Considering a degree in Chemical?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | Princeton University | 5400 | 82400 | 0.9341 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95600 | 0.9384 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 8 | Swarthmore College | 6500 | 93800 | 0.9309 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 10 | Bowdoin College | 6800 | 89900 | 0.9246 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96500 | 0.9194 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 12 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 8000 | 92900 | 0.9141 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 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 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 18 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 19 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 20 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 91300 | 0.883 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 21 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 23 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 24 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 25 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12200 | 43000 | 0.7162 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 25 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 27 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5154 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 12900 | 57700 | 0.7763 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 36900 | 0.6449 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 30 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 32 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 33 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6057 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 34 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13700 | 17900 | 0.2365 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 26800 | 0.4847 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 37 | Bucknell University | 13900 | 94800 | 0.8532 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14100 | 28000 | 0.497 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 48200 | 0.7081 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 40 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 25700 | 0.4469 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 40 | University of South Florida | 14200 | 17100 | 0.1695 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 43 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 66000 | 0.7838 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 44 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6075 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 44 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 46 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14800 | 37900 | 0.609 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 47 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 48 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 48 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 50 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0759 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 51 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 51 | Wayne State University | 15500 | 32900 | 0.5286 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 53 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.393 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 55 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 56 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 57 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 58 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 58 | University of South Alabama | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2728 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16500 | 35700 | 0.5379 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 61 | McNeese State University | 16700 | 32800 | 0.4915 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16700 | 24900 | 0.3289 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 63 | California State University Maritime Academy | 17200 | 53200 | 0.677 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 63 | University of California-Berkeley | 17200 | 43500 | 0.6051 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 65 | Lamar University | 17300 | 41900 | 0.5871 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 66 | University of Louisville | 17500 | 29100 | 0.399 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 66 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.3323 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 68 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 68 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17700 | 52500 | 0.6628 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 70 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5503 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 71 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 72 | University of Rhode Island | 18100 | 46400 | 0.6094 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 73 | Western Michigan University | 19400 | 26500 | 0.2682 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 74 | University of Mississippi | 19500 | 27000 | 0.2777 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 75 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 75 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19600 | 27600 | 0.2894 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 77 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 29500 | 0.3293 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 19900 | 33600 | 0.4074 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 79 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75800 | 0.7352 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 80 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 80 | University of Tulsa | 20300 | 62900 | 0.6773 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 82 | Northwestern University | 21300 | 89500 | 0.7623 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 83 | Centre College | 21900 | 73400 | 0.7012 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 84 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 85 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 86 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 87 | Montana State University | 23200 | 31500 | 0.2636 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 87 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23200 | 44400 | 0.4771 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 89 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 90 | New York University | 23700 | 91800 | 0.7416 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 91 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3858 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 92 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 93 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24500 | 0.0029 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 94 | Hendrix College | 24700 | 59300 | 0.5831 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 95 | Miami University-Oxford | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1232 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 96 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 25100 | 42700 | 0.4123 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 97 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25200 | 52700 | 0.5218 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 98 | Dordt University | 25300 | 52500 | 0.5178 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 99 | University of Kansas | 25400 | 44000 | 0.4229 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 100 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5494 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 101 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 102 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 103 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.525 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 104 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0955 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 104 | University of St Thomas | 26800 | 50900 | 0.4737 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 106 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 107 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 37300 | 0.2736 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 107 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 109 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1232 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 110 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 110 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27500 | 31600 | 0.1307 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 110 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 113 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 114 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 114 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 116 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1277 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 117 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 118 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3363 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 119 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0685 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 120 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 122 | Kansas State University | 29300 | 41600 | 0.2946 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 123 | Michigan Technological University | 29700 | 34700 | 0.1442 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 124 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.289 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 125 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30100 | 44900 | 0.3293 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 125 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 30100 | 70200 | 0.5716 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 127 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30300 | 33400 | 0.0929 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 128 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6094 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 129 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 62800 | 0.5092 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 130 | University of Dayton | 31000 | 64200 | 0.5172 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 131 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0779 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 132 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31400 | 75200 | 0.5826 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 133 | Manhattan University | 31900 | 72500 | 0.56 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 134 | Rider University | 32100 | 60600 | 0.4704 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 135 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 136 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 137 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 33000 | 38600 | 0.145 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 139 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 140 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34000 | 58500 | 0.4193 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 141 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34200 | 36100 | 0.0526 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 142 | University of New Haven | 35300 | 67100 | 0.474 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 143 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35800 | 42800 | 0.1616 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 144 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3574 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 145 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 146 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 146 | Drexel University | 36400 | 83800 | 0.5656 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 146 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0553 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 149 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37500 | 66500 | 0.4358 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 150 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 151 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 152 | Kettering University | 38200 | 83800 | 0.5441 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 153 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 154 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 154 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 156 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2477 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 157 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1133 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 158 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41600 | 47200 | 0.1185 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 158 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 160 | Widener University | 42000 | 79400 | 0.4712 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 161 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 162 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42800 | 54700 | 0.2175 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 163 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53400 | 0.1929 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 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 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44200 | 49300 | 0.1034 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 167 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 168 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 169 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 170 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 171 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 172 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 173 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0513 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 174 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 175 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1363 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 176 | University of Colorado Boulder | 49000 | 56600 | 0.1342 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 177 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.423 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 177 | University of California-San Diego | 49500 | 74200 | 0.3328 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 179 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 82600 | 0.3887 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 180 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 181 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 182 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53100 | 61200 | 0.1329 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 183 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 184 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 185 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 186 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.036 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 187 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 188 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 189 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 66100 | 0.0771 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 192 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0324 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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