 | Front Range Community College | 24400 | 31400 | 0.2228 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 95 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24800 | 30600 | 0.1895 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 96 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.261 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 96 | University at Buffalo | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 98 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25000 | 37900 | 0.3401 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 99 | University of Dayton | 25400 | 64200 | 0.6045 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 100 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 100 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 100 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0975 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 103 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 103 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 105 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 106 | Clarkson University | 26300 | 78000 | 0.663 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 106 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 108 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5277 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 109 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0792 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 110 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 111 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 112 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 113 | Rider University | 27600 | 60600 | 0.5443 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 114 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 115 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 116 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 117 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.3399 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 118 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 119 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2177 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 120 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 121 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29700 | 45100 | 0.3414 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 122 | Michigan Technological University | 30500 | 34700 | 0.1211 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 123 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 124 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.2689 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 125 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1661 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 126 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 83100 | 0.6278 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 127 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31000 | 38500 | 0.1949 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 127 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 31000 | 39900 | 0.2231 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 129 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 130 | Lamar University | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1803 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 131 | University of Louisville | 31500 | 42000 | 0.2498 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 133 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1361 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 134 | Hendrix College | 32200 | 59300 | 0.4567 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 137 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4032 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 138 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 33100 | 49500 | 0.3316 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 139 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 140 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 141 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33600 | 38200 | 0.1199 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 142 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 143 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34000 | 70200 | 0.516 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 144 | University of Rhode Island | 34500 | 46400 | 0.2563 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 145 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35600 | 56700 | 0.3719 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 146 | Texas Tech University | 35800 | 38900 | 0.0797 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 147 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.0779 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 148 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36000 | 41600 | 0.1346 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 150 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 151 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 152 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 153 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 154 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2674 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 155 | California Baptist University | 39900 | 65600 | 0.3917 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 155 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39900 | 50000 | 0.2022 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 157 | Wayne State University | 40600 | 46200 | 0.1212 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 158 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40900 | 48500 | 0.1566 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 159 | University of New Haven | 41200 | 67300 | 0.3876 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 160 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41400 | 53600 | 0.2277 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 161 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 162 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42100 | 55200 | 0.2372 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 163 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 164 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 165 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53600 | 0.1942 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 165 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 167 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 168 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 169 | University of California-San Diego | 46200 | 77200 | 0.4016 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 170 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 171 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46700 | 57700 | 0.1909 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 172 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 173 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 174 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 175 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1558 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 176 | University of California-Riverside | 49400 | 66000 | 0.2517 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 177 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 178 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 179 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 83600 | 0.3994 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 180 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.141 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 181 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 182 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.042 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 184 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 186 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 187 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 188 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0371 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 189 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0347 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 190 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 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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