Considering a degree in Chemical?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | 91800 | 0.9709 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83400 | 0.9521 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 4700 | 93100 | 0.95 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95400 | 0.9378 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 9 | Bowdoin College | 6900 | 95400 | 0.9277 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 7100 | 112300 | 0.937 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 98000 | 0.9204 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 12 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 93000 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 8100 | 86900 | 0.9073 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 15 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 117400 | 0.9284 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 16 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 17 | Rice University | 9700 | 92600 | 0.895 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 17 | University of Tulsa | 9700 | 82000 | 0.8815 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 19 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 20 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 21 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95000 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 22 | Lafayette College | 12300 | 112400 | 0.8907 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 23 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13500 | 55100 | 0.7551 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 25 | University of Georgia | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4956 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 27 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 43500 | 0.6781 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 30 | University of California-Riverside | 14700 | 118100 | 0.8752 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 31 | Bucknell University | 14900 | 89800 | 0.8344 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 32 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 92100 | 0.8358 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15300 | 24900 | 0.385 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 34 | Stanford University | 15400 | 1865100 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 35 | Lehigh University | 16000 | 110100 | 0.8548 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 36 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 30700 | 0.4741 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 37 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16600 | 62800 | 0.7353 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 37 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4032 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 37 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16600 | 42900 | 0.6125 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 40 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 41 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 43 | Yale University | 17700 | 275700 | 0.9358 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 44 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 40600 | 0.5585 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 17900 | 40300 | 0.5561 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 46 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.8 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 47 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 48 | Villanova University | 18600 | 113700 | 0.8362 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 49 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5427 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 50 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 51 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 52 | University of Rhode Island | 20100 | 81200 | 0.7524 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 52 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76200 | 0.7362 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 54 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20300 | 30500 | 0.334 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 55 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20500 | 25500 | 0.1961 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 56 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 56 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 58 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 59 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 33600 | 0.336 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 60 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 60 | Tufts University | 22400 | 120000 | 0.813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 62 | University of Houston | 22600 | 27800 | 0.1872 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 63 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22900 | 29600 | 0.2263 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 64 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 65 | Lamar University | 23100 | 37500 | 0.384 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 66 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23200 | 36100 | 0.357 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23400 | 26900 | 0.1301 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 69 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23500 | 32900 | 0.2853 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 70 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23600 | 34500 | 0.3162 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 71 | University of Dayton | 24200 | 94000 | 0.7425 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 71 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 30400 | 0.204 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 73 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24600 | 42100 | 0.4162 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 74 | Montana State University | 24700 | 73500 | 0.6641 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 75 | University of Kansas | 25500 | 43000 | 0.4066 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 76 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 77 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 78 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 78 | Temple University | 26200 | 36100 | 0.2744 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 80 | Clarkson University | 26400 | 78000 | 0.6617 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 81 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 82 | Rider University | 26800 | 60200 | 0.5551 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 83 | University of Arkansas | 26900 | 52400 | 0.4869 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 84 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2959 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 85 | West Virginia University | 27300 | 51100 | 0.466 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 86 | California State University-Long Beach | 27400 | 43100 | 0.3647 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 40700 | 0.3212 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 88 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28000 | 33300 | 0.1589 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 89 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 91 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 28900 | 36000 | 0.1973 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 92 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 92 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 94 | University of South Florida | 29600 | 36700 | 0.1934 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 95 | Michigan Technological University | 29700 | 45500 | 0.3475 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 96 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29800 | 59100 | 0.4955 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 97 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78200 | 0.6097 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 98 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39400 | 0.2234 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 99 | The College of Wooster | 30700 | 82400 | 0.6271 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 99 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 101 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 102 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 103 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 104 | Drexel University | 31400 | 107200 | 0.707 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 104 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31400 | 38500 | 0.1845 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 106 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 106 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31600 | 36700 | 0.1388 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 108 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 109 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 110 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32300 | 44100 | 0.2677 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 111 | Hendrix College | 32400 | 88000 | 0.6318 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 112 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 32600 | 48400 | 0.3266 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 113 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 113 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 115 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 69700 | 0.529 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 116 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33000 | 72600 | 0.5451 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 117 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 118 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 119 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 120 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 121 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 122 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 123 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 124 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 126 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 127 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 127 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 129 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37500 | 66600 | 0.4367 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 130 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 131 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 132 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 133 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38500 | 53000 | 0.2737 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 133 | Manhattan University | 38500 | 73700 | 0.4776 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 135 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 60200 | 0.3594 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 136 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 136 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1192 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 138 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 139 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 140 | University of Mississippi | 40200 | 60300 | 0.3333 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 141 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 142 | University of Maine | 40400 | 56000 | 0.2787 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 143 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41000 | 51300 | 0.2007 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 144 | Colorado School of Mines | 41400 | 59600 | 0.3055 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 145 | University at Buffalo | 41600 | 46400 | 0.1035 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 146 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57200 | 0.257 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 147 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 148 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 148 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 68700 | 0.3728 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 150 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 151 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 152 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0889 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 153 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 43900 | 83400 | 0.4735 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 154 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 155 | Widener University | 45700 | 78400 | 0.417 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 156 | University of New Haven | 46100 | 107200 | 0.57 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 157 | Michigan State University | 46200 | 56200 | 0.1779 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 158 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 159 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 62000 | 0.2293 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 160 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 161 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 162 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 49200 | 65300 | 0.2466 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 163 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58800 | 0.1547 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 164 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 165 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 95600 | 0.4741 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 166 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 167 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50700 | 72700 | 0.3025 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 168 | University of Kentucky | 51400 | 74100 | 0.3059 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 170 | University of California-Berkeley | 51800 | 98700 | 0.4751 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 171 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 172 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 173 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 174 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 174 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 176 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 177 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 178 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 179 | Howard University | 55000 | 67300 | 0.1827 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 180 | University of California-San Diego | 55900 | 90100 | 0.3796 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 181 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 182 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 183 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 58100 | 59900 | 0.0301 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 184 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 185 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60000 | 64800 | 0.074 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 186 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63000 | 65000 | 0.0308 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 90000 | 0.241 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 189 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 85400 | 0.1569 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 190 | Auburn University | 75300 | 85500 | 0.1193 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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