Spike Rankings 2027
Lowest-Cost Colleges in America
What families actually pay each year after grants and scholarships. Pick your income to compare reported costs. How Spike ranks
How this list is ranked.
Ordered by reported average net price, lowest first. Equal prices share a rank.
232 colleges qualify from Spike’s guide of 233. Colleges without enough reported data are left out.
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Number 1: CUNY Bernard M Baruch College- $657 average net price
- 71% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 48%
- Net price
- $657
Number 2: CUNY Brooklyn College- $950 average net price
- 53% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 58%
- Net price
- $950
Number 3: CUNY Hunter College- $1,051 average net price
- 58% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 54%
- Net price
- $1,051
Number 4: CUNY City College- $1,557 average net price
- 53% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $1,557
Number 5: California State University-Fullerton- $5,115 average net price
- 69% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 91%
- Net price
- $5,115
Number 6: California State University-Fresno- $5,418 average net price
- 58% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 95%
- Net price
- $5,418
Number 7: Berea College- $5,836 average net price
- 62% graduate
- $48k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 19%
- Net price
- $5,836
- SAT median
- 1194
Number 8: University of Florida- $5,969 average net price
- 92% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 24%
- Net price
- $5,969
- SAT median
- 1385
Number 9: New Mexico State University-Main Campus- $6,313 average net price
- 54% graduate
- $44k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $6,313
- SAT median
- 1030
Number 10: California State University-Northridge- $6,346 average net price
- 57% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $6,346
Number 11: Princeton University- $7,815 average net price
- 97% graduate
- $134k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 5%
- Net price
- $7,815
- SAT median
- 1515
Number 12: Portland State University- $8,337 average net price
- 53% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 91%
- Net price
- $8,337
- SAT median
- 1125
Number 13: California Institute of Technology- $8,509 average net price
- 92% graduate
- $167k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 3%
- Net price
- $8,509
Number 14: Florida State University- $8,605 average net price
- 86% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 24%
- Net price
- $8,605
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 15: California State University-Long Beach- $9,426 average net price
- 70% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 46%
- Net price
- $9,426
Number 16: San Francisco State University- $9,803 average net price
- 50% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 96%
- Net price
- $9,803
Number 17: The University of Texas at San Antonio- $9,872 average net price
- 52% graduate
- $61k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $9,872
- SAT median
- 1120
Number 18: North Carolina A & T State University- $9,884 average net price
- 57% graduate
- $50k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 50%
- Net price
- $9,884
- SAT median
- 1080
Number 19: Wichita State University- $10,307 average net price
- 52% graduate
- $56k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 94%
- Net price
- $10,307
- SAT median
- 1102
Number 20: Florida Atlantic University- $10,394 average net price
- 63% graduate
- $61k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 66%
- Net price
- $10,394
- SAT median
- 1110
Number 21: Rice University- $11,164 average net price
- 95% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 8%
- Net price
- $11,164
- SAT median
- 1530
Number 22: California State University-Sacramento- $11,186 average net price
- 55% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 94%
- Net price
- $11,186
Number 23: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- $11,305 average net price
- 91% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 15%
- Net price
- $11,305
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 24: Yale University- $11,340 average net price
- 96% graduate
- $118k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $11,340
- SAT median
- 1530
Number 25: University of Houston- $11,439 average net price
- 65% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 74%
- Net price
- $11,439
- SAT median
- 1235
Number 26: Florida International University- $11,462 average net price
- 76% graduate
- $66k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 55%
- Net price
- $11,462
- SAT median
- 1150
Number 27: University of Central Florida- $11,516 average net price
- 78% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 40%
- Net price
- $11,516
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 28: Florida Gulf Coast University- $11,555 average net price
- 57% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 63%
- Net price
- $11,555
- SAT median
- 1095
Number 29: University of North Florida- $11,689 average net price
- 69% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 53%
- Net price
- $11,689
- SAT median
- 1105
Number 30: Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus- $12,028 average net price
