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 | Rice University | 5100 | 85000 | 0.9402 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 40700 | 0.8713 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Princeton University | 5600 | 82400 | 0.9317 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 9 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95900 | 0.9381 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 10 | Swarthmore College | 6900 | 93800 | 0.9266 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 12 | Bowdoin College | 7500 | 89900 | 0.9168 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 12 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 14 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 15 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 16 | Austin Community College District | 8300 | 21500 | 0.6125 | 39,727 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 19 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9012 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 20 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 21 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11200 | 25100 | 0.5525 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 23 | Wellesley College | 11300 | 91300 | 0.8764 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 26 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 27 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13000 | 41800 | 0.6888 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 28 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 29 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 13400 | 57700 | 0.7676 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 31 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6057 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 33 | Bucknell University | 13900 | 94800 | 0.8532 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46200 | 0.6942 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 48200 | 0.7081 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14300 | 28000 | 0.4898 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 38 | University of California-Riverside | 14600 | 66000 | 0.7792 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 39 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 40 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 37400 | 0.6022 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 41 | Louisiana Tech University | 15000 | 36900 | 0.5934 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 42 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15100 | 37900 | 0.6011 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 42 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 44 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 45 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.393 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 47 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 48 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 49 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 50 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 51 | Lamar University | 16400 | 23000 | 0.2845 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 52 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4197 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 52 | University of Houston | 16500 | 23100 | 0.2858 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 54 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5703 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16800 | 35700 | 0.5295 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 55 | Wayne State University | 16800 | 46200 | 0.6365 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 57 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 58 | California State University Maritime Academy | 17200 | 53200 | 0.677 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 59 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17500 | 32200 | 0.4564 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17500 | 25000 | 0.2988 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 61 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 62 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 35200 | 0.4917 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 63 | Prairie View A & M University | 18000 | 25400 | 0.2918 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 63 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18000 | 52500 | 0.6571 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 65 | University of St Thomas | 18200 | 50200 | 0.638 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 66 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 66 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 46400 | 0.6008 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 68 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 69 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 32800 | 0.4243 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 70 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19100 | 30600 | 0.3758 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 71 | Tuskegee University | 19300 | 42100 | 0.5422 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 72 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 73 | Western Michigan University | 20100 | 32500 | 0.382 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 74 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20300 | 27700 | 0.2655 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 74 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 74 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75800 | 0.7325 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 78 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 78 | University of Tulsa | 20700 | 62900 | 0.6709 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 80 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3294 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 81 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21000 | 32800 | 0.3602 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 82 | Northwestern University | 21600 | 89500 | 0.759 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 83 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 84 | Centre College | 21900 | 73400 | 0.7012 | 1,404 | 1314 | 0.5436 | |
| 85 | Tufts University | 22200 | 98900 | 0.7752 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 86 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 87 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 88 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 88 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 90 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 90 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23300 | 40000 | 0.4174 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 92 | Montana State University | 23400 | 31500 | 0.2572 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 93 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23500 | 44400 | 0.4704 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 94 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 95 | New York University | 23700 | 91800 | 0.7416 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 95 | Texas Tech University | 23700 | 28100 | 0.1562 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 97 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 98 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24400 | 44400 | 0.4513 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 99 | Hendrix College | 24600 | 59300 | 0.5848 | 1,100 | 1260 | 0.5565 | |
| 100 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0792 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 100 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 24800 | 30700 | 0.1933 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 102 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52500 | 0.514 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 103 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0769 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 104 | University of Kansas | 25700 | 44000 | 0.4161 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 105 | Iowa State University | 25800 | 43300 | 0.4055 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 105 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 107 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5494 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 108 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26200 | 59900 | 0.5625 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 109 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.525 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 110 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2984 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 110 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 112 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 37300 | 0.2736 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 113 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 113 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1232 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 115 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 115 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 29500 | 0.0677 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 117 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 117 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 119 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1277 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 120 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 121 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 121 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 123 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2136 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 124 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29400 | 82600 | 0.6443 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 125 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.096 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 126 | Kansas State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.2866 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 127 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 30100 | 70200 | 0.5716 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 128 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30200 | 33400 | 0.0959 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 129 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30300 | 44900 | 0.3248 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.6259 | |
| 130 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6094 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 130 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.2719 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 132 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.1619 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 133 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 133 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 133 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0779 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 136 | University of Dayton | 31200 | 64200 | 0.5141 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 137 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31800 | 75200 | 0.5773 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 137 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31800 | 59600 | 0.4661 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 139 | Manhattan University | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5586 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 140 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 141 | Rider University | 32500 | 60600 | 0.4637 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 142 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 143 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 34200 | 35900 | 0.0474 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 144 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 146 | University of New Haven | 35400 | 67100 | 0.4725 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 148 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 149 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 149 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36400 | 36600 | 0.0055 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 149 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0553 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 152 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0547 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 153 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 154 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 155 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 156 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37900 | 66500 | 0.4298 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 157 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 158 | Kettering University | 38300 | 83800 | 0.5429 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 159 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 160 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2477 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 161 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1133 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 162 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2774 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 163 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 164 | Widener University | 41900 | 79400 | 0.4724 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 165 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57700 | 0.265 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 166 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 53700 | 0.1992 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 167 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 167 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43100 | 54700 | 0.212 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 169 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 53400 | 0.1892 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 170 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3664 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 171 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44500 | 49300 | 0.0973 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 172 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 173 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 174 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 175 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 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 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4207 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 179 | University of California-San Diego | 49900 | 74200 | 0.3274 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 180 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.04 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 181 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 182 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 183 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 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 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0324 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 190 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 191 | University of California-Berkeley | 70900 | 75900 | 0.0659 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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