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 | 1,108 | 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 Chicago | 4000 | 95000 | 0.9582 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 5300 | 82400 | 0.9353 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95600 | 0.9384 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 6400 | 93800 | 0.9319 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 6700 | 70200 | 0.9051 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 6800 | 91800 | 0.9264 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 12 | Bowdoin College | 7000 | 89900 | 0.9224 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96500 | 0.9194 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania | 8100 | 92900 | 0.913 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 16 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 17 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 18 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 8900 | 30000 | 0.7031 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 21 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 22 | Wellesley College | 10300 | 91300 | 0.8873 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 23 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 24 | University of California-San Diego | 11300 | 39700 | 0.7152 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 25 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 26 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 27 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 28 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12100 | 41900 | 0.7107 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 29 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 54500 | 0.7688 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 33 | University of California-Riverside | 13000 | 36500 | 0.6434 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13100 | 28000 | 0.5327 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 35 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5439 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 36 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4811 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 37 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4771 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 37 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6057 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 39 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13700 | 17900 | 0.2353 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 39 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 42 | Bucknell University | 13900 | 94800 | 0.8532 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 43 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 48200 | 0.7102 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 45 | University of Illinois Chicago | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 45 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 47 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4561 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 48 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 49 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14700 | 37900 | 0.6117 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 49 | Case Western Reserve University | 14700 | 83100 | 0.8229 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 49 | Louisiana Tech University | 14700 | 36900 | 0.6015 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 49 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 53 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8331 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 54 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 55 | Wayne State University | 15400 | 32900 | 0.5316 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 56 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 56 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15500 | 27600 | 0.4385 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 58 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 59 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 59 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 59 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 62 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16500 | 23100 | 0.2857 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 63 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 32800 | 0.4945 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 63 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16600 | 24900 | 0.3329 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5703 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 65 | University of Kansas | 16700 | 37100 | 0.5509 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 67 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16900 | 33600 | 0.4966 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 68 | Cleveland State University | 17000 | 30900 | 0.4493 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 69 | California State University Maritime Academy | 17200 | 53200 | 0.677 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 70 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 71 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 35200 | 0.5059 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 72 | University of St Thomas | 17500 | 50900 | 0.6564 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 73 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5528 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 73 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3583 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 76 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 17900 | 24200 | 0.2608 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 76 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 76 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 79 | University of Arizona | 18500 | 30900 | 0.4019 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 80 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 81 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 19300 | 75200 | 0.7435 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 81 | Western Michigan University | 19300 | 26500 | 0.272 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 83 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19400 | 27600 | 0.2966 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 84 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3339 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 85 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19600 | 78700 | 0.751 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 86 | San Jose State University | 19800 | 33600 | 0.4104 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 87 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 88 | University of Tulsa | 20200 | 62900 | 0.6789 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 88 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 90 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 91 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20600 | 31100 | 0.3357 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 92 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 93 | Centre College | 21900 | 73400 | 0.7012 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 93 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 95 | Northwestern University | 22200 | 88100 | 0.7483 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 96 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 97 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 22800 | 26900 | 0.1535 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 98 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 99 | Montana State University | 23100 | 31500 | 0.2667 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 99 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23100 | 44400 | 0.4794 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 101 | New York University | 23700 | 91800 | 0.7416 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 102 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3388 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 102 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3858 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 104 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 105 | Hendrix College | 24700 | 59300 | 0.5831 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 105 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 28400 | 0.1302 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 107 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2564 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 107 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25000 | 52700 | 0.5256 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 107 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 25000 | 42700 | 0.4146 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 110 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52500 | 0.5197 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 111 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 112 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5494 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 112 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25900 | 59900 | 0.5675 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 114 | Iowa State University | 26200 | 42800 | 0.3877 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 114 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 116 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.525 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 117 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31800 | 0.1458 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 118 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 119 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 119 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 121 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1277 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 122 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 123 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 124 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0685 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 125 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2136 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 126 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 127 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.096 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 128 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30100 | 44900 | 0.3293 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 129 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30300 | 33400 | 0.0929 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 130 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6094 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 131 | University of Dayton | 30900 | 64200 | 0.5188 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 132 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.1619 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 133 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0779 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 134 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31300 | 59600 | 0.4745 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 135 | Manhattan University | 31900 | 72500 | 0.56 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 136 | Rider University | 32000 | 60600 | 0.472 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 137 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 138 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 139 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 140 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 141 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 34300 | 35900 | 0.0446 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 142 | University of New Haven | 35200 | 67100 | 0.4755 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 144 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36200 | 56800 | 0.3624 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 145 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 146 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1232 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 147 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 148 | California State University-Long Beach | 37400 | 38600 | 0.0311 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 149 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 150 | Kettering University | 38200 | 83800 | 0.5441 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 151 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 151 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 153 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39300 | 44400 | 0.1156 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 154 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2477 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1133 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 156 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 157 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41500 | 47200 | 0.1206 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 158 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 159 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42100 | 53700 | 0.2159 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 160 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 57700 | 0.2615 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 160 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42600 | 54700 | 0.2212 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 162 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 53400 | 0.1966 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 163 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 164 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3664 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 165 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2301 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 166 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 167 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 168 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 169 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 170 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 171 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0513 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 172 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 172 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48700 | 56600 | 0.1395 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 175 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49400 | 85800 | 0.4242 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 176 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 82600 | 0.3875 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 177 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 178 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 180 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 181 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 182 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 183 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 184 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0867 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 185 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 186 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 187 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 188 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 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 | 70600 | 75900 | 0.0698 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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