- 94% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 14%
- Net price
- $12,028
- SAT median
- 1405
Number 31: Stanford University- $12,307 average net price
- 92% graduate
- $125k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $12,307
- SAT median
- 1520
Number 32: University of California-Riverside- $12,672 average net price
- 76% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 76%
- Net price
- $12,672
Number 33: Old Dominion University- $12,913 average net price
- 45% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 90%
- Net price
- $12,913
- SAT median
- 1120
Number 34: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art- $12,999 average net price
- 81% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 21%
- Net price
- $12,999
Number 35: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign- $13,042 average net price
- 86% graduate
- $88k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 42%
- Net price
- $13,042
- SAT median
- 1415
Number 36: San Diego State University- $13,243 average net price
- 77% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 36%
- Net price
- $13,243
Number 37: Washington University in St Louis- $13,360 average net price
- 94% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 12%
- Net price
- $13,360
- SAT median
- 1530
Number 38: Michigan Technological University- $13,446 average net price
- 69% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 92%
- Net price
- $13,446
- SAT median
- 1233
Number 39: Washington State University- $13,462 average net price
- 62% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $13,462
Number 40: University of Georgia- $13,636 average net price
- 89% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 38%
- Net price
- $13,636
- SAT median
- 1360
Number 41: University of Wyoming- $13,647 average net price
- 60% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 97%
- Net price
- $13,647
Number 42: University of Washington-Seattle Campus- $13,663 average net price
- 85% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 39%
- Net price
- $13,663
Number 43: University of Mississippi- $13,752 average net price
- 71% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 97%
- Net price
- $13,752
- SAT median
- 1126
Number 44: Cleveland State University- $13,754 average net price
- 51% graduate
- $57k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 91%
- Net price
- $13,754
- SAT median
- 1035
Number 45: University of California-Irvine- $13,866 average net price
- 87% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 29%
- Net price
- $13,866
Number 46: San Jose State University- $14,241 average net price
- 68% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $14,241
Number 47: University of Maryland-College Park- $14,296 average net price
- 88% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 45%
- Net price
- $14,296
- SAT median
- 1420
Number 48: University of California-Davis- $14,318 average net price
- 86% graduate
- $87k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 42%
- Net price
- $14,318
Number 49: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor- $14,362 average net price
- 93% graduate
- $93k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 16%
- Net price
- $14,362
Number 50: Webb Institute- $14,510 average net price
- 88% graduate
- Acceptance
- 14%
- Net price
- $14,510
- SAT median
- 1450
Number 51: University of California-Berkeley- $14,538 average net price
- 93% graduate
- $100k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $14,538
Number 52: Morgan State University- $14,653 average net price
- 41% graduate
- $57k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 82%
- Net price
- $14,653
- SAT median
- 970
Number 53: University of California-Los Angeles- $14,659 average net price
- 93% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 9%
- Net price
- $14,659
Number 54: Arizona State University Campus Immersion- $14,694 average net price
- 68% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 90%
- Net price
- $14,694
Number 55: George Mason University- $14,697 average net price
- 67% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $14,697
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 56: University of California-San Diego- $14,794 average net price
- 86% graduate
- $96k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 27%
- Net price
- $14,794
Number 57: Massachusetts Institute of Technology- $14,815 average net price
- 96% graduate
- $153k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 5%
- Net price
- $14,815
Number 58: Purdue University-Main Campus- $14,851 average net price
- 84% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 50%
- Net price
- $14,851
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 59: University of Louisville- $14,960 average net price
- 61% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 79%
- Net price
- $14,960
- SAT median
- 1160
Number 60: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University- $15,220 average net price
- 57% graduate
- $52k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 21%
- Net price
- $15,220
- SAT median
- 1080
Number 61: The University of Texas at Dallas- $15,271 average net price
- 77% graduate
- $75k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $15,271
Number 62: University of Idaho- $15,321 average net price
- 59% graduate
