Considering a degree in Chemical?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | 3900 | 82600 | 0.9528 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 6 | University of Chicago | 4100 | 95000 | 0.9571 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95600 | 0.9384 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 9 | 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 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 91800 | 0.9085 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 15 | Bowdoin College | 9600 | 89900 | 0.8934 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 10800 | 102300 | 0.8943 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 19 | Bucknell University | 11200 | 113300 | 0.9011 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 20 | University of Tulsa | 11400 | 62900 | 0.8184 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 21 | University of California-San Diego | 11500 | 39700 | 0.7102 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 23 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11900 | 25700 | 0.5363 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 24 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 25 | University of Pennsylvania | 12300 | 92900 | 0.8676 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 26 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12800 | 17900 | 0.2857 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 27 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 17100 | 0.2454 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 13600 | 34600 | 0.6076 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 28 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6053 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 13700 | 22000 | 0.3766 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 32 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 33 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 28800 | 0.5048 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 34 | Northwestern University | 14600 | 88300 | 0.8348 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 35 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14700 | 26500 | 0.4463 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 36 | Case Western Reserve University | 14800 | 91300 | 0.8383 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 36 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8331 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15100 | 24900 | 0.3931 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 40 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 31200 | 0.5059 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 41 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 42 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3916 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 44 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 15800 | 24200 | 0.3478 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 44 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3944 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 46 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 47 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 48 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16700 | 35700 | 0.5323 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 49 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 50 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16900 | 26300 | 0.3576 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 51 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 52 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4926 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 54 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 18000 | 48400 | 0.6283 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 56 | Texas Tech University | 18300 | 27100 | 0.3253 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 56 | University of California-Berkeley | 18300 | 43500 | 0.5798 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 58 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4589 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 59 | University of Mississippi | 18500 | 45000 | 0.5893 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 60 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18800 | 31000 | 0.394 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 61 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19300 | 29900 | 0.354 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 63 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19800 | 30100 | 0.3427 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 64 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19900 | 29100 | 0.3162 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 64 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 66 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75900 | 0.7369 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 68 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.171 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 69 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 69 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 71 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 72 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 73 | Louisiana Tech University | 21300 | 26100 | 0.1841 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 74 | Tufts University | 21600 | 98900 | 0.7813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 75 | Marian University | 22000 | 59800 | 0.6317 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 76 | Montana State University | 22300 | 27100 | 0.1769 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 77 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32400 | 0.306 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 77 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 22500 | 69800 | 0.678 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 79 | New York University | 22700 | 91800 | 0.7524 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 29000 | 0.2033 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 82 | University of Kansas | 24200 | 37600 | 0.3585 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 83 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 27500 | 0.1165 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 84 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24400 | 30600 | 0.2026 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 84 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 86 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24600 | 40500 | 0.3927 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 87 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24800 | 37900 | 0.3454 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 88 | Tennessee Technological University | 25100 | 33700 | 0.2554 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 89 | University of Dayton | 25300 | 64200 | 0.606 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 90 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 91 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.549 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 92 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 93 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0738 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 93 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 95 | Clarkson University | 26500 | 78000 | 0.6604 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 95 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 41500 | 0.3564 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 97 | Trine University | 26700 | 56100 | 0.5243 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 99 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 28900 | 0.0726 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 100 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 101 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 101 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1212 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 101 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 104 | Syracuse University | 27600 | 83100 | 0.6677 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 104 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 106 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 108 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28800 | 33400 | 0.1379 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 109 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2139 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 110 | Michigan Technological University | 29000 | 34700 | 0.1643 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29000 | 34000 | 0.1472 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 112 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2222 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 113 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6054 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 113 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82400 | 0.6259 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2644 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 115 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 30900 | 39900 | 0.2256 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 117 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 117 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.161 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 117 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31000 | 59100 | 0.4752 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 120 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 120 | Lamar University | 31200 | 38300 | 0.1855 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 120 | University of Louisville | 31200 | 42000 | 0.257 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 120 | University of North Dakota | 31200 | 33700 | 0.0769 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 124 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 125 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41200 | 0.2357 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 126 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 127 | Hendrix College | 32200 | 59300 | 0.4567 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 128 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32300 | 36700 | 0.1199 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 130 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3997 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 131 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 132 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33900 | 36100 | 0.0609 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 133 | University of Rhode Island | 34200 | 46400 | 0.2627 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 134 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34300 | 70200 | 0.5117 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 135 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35900 | 47500 | 0.2444 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 137 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 60100 | 0.3977 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 138 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2793 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 139 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 140 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 140 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 142 | Kettering University | 37600 | 71800 | 0.4763 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 143 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 144 | Washington State University | 38300 | 53900 | 0.2895 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 145 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 146 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39300 | 44400 | 0.1148 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 147 | University of Maine | 39500 | 45200 | 0.1262 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 148 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39700 | 50000 | 0.2062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 148 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 150 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2471 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 151 | California Baptist University | 40100 | 65600 | 0.3887 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 152 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1125 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 153 | Wayne State University | 40500 | 46200 | 0.1234 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 154 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40600 | 48500 | 0.1628 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 155 | University of New Haven | 41000 | 67300 | 0.3906 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 156 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 157 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 56200 | 0.2403 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 158 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 53600 | 0.1979 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 159 | University at Buffalo | 43300 | 46700 | 0.0728 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 159 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45700 | 0.0526 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 161 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3651 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 162 | Widener University | 45600 | 79400 | 0.4258 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 163 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 164 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2125 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 164 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47000 | 57700 | 0.1843 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 166 | Drexel University | 48000 | 83900 | 0.428 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 167 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0506 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 167 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 169 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1526 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 171 | University of California-Riverside | 49300 | 66000 | 0.2532 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 172 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 173 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 174 | University of Georgia | 49900 | 51600 | 0.0329 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 175 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 83600 | 0.3958 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 176 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50700 | 58800 | 0.1378 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 177 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 178 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0394 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 179 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.039 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 180 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52300 | 52800 | 0.0095 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 181 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 62800 | 0.1433 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 182 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 183 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 184 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0342 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0329 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0318 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 69800 | 0.0172 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 189 | 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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