Considering a degree in Chemical?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | 4200 | 82600 | 0.9492 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Rice University | 5800 | 85000 | 0.9319 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95900 | 0.9381 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 6900 | 93800 | 0.9266 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 10 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96200 | 0.9174 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 14 | Bowdoin College | 8200 | 89900 | 0.909 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9087 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 18 | University of Pennsylvania | 9500 | 92900 | 0.8977 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 19 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 20 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 91300 | 0.8862 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 21 | San Jacinto Community College | 10700 | 14300 | 0.2516 | 31,812 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 23 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 25 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 39700 | 0.6976 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 27 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95500 | 0.8709 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12600 | 24900 | 0.4932 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 29 | Lamar University | 12800 | 23000 | 0.4413 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 30 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13400 | 24700 | 0.4577 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 32 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13600 | 43000 | 0.6837 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 32 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6054 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 35 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 36 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37800 | 0.6131 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 37 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 14900 | 29900 | 0.5013 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 39 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 40 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 41 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 41 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8265 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.392 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 44 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3945 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 45 | Western Michigan University | 16200 | 32500 | 0.5021 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 46 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 47 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16900 | 28000 | 0.398 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 48 | University of Houston | 16900 | 22000 | 0.2315 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 48 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 48 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 52 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 53 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3428 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 54 | Centre College | 17500 | 73000 | 0.7603 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 55 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 56 | California State University Maritime Academy | 17900 | 34000 | 0.474 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28700 | 0.3678 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 58 | University of Mississippi | 18600 | 27000 | 0.311 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 59 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 60 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19100 | 31000 | 0.3843 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 61 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30100 | 0.3593 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 62 | Tuskegee University | 19400 | 42100 | 0.5398 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 63 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 64 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 20200 | 32100 | 0.3706 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 64 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 64 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 67 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 68 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75900 | 0.7316 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 69 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 29300 | 0.2999 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 72 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2578 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 73 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 74 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 74 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 74 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 21800 | 70200 | 0.6899 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 77 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 78 | University of St Thomas | 22200 | 50200 | 0.5582 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 79 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4791 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 79 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 81 | Florida State University | 22600 | 22900 | 0.0131 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 82 | New York University | 22700 | 91800 | 0.7524 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 83 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 31000 | 0.2611 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 84 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 85 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 86 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24400 | 44400 | 0.4508 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 86 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 88 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 27500 | 0.1056 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 88 | University of Kansas | 24600 | 43000 | 0.4279 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25300 | 40500 | 0.3754 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 91 | Clarkson University | 25600 | 78000 | 0.672 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 91 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.076 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 93 | Iowa State University | 25800 | 43300 | 0.405 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 93 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 95 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5492 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 96 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 97 | Trine University | 26700 | 56100 | 0.5245 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 98 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38100 | 0.2915 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 98 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 100 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 101 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 29600 | 0.0676 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 102 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 103 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 104 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1269 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 106 | Lincoln Memorial University | 28900 | 44900 | 0.356 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 106 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.097 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 108 | University of Dayton | 29000 | 64200 | 0.5484 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 108 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0677 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 110 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 112 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 29200 | 33300 | 0.1233 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 113 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29400 | 83600 | 0.6481 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 114 | Montana State University | 29800 | 31900 | 0.0657 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 29900 | 42000 | 0.2884 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 116 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | Texas Tech University | 30500 | 38900 | 0.216 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 116 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.2718 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 119 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30800 | 38500 | 0.2001 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 120 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0772 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 120 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 31100 | 39900 | 0.2206 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 122 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 122 | Michigan Technological University | 31200 | 34700 | 0.1009 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 122 | Rider University | 31200 | 60600 | 0.4849 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 125 | Maine Maritime Academy | 31300 | 33400 | 0.063 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 127 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 128 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 129 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36700 | 0.1307 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 130 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32200 | 49500 | 0.3498 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 131 | Hendrix College | 32700 | 59300 | 0.4483 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 132 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3999 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 133 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 133 | University of Rhode Island | 33400 | 46400 | 0.2799 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 135 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4878 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 136 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 137 | Prairie View A & M University | 33900 | 39600 | 0.1439 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 138 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34000 | 75200 | 0.548 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34400 | 39000 | 0.1182 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 141 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35200 | 56700 | 0.3792 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 142 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35500 | 56700 | 0.3736 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 143 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.357 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 144 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.396 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 145 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0546 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 146 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36700 | 47500 | 0.2275 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 147 | University of New Haven | 37000 | 67300 | 0.45 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 148 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 149 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 149 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 151 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 152 | Washington State University | 38300 | 53900 | 0.2897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 153 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 154 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2473 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 155 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40500 | 48500 | 0.1649 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 157 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 158 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 159 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 160 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 161 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 162 | Manhattan University | 43500 | 74100 | 0.4129 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 163 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3652 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 163 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 165 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2297 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 166 | University at Buffalo | 44000 | 46700 | 0.0578 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 167 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2743 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 168 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 169 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2127 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 170 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47800 | 57700 | 0.172 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 171 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0508 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 172 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 173 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | University of California-Riverside | 49500 | 66000 | 0.2501 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 175 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 176 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 177 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 178 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 178 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1262 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 180 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 181 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 62800 | 0.1433 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 182 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0356 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 183 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 184 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 185 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 186 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0331 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.032 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 187 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 189 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 190 | University of California-Berkeley | 71100 | 76100 | 0.0657 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 191 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 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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