Considering a degree in Chemical?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in South 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 South 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 | 5500 | 82400 | 0.9329 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95600 | 0.938 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 8 | Swarthmore College | 6700 | 93800 | 0.9287 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology | 6800 | 91800 | 0.9264 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 10 | Bowdoin College | 6900 | 89900 | 0.9235 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 11 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6082 | 11,999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7800 | 90000 | 0.9138 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania | 8400 | 92900 | 0.9098 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 17 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 19 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 20 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10800 | 25000 | 0.5672 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 22 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 23 | Wellesley College | 11000 | 91300 | 0.8797 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 24 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 39700 | 0.7052 | 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 | |
| 26 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 28 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 29 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12400 | 43000 | 0.7116 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 31 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5154 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 34 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 35 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 36 | University of California-Riverside | 13300 | 36500 | 0.6352 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13300 | 28000 | 0.5256 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 38 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6057 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 38 | University of Idaho | 13600 | 25800 | 0.4737 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 40 | University of Houston | 13800 | 23100 | 0.4027 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 41 | Bucknell University | 13900 | 94800 | 0.8532 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 41 | Youngstown State University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14200 | 48200 | 0.706 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 45 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4561 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 45 | University of South Florida | 14400 | 17100 | 0.1578 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 47 | Coastal Carolina University | 14700 | 27200 | 0.4605 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 47 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 49 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 37400 | 0.6048 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 50 | Louisiana Tech University | 14900 | 36900 | 0.5961 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 50 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.4383 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 52 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15000 | 24900 | 0.3969 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 53 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 54 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 55 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 56 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 56 | Wayne State University | 15600 | 32900 | 0.5256 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 58 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 59 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 60 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 61 | University of South Alabama | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 62 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16600 | 23100 | 0.2813 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 63 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5703 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 64 | McNeese State University | 16800 | 32800 | 0.4884 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 65 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16900 | 24900 | 0.3209 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 66 | University of Kansas | 17000 | 37100 | 0.5429 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 67 | University of Maine | 17100 | 29300 | 0.4166 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 68 | California State University Maritime Academy | 17200 | 53200 | 0.677 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 68 | Cleveland State University | 17200 | 30900 | 0.4428 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 70 | Lamar University | 17400 | 41900 | 0.5847 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 71 | University of California-Berkeley | 17500 | 43500 | 0.5982 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 72 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17600 | 26300 | 0.3285 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 72 | University of Rhode Island | 17600 | 33900 | 0.4809 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 74 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 75 | Prairie View A & M University | 17900 | 39600 | 0.5478 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 75 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 52500 | 0.659 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 77 | University of Arizona | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3922 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 77 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3036 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 79 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 80 | Western Michigan University | 19600 | 26500 | 0.2606 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 82 | Texas Tech University | 19900 | 27900 | 0.287 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 83 | San Jose State University | 20000 | 33600 | 0.4044 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 84 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75800 | 0.7338 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 85 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 86 | University of Tulsa | 20500 | 62900 | 0.6741 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 87 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3327 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 88 | Northwestern University | 21400 | 89500 | 0.7612 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 89 | Montana State University | 21700 | 27100 | 0.199 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 90 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 91 | Centre College | 21900 | 73400 | 0.7012 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 92 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 93 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 93 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4794 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 95 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23400 | 44400 | 0.4726 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 96 | New York University | 23700 | 91800 | 0.7416 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 97 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3858 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 98 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 99 | Hendrix College | 24600 | 59300 | 0.5848 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 100 | Miami University-Oxford | 25000 | 28400 | 0.1196 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 100 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2564 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 102 | Dordt University | 25400 | 52500 | 0.5159 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 103 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0769 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 104 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 105 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5494 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 105 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0921 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 107 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26100 | 59900 | 0.5642 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 108 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 26300 | 26300 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 110 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.525 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 111 | University of St Thomas | 26800 | 50900 | 0.4737 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 112 | Clemson University | 27000 | 37100 | 0.2728 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 113 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27200 | 40500 | 0.3285 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 114 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27500 | 31600 | 0.1307 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 114 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 114 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 117 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 118 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 118 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 120 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1277 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 121 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 122 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 122 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3363 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 124 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 125 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0685 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 126 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 127 | Kansas State University | 29500 | 41600 | 0.2903 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 127 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.096 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 129 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 30100 | 70200 | 0.5716 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 130 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30200 | 44900 | 0.3271 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 131 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6094 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 131 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.2719 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 133 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 55600 | 0.4423 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 134 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 134 | University of Dayton | 31100 | 64200 | 0.5157 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 134 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31100 | 62800 | 0.5044 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 134 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 138 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31600 | 75200 | 0.5799 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 139 | Manhattan University | 31900 | 72500 | 0.56 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 140 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 141 | Rider University | 32300 | 60600 | 0.4671 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 142 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 143 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 144 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1198 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 145 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 34200 | 35900 | 0.0474 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 146 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34300 | 36100 | 0.0498 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 147 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 148 | University of New Haven | 35300 | 67100 | 0.474 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 150 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3574 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 150 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36200 | 56800 | 0.3624 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 152 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 152 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36400 | 36600 | 0.0055 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 154 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1232 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 155 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0547 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 156 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 157 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 158 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37700 | 66500 | 0.4328 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 159 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 160 | Kettering University | 38300 | 83800 | 0.5429 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 161 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 162 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2477 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 163 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1133 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 164 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 165 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41700 | 47200 | 0.1164 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 166 | Widener University | 42000 | 79400 | 0.4712 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 167 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 168 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 53700 | 0.2066 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 169 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53400 | 0.191 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 170 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3664 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 171 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 172 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 173 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 174 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47100 | 49800 | 0.0542 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 175 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0513 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 176 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 177 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 178 | University of Colorado Boulder | 49300 | 56600 | 0.1289 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 179 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49600 | 85800 | 0.4218 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 180 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 82600 | 0.39 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 181 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 182 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 183 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 184 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 185 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 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 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 66100 | 0.0771 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 190 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 191 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0324 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 192 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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