- $58k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 76%
- Net price
- $15,321
- SAT median
- 1105
Number 63: Columbia University in the City of New York- $15,370 average net price
- 96% graduate
- $109k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $15,370
- SAT median
- 1520
Number 64: Vanderbilt University- $15,497 average net price
- 93% graduate
- $99k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 6%
- Net price
- $15,497
- SAT median
- 1525
Number 65: University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus- $15,531 average net price
- 75% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $15,531
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 66: Missouri University of Science and Technology- $15,772 average net price
- 66% graduate
- $86k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 73%
- Net price
- $15,772
- SAT median
- 1375
Number 67: Indiana University-Bloomington- $16,003 average net price
- 80% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $16,003
- SAT median
- 1270
Number 68: University of Nebraska-Lincoln- $16,214 average net price
- 68% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $16,214
- SAT median
- 1205
Number 69: University of Delaware- $16,337 average net price
- 79% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 71%
- Net price
- $16,337
- SAT median
- 1248
Number 70: North Carolina State University at Raleigh- $16,486 average net price
- 85% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 42%
- Net price
- $16,486
- SAT median
- 1355
Number 71: Fashion Institute of Technology- $16,514 average net price
- 81% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $16,514
Number 72: University of Wisconsin-Madison- $16,600 average net price
- 90% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 45%
- Net price
- $16,600
- SAT median
- 1410
Number 73: Emory University- $16,754 average net price
- 91% graduate
- $94k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $16,754
- SAT median
- 1480
Number 74: University of Chicago- $16,776 average net price
- 95% graduate
- $104k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $16,776
- SAT median
- 1545
Number 75: University of California-Santa Barbara- $16,807 average net price
- 83% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 33%
- Net price
- $16,807
Number 76: The University of Texas at Arlington- $17,040 average net price
- 52% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 80%
- Net price
- $17,040
- SAT median
- 1110
Number 77: University of Maine- $17,224 average net price
- 56% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 97%
- Net price
- $17,224
- SAT median
- 1170
Number 78: Ohio State University-Main Campus- $17,269 average net price
- 87% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 61%
- Net price
- $17,269
- SAT median
- 1345
Number 79: Illinois State University- $17,829 average net price
- 66% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 88%
- Net price
- $17,829
- SAT median
- 1100
Number 80: West Virginia University- $18,020 average net price
- 65% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $18,020
- SAT median
- 1130
Number 81: University of Virginia-Main Campus- $18,056 average net price
- 95% graduate
- $96k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 17%
- Net price
- $18,056
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 82: College of Charleston- $18,177 average net price
- 66% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $18,177
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 83: Kansas State University- $18,210 average net price
- 71% graduate
- $61k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 82%
- Net price
- $18,210
Number 84: Boise State University- $18,423 average net price
- 61% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $18,423
Number 85: Johns Hopkins University- $18,431 average net price
- 94% graduate
- $105k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 6%
- Net price
- $18,431
Number 86: Iowa State University- $18,517 average net price
- 76% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $18,517
- SAT median
- 1207
Number 87: The University of Texas at Austin- $18,554 average net price
- 89% graduate
- $82k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 27%
- Net price
- $18,554
- SAT median
- 1365
Number 88: Mississippi State University- $18,781 average net price
- 68% graduate
- $54k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $18,781
- SAT median
- 1155
Number 89: New Jersey Institute of Technology- $18,783 average net price
- 72% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $18,783
- SAT median
- 1305
Number 90: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo- $18,832 average net price
- 86% graduate
- $96k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 31%
- Net price
- $18,832
Number 91: University of Kentucky- $18,868 average net price
- 72% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $18,868
- SAT median
- 1207
Number 92: William & Mary- $18,880 average net price
- 89% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 34%
- Net price
- $18,880
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 93: Stony Brook University- $18,902 average net price
- 76% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 49%
- Net price
- $18,902
- SAT median
- 1390
Number 94: Harvard University- $19,148 average net price
