Considering a degree in Chemical?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 5800 | 82400 | 0.9292 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95900 | 0.9386 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 8 | California Institute of Technology | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 7100 | 93800 | 0.9245 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | Bowdoin College | 7200 | 89900 | 0.9201 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 11 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7300 | 90000 | 0.9193 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 95700 | 0.9165 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 17 | University of Pennsylvania | 9100 | 92900 | 0.9022 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 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 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 21 | Wellesley College | 11700 | 91300 | 0.872 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 23 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 23 | University of Houston | 11900 | 23100 | 0.485 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 23 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 26 | University of California-San Diego | 12100 | 39700 | 0.6951 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 27 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 29 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5154 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 32 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 36900 | 0.6368 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 33 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13400 | 41800 | 0.6793 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 35 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4655 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 36 | Bucknell University | 13900 | 94800 | 0.8532 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 37 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 26800 | 0.4735 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14200 | 48200 | 0.706 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4862 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 41 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 42 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 43 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5995 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 44 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 44 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15100 | 25700 | 0.412 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 46 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15200 | 24900 | 0.3889 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 47 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 48 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15800 | 27600 | 0.4277 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 49 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 50 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3769 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 51 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 51 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 53 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 54 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4197 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 55 | Lamar University | 16700 | 22900 | 0.2704 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 56 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 22400 | 0.246 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 57 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 17000 | 35700 | 0.5239 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 57 | Wayne State University | 17000 | 46200 | 0.6321 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 59 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 60 | California State University Maritime Academy | 17200 | 53200 | 0.677 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 60 | University of Kansas | 17200 | 37100 | 0.5375 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 62 | Cleveland State University | 17300 | 30900 | 0.4396 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 62 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17300 | 24900 | 0.3048 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 64 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17400 | 33600 | 0.4818 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 65 | University of St Thomas | 17500 | 50900 | 0.6564 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 66 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 67 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 67 | University of California-Berkeley | 17900 | 43500 | 0.589 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 67 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17900 | 26300 | 0.3171 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 70 | Prairie View A & M University | 18000 | 39600 | 0.5452 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 70 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4691 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 72 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 73 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 32800 | 0.4243 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 74 | Western Michigan University | 19900 | 26500 | 0.2493 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 75 | Lincoln Memorial University | 20200 | 44300 | 0.5449 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 76 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 76 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20300 | 78700 | 0.7421 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 78 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75800 | 0.7312 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 80 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2587 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 81 | University of Tulsa | 20800 | 62900 | 0.6693 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 82 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21600 | 42600 | 0.4935 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 83 | Centre College | 21800 | 73400 | 0.7026 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 83 | Northwestern University | 21800 | 89500 | 0.7567 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 85 | Tufts University | 22300 | 98900 | 0.7742 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 86 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 87 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22600 | 59900 | 0.6226 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 88 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 89 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 90 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 90 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23300 | 40000 | 0.4174 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 92 | Montana State University | 23500 | 31500 | 0.254 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 93 | New York University | 23700 | 91800 | 0.7416 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 95 | Hendrix College | 24600 | 59300 | 0.5848 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 96 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 25300 | 42700 | 0.4076 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 97 | Dordt University | 25600 | 52500 | 0.5121 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 97 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0769 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 99 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25700 | 52700 | 0.5123 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 100 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5494 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 100 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0921 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 102 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 103 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 104 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.525 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 105 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2984 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 106 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27500 | 31600 | 0.1307 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 107 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 31000 | 0.1098 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 108 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 108 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 110 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 110 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 112 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 113 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 114 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3363 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 115 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 115 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0978 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 117 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 117 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 119 | Kansas State University | 29800 | 41600 | 0.2825 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 119 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.289 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 121 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 30000 | 70200 | 0.573 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 122 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30200 | 33400 | 0.0959 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 123 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6094 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 123 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.2719 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 125 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 51200 | 0.3944 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 126 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 127 | University of Dayton | 31300 | 64200 | 0.5125 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 128 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31900 | 59600 | 0.4645 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 129 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32000 | 75200 | 0.5746 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 129 | Manhattan University | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5586 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 131 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 132 | Rider University | 32700 | 60600 | 0.4604 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 133 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1198 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 135 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 34100 | 35900 | 0.0502 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 136 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34600 | 58500 | 0.409 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35200 | 0.0038 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 138 | University of New Haven | 35500 | 67100 | 0.471 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 139 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3574 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 140 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 140 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.28 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 142 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36400 | 36600 | 0.0055 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 142 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0553 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 144 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1232 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 145 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0547 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 146 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 43900 | 0.1528 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 147 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 148 | California State University-Long Beach | 37800 | 38600 | 0.0207 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 149 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 150 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38100 | 66500 | 0.4268 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 151 | Kettering University | 38300 | 83800 | 0.5429 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 152 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 153 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 154 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2774 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 155 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 156 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41900 | 47200 | 0.1122 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 156 | Widener University | 41900 | 79400 | 0.4724 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 158 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57700 | 0.265 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 159 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 160 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43300 | 54700 | 0.2084 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 161 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3664 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 162 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53400 | 0.1854 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 163 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 164 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 165 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 166 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 167 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 168 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 169 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0513 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 170 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 170 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 172 | University of Colorado Boulder | 49800 | 56600 | 0.1201 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 173 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49900 | 85800 | 0.4183 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 174 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 82600 | 0.3912 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 175 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 176 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.04 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 177 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53100 | 61200 | 0.1329 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 178 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 179 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 180 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 181 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 182 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 183 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0867 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 184 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 185 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 186 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 187 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 188 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 66100 | 0.0771 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 189 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 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 | 72600 | 74700 | 0.0281 | 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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