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 | 1,063 | 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 | 4000 | 82600 | 0.9516 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95600 | 0.9384 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96200 | 0.9185 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 91800 | 0.9085 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 14 | Bowdoin College | 9600 | 89900 | 0.8934 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | Washington University in St Louis | 10800 | 102300 | 0.8943 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 18 | Bucknell University | 11100 | 113300 | 0.902 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 19 | University of Tulsa | 11400 | 62900 | 0.8184 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 21 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 22 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95500 | 0.8709 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 22 | University of Pennsylvania | 12300 | 92900 | 0.8676 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12400 | 25000 | 0.5033 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 26 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 26 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12600 | 25900 | 0.5141 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 29 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13000 | 24700 | 0.474 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 31 | University of South Florida | 13100 | 17100 | 0.2337 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 32 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6053 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 33 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 33 | University of Houston | 13900 | 22000 | 0.3675 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 35 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14300 | 19400 | 0.2642 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 36 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 37 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 37 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 39 | University of California-Irvine | 15300 | 38000 | 0.5977 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 40 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0697 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 41 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 41 | Western Michigan University | 15600 | 32500 | 0.5206 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3916 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 44 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 45 | University of California-Riverside | 16000 | 36500 | 0.5612 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 46 | University of Florida | 16500 | 22500 | 0.2666 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 46 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 32900 | 0.4982 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 48 | University of Maine | 16700 | 29300 | 0.4303 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 49 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 50 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3538 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 50 | West Virginia University | 17000 | 40900 | 0.5841 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 52 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 53 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 54 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 18100 | 48400 | 0.6263 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 56 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18200 | 39000 | 0.5331 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 58 | Texas Tech University | 18400 | 27100 | 0.3216 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 58 | University of California-Berkeley | 18400 | 43500 | 0.5775 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 60 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 61 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19000 | 30100 | 0.3693 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 62 | University of Rhode Island | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4308 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 63 | University of South Alabama | 19400 | 22400 | 0.1342 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3473 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 64 | University of Mississippi | 19500 | 27000 | 0.2777 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 66 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 67 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 67 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 20000 | 29100 | 0.3127 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 67 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20000 | 31900 | 0.3716 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 67 | Youngstown State University | 20000 | 34000 | 0.4118 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 71 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.171 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 72 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75900 | 0.7342 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 73 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 74 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 75 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2574 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 76 | Washington State University | 21300 | 36200 | 0.4116 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 77 | Louisiana Tech University | 21400 | 26100 | 0.1802 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 78 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 79 | Marian University | 22000 | 59800 | 0.6317 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 80 | Montana State University | 22300 | 27100 | 0.1769 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 80 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 33600 | 0.336 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 82 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32400 | 0.306 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 83 | New York University | 22700 | 91800 | 0.7524 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 83 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 31000 | 0.2675 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 85 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 85 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 87 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 88 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23700 | 24900 | 0.0481 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 89 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3441 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 90 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 91 | University of Kansas | 24200 | 43000 | 0.437 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 92 | Miami University-Oxford | 24400 | 27500 | 0.1129 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 92 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24500 | 0.003 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 94 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 94 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24800 | 40500 | 0.3877 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 96 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24900 | 37900 | 0.3427 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 97 | California State University-Long Beach | 25400 | 38900 | 0.3473 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 97 | University of Dayton | 25400 | 64200 | 0.6045 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 99 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.549 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 100 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 101 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 102 | Clarkson University | 26400 | 78000 | 0.6617 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 103 | Trine University | 26700 | 56100 | 0.5243 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 104 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 28900 | 0.0726 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 105 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 106 | Kansas State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1086 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 107 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 107 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1212 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 109 | Syracuse University | 27600 | 83100 | 0.6677 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 109 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 112 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1266 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 112 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28200 | 33300 | 0.153 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 114 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 115 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28800 | 33400 | 0.1379 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 116 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2139 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 117 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0674 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 118 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2126 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 119 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2197 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 120 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6054 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 121 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30900 | 38500 | 0.1975 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 121 | The College of Wooster | 30900 | 82600 | 0.6256 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 121 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2644 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 124 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.161 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 124 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 31000 | 39900 | 0.2231 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 126 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4735 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 127 | University of North Dakota | 31200 | 33700 | 0.0769 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 128 | University of Louisville | 31300 | 42000 | 0.2546 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 129 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 130 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 131 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31800 | 36700 | 0.1334 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 132 | Hendrix College | 32200 | 59300 | 0.4567 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32300 | 36700 | 0.1199 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 135 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32800 | 34500 | 0.0493 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 137 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3997 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 138 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 33000 | 49500 | 0.3337 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 139 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 140 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.17 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 140 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34000 | 36100 | 0.0581 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 142 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34200 | 70200 | 0.5131 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 143 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35300 | 56700 | 0.3775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 144 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3754 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 145 | Drexel University | 35800 | 83900 | 0.5734 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 146 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36000 | 47500 | 0.2423 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 147 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 60100 | 0.3977 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 148 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0544 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 149 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 150 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 152 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 152 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 154 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 155 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 38000 | 40100 | 0.0523 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 156 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 157 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2471 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 158 | California Baptist University | 40100 | 65600 | 0.3887 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 159 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 160 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 161 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41100 | 53600 | 0.2333 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 161 | University of New Haven | 41100 | 67300 | 0.3891 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 163 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 164 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 56200 | 0.2421 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 165 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53600 | 0.196 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 166 | Widener University | 43400 | 79400 | 0.4535 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 167 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3651 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 168 | University of California-San Diego | 46100 | 77200 | 0.4029 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 169 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 170 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0506 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 170 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 172 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 173 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 174 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 175 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 176 | University of Georgia | 49900 | 51600 | 0.0329 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 177 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 83600 | 0.3958 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 178 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 179 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.039 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 180 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 181 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 182 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 183 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0342 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 184 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 185 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59500 | 61600 | 0.034 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 186 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0318 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 187 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 189 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 69800 | 0.0172 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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