- 97% graduate
- $122k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $19,148
- SAT median
- 1530
Number 95: Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College- $19,286 average net price
- 68% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 73%
- Net price
- $19,286
- SAT median
- 1225
Number 96: Xavier University of Louisiana- $19,722 average net price
- 52% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 69%
- Net price
- $19,722
- SAT median
- 1070
Number 97: Texas Tech University- $19,890 average net price
- 69% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 73%
- Net price
- $19,890
- SAT median
- 1195
Number 98: University of New Mexico-Main Campus- $19,966 average net price
- 54% graduate
- $50k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 95%
- Net price
- $19,966
Number 99: Centre College- $19,980 average net price
- 80% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 54%
- Net price
- $19,980
- SAT median
- 1350
Number 100: University of Kansas- $20,004 average net price
- 70% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $20,004
- SAT median
- 1210
Number 101: University of Vermont- $20,277 average net price
- 80% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $20,277
- SAT median
- 1325
Number 102: Kent State University at Kent- $20,294 average net price
- 57% graduate
- $51k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 86%
- Net price
- $20,294
- SAT median
- 1105
Number 103: Ohio University-Main Campus- $20,666 average net price
- 65% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $20,666
- SAT median
- 1180
Number 104: University of Missouri-Columbia- $21,142 average net price
- 76% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $21,142
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 105: The University of Montana- $21,302 average net price
- 48% graduate
- $49k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 96%
- Net price
- $21,302
- SAT median
- 1175
Number 106: Michigan State University- $21,322 average net price
- 81% graduate
- $74k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $21,322
- SAT median
- 1210
Number 107: Oregon State University- $21,504 average net price
- 69% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $21,504
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 108: Texas A&M University-College Station- $21,527 average net price
- 84% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 57%
- Net price
- $21,527
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 109: Loyola University New Orleans- $21,888 average net price
- 60% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $21,888
Number 110: Clemson University- $22,032 average net price
- 87% graduate
- $79k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 38%
- Net price
- $22,032
- SAT median
- 1320
Number 111: University of South Carolina-Columbia- $22,197 average net price
- 79% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $22,197
- SAT median
- 1255
Number 112: Colorado State University-Fort Collins- $22,247 average net price
- 67% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $22,247
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 113: Illinois Institute of Technology- $22,443 average net price
- 73% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 55%
- Net price
- $22,443
- SAT median
- 1320
Number 114: Bradley University- $22,469 average net price
- 75% graduate
- $76k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $22,469
- SAT median
- 1170
Number 114: University of Rhode Island- $22,469 average net price
- 73% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 72%
- Net price
- $22,469
- SAT median
- 1190
Number 116: University of Iowa- $22,508 average net price
- 75% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 84%
- Net price
- $22,508
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 117: University of Oregon- $22,547 average net price
- 71% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 88%
- Net price
- $22,547
Number 118: Lawrence University- $22,758 average net price
- 78% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 64%
- Net price
- $22,758
- SAT median
- 1345
Number 119: Trinity University- $22,962 average net price
- 83% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 26%
- Net price
- $22,962
- SAT median
- 1374
Number 120: Temple University- $23,058 average net price
- 74% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 80%
- Net price
- $23,058
Number 121: Montana State University- $23,106 average net price
- 58% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 82%
- Net price
- $23,106
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 122: James Madison University- $23,550 average net price
- 80% graduate
- $75k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 72%
- Net price
- $23,550
- SAT median
- 1225
Number 123: Duke University- $23,706 average net price
- 96% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 6%
- Net price
- $23,706
- SAT median
- 1513
Number 124: University of Colorado Boulder- $23,708 average net price
- 74% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $23,708
- SAT median
- 1280
Number 125: University of the Pacific- $24,186 average net price
- 71% graduate
- $88k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 71%
- Net price
- $24,186
- SAT median
- 1250
