Considering a degree in Chemical?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 3900 | 82600 | 0.9528 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95500 | 0.9379 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96200 | 0.9185 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 11 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 91800 | 0.9085 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 15 | Bowdoin College | 9600 | 89900 | 0.8934 | 1,841 | 1499 | 0.0681 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 10800 | 102300 | 0.8943 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 19 | Bucknell University | 11200 | 95700 | 0.8834 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 20 | University of Tulsa | 11400 | 62900 | 0.8184 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 21 | University of California-San Diego | 11500 | 39700 | 0.7102 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 23 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12200 | 25000 | 0.5113 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 25 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95500 | 0.8709 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 25 | University of Pennsylvania | 12300 | 92900 | 0.8676 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 27 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12600 | 25900 | 0.5141 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 29 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 30 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 30 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 17100 | 0.2454 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12900 | 24700 | 0.478 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 33 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 34 | University of Georgia | 13700 | 26600 | 0.485 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 34 | University of Houston | 13700 | 22000 | 0.3766 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 57800 | 0.7626 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 37 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 38 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8331 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 40 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 41 | University of California-Irvine | 15300 | 38000 | 0.5977 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 42 | Western Michigan University | 15500 | 32500 | 0.5237 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 44 | University of California-Riverside | 15900 | 36500 | 0.564 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 45 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 46 | North Carolina State University | 16600 | 28500 | 0.4184 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 47 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 47 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16900 | 26300 | 0.3574 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 51 | University of Louisville | 17500 | 29100 | 0.399 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 52 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 53 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4926 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 55 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 18000 | 48400 | 0.6283 | 804 | 1110 | 0.9501 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 57 | Texas Tech University | 18300 | 27100 | 0.3253 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 57 | University of California-Berkeley | 18300 | 43500 | 0.5798 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 59 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18800 | 30100 | 0.376 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 60 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 61 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19200 | 28200 | 0.3189 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 61 | University of Rhode Island | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4337 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 61 | University of South Alabama | 19200 | 22400 | 0.1431 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 64 | University of Mississippi | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2814 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 65 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19800 | 31900 | 0.3784 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 66 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 66 | Youngstown State University | 19900 | 34000 | 0.4147 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 68 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75900 | 0.7369 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 69 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.171 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 70 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 71 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 45200 | 0.5499 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 73 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 74 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 74 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 39200 | 0.4722 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 74 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2574 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 77 | Louisiana Tech University | 21300 | 25300 | 0.1582 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 78 | Tufts University | 21600 | 98900 | 0.7813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 79 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 81 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 81 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.479 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 83 | The University of Alabama | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2708 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 84 | New York University | 22700 | 91800 | 0.7524 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 85 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 86 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 87 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23600 | 24900 | 0.0522 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 88 | University of Kansas | 24100 | 43000 | 0.4392 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 88 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 90 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 27500 | 0.1165 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 91 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24400 | 30600 | 0.2026 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 92 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24600 | 40500 | 0.3927 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 93 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24800 | 37900 | 0.3454 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 94 | University of Dayton | 25300 | 64200 | 0.606 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 95 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0756 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 96 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 97 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.549 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 98 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 99 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 100 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 101 | Clarkson University | 26500 | 78000 | 0.6604 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 102 | Trine University | 26700 | 56100 | 0.5243 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 103 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 104 | Kansas State University | 27000 | 30400 | 0.1127 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 105 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 105 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1212 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 105 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 108 | Syracuse University | 27600 | 83100 | 0.6677 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 109 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 110 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 111 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28200 | 33300 | 0.153 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 112 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 113 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 114 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2139 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 115 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0949 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 117 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 43500 | 0.2986 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 118 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30800 | 38500 | 0.2001 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 118 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 118 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6054 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | The College of Wooster | 30800 | 82400 | 0.6259 | 1,515 | 1345 | 0.6438 | |
| 122 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30900 | 35900 | 0.1394 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 122 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 30900 | 39900 | 0.2256 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 124 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 124 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31000 | 59100 | 0.4752 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 126 | Lamar University | 31200 | 38300 | 0.1855 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 126 | University of North Dakota | 31200 | 33700 | 0.0769 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 128 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 128 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 130 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31500 | 36700 | 0.1416 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 131 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4236 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 132 | Hendrix College | 32200 | 59300 | 0.4567 | 1,069 | 1287 | 0.7822 | |
| 133 | Prairie View A & M University | 32600 | 39600 | 0.1767 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32800 | 34500 | 0.0493 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 135 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 136 | Cleveland State University | 33500 | 37300 | 0.1019 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 137 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 138 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34300 | 70200 | 0.5117 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 140 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35300 | 56700 | 0.3772 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 141 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3757 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 142 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35900 | 47500 | 0.2444 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 144 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0544 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 145 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 146 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 147 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0984 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 148 | Kettering University | 37600 | 71800 | 0.4763 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 149 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 38000 | 40100 | 0.0523 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 151 | Washington State University | 38300 | 53900 | 0.2895 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 152 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 153 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 154 | Mississippi State University | 39300 | 53400 | 0.2638 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 155 | University of Maine | 39500 | 45200 | 0.1262 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 156 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39700 | 50000 | 0.2062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 157 | California Baptist University | 40100 | 65600 | 0.3887 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 158 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 159 | Wayne State University | 40500 | 46200 | 0.1234 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 160 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40800 | 53600 | 0.2389 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 161 | University of New Haven | 41000 | 67300 | 0.3906 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 162 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 163 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 47700 | 0.1132 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 164 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 53600 | 0.1979 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 165 | University at Buffalo | 43300 | 46700 | 0.0728 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 166 | Widener University | 43400 | 79400 | 0.4535 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 167 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3651 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 168 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 169 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 170 | Drexel University | 48000 | 83900 | 0.428 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 171 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 172 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 172 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49700 | 52800 | 0.0587 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 174 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 175 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49900 | 59400 | 0.16 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 176 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 83600 | 0.3958 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 177 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.039 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 178 | University of Iowa | 52300 | 54400 | 0.0385 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 179 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1261 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 181 | George Mason University | 57800 | 61000 | 0.0525 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 182 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 183 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 184 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 185 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59500 | 61600 | 0.034 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 186 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 187 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0329 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 188 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0318 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 189 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 69800 | 0.0172 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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