Colleges families actually pay least for
Average net price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price. The gap between the two is often most of the cost.
30 colleges
- CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, NY$2,984 net1100–1420 SATOptional
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, NY$3,033 net1100–1400 SATOptional
- CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, NY$3,103 net950–1340 SATOptional
- CUNY City CollegeNew York, NY$3,776 net1070–1430 SATOptional
- Berea CollegeBerea, KY$6,106 net1156–1335 SATOptional
- Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ$6,128 net1510–1580 SATOptional
- University of FloridaGainesville, FL$6,541 net1320–1480 SAT~3.92 GPARequired
- Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, FL$8,752 net1040–1200 SATRequired
- New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, NM$8,889 net870–1110 SATOptional
- Florida International UniversityMiami, FL$9,288 net1070–1260 SATRequired
- University of South FloridaTampa, FL$9,812 net1130–1320 SATRequired
- University of North FloridaJacksonville, FL$10,154 net1070–1270 SATRequired
- University of Central FloridaOrlando, FL$10,411 net1200–1350 SATRequired
- The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$10,836 net1000–1220 SATOptional
- North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, NC$10,846 net1020–1190 SATOptional
- University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL$10,974 net1130–1350 SATOptional
- Florida State UniversityTallahassee, FL$11,297 net1270–1410 SATRequired
- University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC$11,655 net1390–1530 SATOptional
- University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, CO$11,900 net980–1220 SATOptional
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA$12,116 net1370–1540 SATRequired
- University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, CA$12,470 net~3.88 GPANot considered
- University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA$12,548 net~3.94 GPANot considered
- Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, FL$12,568 net1040–1200 SATRequired
- University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI$13,138 net1360–1530 SATOptional
- Wichita State UniversityWichita, KS$13,194 net905–1240 SATOptional
- The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York, NY$13,269 net1295–1501 SATFlexible
- University of MississippiUniversity, MS$13,314 net1000–1200 SATOptional
- Rice UniversityHouston, TX$13,370 net1510–1570 SATOptional
- University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA$13,481 net~3.90 GPANot considered
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee, FL$13,739 net1030–1180 SATRequired
Acceptance rate and cost come from U.S. Department of Education reporting. Admitted SAT, ACT and GPA come from each college’s Common Data Set, where it publishes one. Every name links to that school’s full read.
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From published federal reporting and each college’s own Common Data Set. It’s filtered and sorted on the number the list is about. It isn’t a ranking, and nobody set the order by hand.
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