Number 126: University of Connecticut- $24,342 average net price
- 83% graduate
- $82k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 52%
- Net price
- $24,342
- SAT median
- 1330
Number 127: Agnes Scott College- $24,648 average net price
- 70% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 62%
- Net price
- $24,648
Number 128: Rutgers University-New Brunswick- $24,897 average net price
- 84% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 58%
- Net price
- $24,897
- SAT median
- 1355
Number 129: University of Cincinnati-Main Campus- $24,917 average net price
- 75% graduate
- $61k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $24,917
- SAT median
- 1250
Number 130: Whittier College- $24,940 average net price
- 58% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 81%
- Net price
- $24,940
- SAT median
- 1230
Number 131: Virginia Commonwealth University- $25,037 average net price
- 64% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $25,037
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 132: Lehigh University- $25,272 average net price
- 86% graduate
- $116k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 26%
- Net price
- $25,272
- SAT median
- 1408
Number 133: Washington and Lee University- $25,279 average net price
- 95% graduate
- $103k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 14%
- Net price
- $25,279
- SAT median
- 1470
Number 134: University of Notre Dame- $25,339 average net price
- 95% graduate
- $113k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $25,339
- SAT median
- 1480
Number 135: Auburn University- $25,424 average net price
- 82% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 46%
- Net price
- $25,424
Number 136: Hampton University- $25,683 average net price
- 61% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 62%
- Net price
- $25,683
Number 137: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University- $25,808 average net price
- 86% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 55%
- Net price
- $25,808
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 138: Willamette University- $25,908 average net price
- 71% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $25,908
Number 139: Saint Edward's University- $26,034 average net price
- 60% graduate
- $65k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 81%
- Net price
- $26,034
Number 140: University of New Hampshire-Main Campus- $26,150 average net price
- 76% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 88%
- Net price
- $26,150
- SAT median
- 1205
Number 141: California Lutheran University- $26,445 average net price
- 69% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 76%
- Net price
- $26,445
- SAT median
- 1190
Number 142: Dartmouth College- $26,707 average net price
- 95% graduate
- $111k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 5%
- Net price
- $26,707
- SAT median
- 1500
Number 143: Brown University- $26,976 average net price
- 96% graduate
- $100k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 5%
- Net price
- $26,976
- SAT median
- 1515
Number 144: Milwaukee School of Engineering- $27,027 average net price
- 65% graduate
- $93k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 59%
- Net price
- $27,027
- SAT median
- 1283
Number 145: Bard College- $27,126 average net price
- 68% graduate
- $55k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 52%
- Net price
- $27,126
Number 146: University of Utah- $27,314 average net price
- 66% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 86%
- Net price
- $27,314
- SAT median
- 1285
Number 147: Wake Forest University- $28,165 average net price
- 90% graduate
- $104k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 22%
- Net price
- $28,165
Number 148: Dickinson College- $28,634 average net price
- 77% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 42%
- Net price
- $28,634
Number 149: Rhodes College- $28,776 average net price
- 83% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 50%
- Net price
- $28,776
- SAT median
- 1410
Number 150: University of Portland- $28,803 average net price
- 80% graduate
- $86k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $28,803
- SAT median
- 1263
Number 151: University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus- $29,362 average net price
- 86% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 58%
- Net price
- $29,362
- SAT median
- 1360
Number 152: Drake University- $29,415 average net price
- 72% graduate
- $79k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 64%
- Net price
- $29,415
- SAT median
- 1300
Number 153: Southwestern University- $29,435 average net price
- 73% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 43%
- Net price
- $29,435
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 154: Miami University-Oxford- $29,447 average net price
- 81% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 75%
- Net price
- $29,447
- SAT median
- 1265
Number 155: Whitman College- $29,486 average net price
- 78% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 38%
- Net price
- $29,486
- SAT median
- 1375
Number 156: University of Pennsylvania- $29,577 average net price
- 97% graduate
- $122k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 5%
- Net price
- $29,577
- SAT median
- 1525
Number 157: Saint Louis University- $29,674 average net price
- 79% graduate
- $76k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 75%
