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 | 1,108 | 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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 5500 | 82400 | 0.9329 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95900 | 0.9381 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 6700 | 93800 | 0.9287 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 11 | Bowdoin College | 7300 | 89900 | 0.919 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 12 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7800 | 90000 | 0.9138 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 17 | University of Pennsylvania | 8800 | 92900 | 0.9055 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 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 Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 21 | Wellesley College | 11000 | 91300 | 0.8797 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 22 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3775 | 21,970 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 23 | Pikes Peak State College | 11800 | 18700 | 0.37 | 12,556 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 26 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 27 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 28 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12400 | 43000 | 0.7116 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 29 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 30 | University of California-Riverside | 13300 | 36500 | 0.6352 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13300 | 28000 | 0.5256 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57700 | 0.7693 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 33 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4771 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 35 | Bucknell University | 13900 | 94800 | 0.8532 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 35 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13900 | 17900 | 0.2241 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 48200 | 0.7102 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 40 | University of South Florida | 14400 | 17100 | 0.1578 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 41 | Case Western Reserve University | 14700 | 83100 | 0.8229 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 41 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 43 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 37400 | 0.6048 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 44 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14900 | 37900 | 0.6064 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 44 | Louisiana Tech University | 14900 | 36900 | 0.5961 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 46 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 47 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 48 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 49 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 50 | University of South Alabama | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 51 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5703 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 51 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16700 | 35700 | 0.5323 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 51 | Wayne State University | 16700 | 46200 | 0.6386 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 54 | McNeese State University | 16800 | 32800 | 0.4884 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16900 | 24900 | 0.3209 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 56 | University of Kansas | 17000 | 37100 | 0.5429 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 57 | California State University Maritime Academy | 17200 | 53200 | 0.677 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 58 | Lamar University | 17400 | 41900 | 0.5847 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 59 | University of St Thomas | 17500 | 50900 | 0.6564 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 60 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 61 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 61 | Prairie View A & M University | 17900 | 39600 | 0.5478 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 61 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 52500 | 0.659 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 64 | University of Arkansas | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3511 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 65 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 46400 | 0.6051 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 66 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18400 | 41200 | 0.554 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 67 | University of Arizona | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3922 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 68 | University of Mississippi | 19600 | 27000 | 0.274 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 69 | Western Michigan University | 19900 | 32500 | 0.3881 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 70 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3225 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 70 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20000 | 78700 | 0.7459 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 72 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75800 | 0.7338 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 73 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 74 | University of Tulsa | 20500 | 62900 | 0.6741 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 75 | Arapahoe Community College | 20700 | 34000 | 0.3906 | 15,012 | 0 | 0 | |
| 75 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2587 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 77 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 20800 | 44400 | 0.5321 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 78 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20900 | 32800 | 0.3632 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 79 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21300 | 42600 | 0.5005 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 80 | Northwestern University | 21400 | 89500 | 0.7612 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 81 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 82 | Centre College | 21900 | 73400 | 0.7012 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 83 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 84 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 85 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 22800 | 26900 | 0.1535 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 86 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 86 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 88 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4199 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 89 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 89 | Montana State University | 23300 | 31400 | 0.2579 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 91 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 31000 | 0.2418 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 92 | New York University | 23700 | 91800 | 0.7416 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 93 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3389 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 95 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24500 | 26500 | 0.0755 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 96 | Hendrix College | 24600 | 59300 | 0.5848 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 97 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 25100 | 42700 | 0.4123 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 98 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25300 | 52700 | 0.5199 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 99 | Dordt University | 25400 | 52500 | 0.5159 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 100 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5494 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 101 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26100 | 59900 | 0.5642 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 101 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 103 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 104 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.525 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 105 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 37300 | 0.2736 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 105 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 109 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 109 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 111 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 112 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.244 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 112 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3363 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 114 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 114 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0978 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 116 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 118 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29700 | 45100 | 0.3414 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 119 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.289 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 120 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 30100 | 70200 | 0.5716 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 121 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30200 | 44900 | 0.3271 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 122 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6094 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 123 | University of Dayton | 31100 | 64200 | 0.5157 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 123 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31100 | 62800 | 0.5044 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 123 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0779 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 126 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31600 | 75200 | 0.5799 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 127 | University of Nevada-Reno | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 128 | Manhattan University | 31900 | 72500 | 0.56 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 129 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 129 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1209 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 131 | Rider University | 32300 | 60600 | 0.4671 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 132 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 133 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 134 | University of Louisville | 33900 | 42000 | 0.1931 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1198 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 137 | University of New Haven | 35400 | 67100 | 0.4725 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 138 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36000 | 42800 | 0.1577 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 139 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3574 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 140 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.28 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 141 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0553 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 142 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1232 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 143 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0547 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 144 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 145 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37700 | 66500 | 0.4328 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 146 | Kettering University | 38300 | 83800 | 0.5429 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 147 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 148 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 148 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 150 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 151 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2774 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 152 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 153 | Widener University | 42000 | 79400 | 0.4712 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 154 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 155 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 53700 | 0.2066 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 156 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42900 | 54700 | 0.2157 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 157 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 158 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53400 | 0.191 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 159 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3664 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 160 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44300 | 49300 | 0.1013 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 161 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 162 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 163 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 164 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 165 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 166 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47100 | 49800 | 0.0542 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 167 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 168 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48000 | 48800 | 0.0164 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 169 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48400 | 56600 | 0.1448 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 170 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0513 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 171 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 171 | University of Delaware | 48700 | 61300 | 0.2066 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 173 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49600 | 85800 | 0.4218 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 175 | University of California-San Diego | 49700 | 74200 | 0.3301 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 176 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 82600 | 0.39 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 177 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.04 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 178 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 179 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 180 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 181 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 182 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 183 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.036 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 184 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 185 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 186 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 187 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 66100 | 0.0771 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 188 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 189 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 190 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0324 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 191 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 192 | University of California-Berkeley | 70800 | 75900 | 0.0672 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 193 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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