- Net price
- $29,674
- SAT median
- 1325
Number 158: Kettering University- $29,797 average net price
- 72% graduate
- $96k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 79%
- Net price
- $29,797
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 159: Wentworth Institute of Technology- $30,134 average net price
- 66% graduate
- $95k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 91%
- Net price
- $30,134
- SAT median
- 1235
Number 160: University of Dayton- $30,366 average net price
- 80% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $30,366
- SAT median
- 1230
Number 161: University of San Francisco- $30,496 average net price
- 68% graduate
- $95k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 62%
- Net price
- $30,496
- SAT median
- 1290
Number 162: Marquette University- $30,561 average net price
- 81% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 81%
- Net price
- $30,561
- SAT median
- 1270
Number 163: Mount Holyoke College- $30,861 average net price
- 83% graduate
- $66k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 36%
- Net price
- $30,861
- SAT median
- 1405
Number 164: University of Redlands- $30,924 average net price
- 66% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 83%
- Net price
- $30,924
- SAT median
- 1195
Number 165: Furman University- $31,764 average net price
- 76% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 43%
- Net price
- $31,764
- SAT median
- 1331
Number 166: Xavier University- $31,905 average net price
- 70% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 86%
- Net price
- $31,905
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 167: The University of the South- $31,931 average net price
- 79% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 57%
- Net price
- $31,931
- SAT median
- 1295
Number 168: University of Denver- $31,961 average net price
- 75% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $31,961
- SAT median
- 1295
Number 169: Clarkson University- $32,137 average net price
- 73% graduate
- $92k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $32,137
- SAT median
- 1280
Number 170: Creighton University- $32,456 average net price
- 83% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 80%
- Net price
- $32,456
- SAT median
- 1250
Number 171: Belmont University- $32,648 average net price
- 71% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 95%
- Net price
- $32,648
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 172: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute- $32,758 average net price
- 82% graduate
- $113k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 63%
- Net price
- $32,758
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 173: Colorado School of Mines- $32,901 average net price
- 82% graduate
- $102k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 61%
- Net price
- $32,901
- SAT median
- 1390
Number 174: Howard University- $33,002 average net price
- 72% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 41%
- Net price
- $33,002
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 175: Gettysburg College- $33,015 average net price
- 81% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 39%
- Net price
- $33,015
- SAT median
- 1355
Number 176: University of Southern California- $33,056 average net price
- 91% graduate
- $103k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 10%
- Net price
- $33,056
- SAT median
- 1475
Number 177: Kenyon College- $33,279 average net price
- 84% graduate
- $66k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 31%
- Net price
- $33,279
- SAT median
- 1420
Number 178: Franklin and Marshall College- $33,445 average net price
- 81% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 28%
- Net price
- $33,445
Number 179: Georgetown University- $33,661 average net price
- 95% graduate
- $111k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 13%
- Net price
- $33,661
- SAT median
- 1480
Number 180: Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus- $33,675 average net price
- 86% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 61%
- Net price
- $33,675
Number 181: Cornell University- $33,934 average net price
- 95% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 9%
- Net price
- $33,934
- SAT median
- 1505
Number 182: Lewis & Clark College- $34,286 average net price
- 75% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $34,286
- SAT median
- 1330
Number 183: Seattle University- $34,324 average net price
- 73% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $34,324
- SAT median
- 1225
Number 184: University of Rochester- $34,347 average net price
- 84% graduate
- $88k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 40%
- Net price
- $34,347
- SAT median
- 1445
Number 185: Northwestern University- $34,420 average net price
- 96% graduate
- $104k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 8%
- Net price
- $34,420
- SAT median
- 1520
Number 186: Texas Christian University- $35,045 average net price
- 86% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 44%
- Net price
- $35,045
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 187: New York University- $35,737 average net price
- 88% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 9%
- Net price
- $35,737
- SAT median
- 1510
Number 188: George Washington University- $35,760 average net price
- 83% graduate
- $97k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 47%
- Net price
- $35,760
- SAT median
- 1400
Number 189: Carnegie Mellon University- $35,780 average net price
- 94% graduate
- $125k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 12%
- Net price
- $35,780
- SAT median
- 1520
Number 190: Elon University- $35,785 average net price
- 83% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 66%
- Net price
- $35,785
Number 191: Lafayette College- $35,879 average net price
- 87% graduate
- $102k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 31%
- Net price
- $35,879
- SAT median
- 1380
Number 192: Connecticut College- $35,960 average net price
- 82% graduate
- $82k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 37%
- Net price
- $35,960
- SAT median
- 1405
Number 193: Pitzer College- $36,135 average net price
- 83% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 25%
- Net price
- $36,135
Number 194: Loyola University Chicago- $36,340 average net price
- 73% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 82%
- Net price
- $36,340
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 195: University of Miami- $36,483 average net price
- 84% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 19%
- Net price
- $36,483
- SAT median
- 1380
Number 196: Boston University- $36,503 average net price
- 89% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $36,503
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 197: Trinity College- $37,004 average net price
- 83% graduate
- $103k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 29%
- Net price
- $37,004
- SAT median
- 1407
Number 198: Rochester Institute of Technology- $37,232 average net price
- 70% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 67%
- Net price
- $37,232
- SAT median
- 1360
Number 199: Stevens Institute of Technology- $37,396 average net price
- 88% graduate
- $118k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 48%
- Net price
- $37,396
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 200: Occidental College- $37,470 average net price
- 80% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 44%
- Net price
- $37,470
- SAT median
- 1415
Number 201: Butler University- $37,499 average net price
- 79% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $37,499
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 202: Drexel University- $37,529 average net price
- 78% graduate
- $92k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 79%
- Net price
- $37,529
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 203: Clark Atlanta University- $38,626 average net price
- 44% graduate
- $47k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 64%
- Net price
- $38,626
- SAT median
- 957
Number 204: Morehouse College- $38,655 average net price
- 58% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 44%
- Net price
- $38,655
Number 205: Tufts University- $38,797 average net price
- 94% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $38,797
- SAT median
- 1495
Number 206: College of the Holy Cross- $38,829 average net price
- 87% graduate
- $100k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 18%
- Net price
- $38,829
- SAT median
- 1330
Number 207: Boston College- $38,930 average net price
- 90% graduate
- $112k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 16%
- Net price
- $38,930
- SAT median
- 1475
Number 208: Bentley University- $38,969 average net price
- 87% graduate
- $126k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 45%
- Net price
- $38,969
- SAT median
- 1327
Number 209: Southern Methodist University- $39,816 average net price
- 84% graduate
- $90k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 63%
- Net price
- $39,816
- SAT median
- 1425
Number 210: Tuskegee University- $40,141 average net price
- 55% graduate
- $58k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 49%
- Net price
- $40,141
- SAT median
- 1025
Number 211: Denison University- $40,163 average net price
- 79% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 17%
- Net price
- $40,163
- SAT median
- 1330
Number 212: Tulane University of Louisiana- $40,693 average net price
- 87% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 14%
- Net price
- $40,693
- SAT median
- 1435
Number 213: Villanova University- $41,536 average net price
- 92% graduate
- $115k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 27%
- Net price
- $41,536
- SAT median
- 1420
Number 214: Fordham University- $42,760 average net price
- 81% graduate
- $93k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 59%
- Net price
- $42,760
- SAT median
- 1390
Number 215: Syracuse University- $43,336 average net price
- 82% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 46%
- Net price
- $43,336
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 216: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology- $43,360 average net price
- 76% graduate
- $108k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $43,360
- SAT median
- 1375
Number 217: Worcester Polytechnic Institute- $43,885 average net price
- 90% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $43,885
Number 218: Baylor University- $44,441 average net price
- 81% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 51%
- Net price
- $44,441
- SAT median
- 1255
Number 219: Case Western Reserve University- $44,622 average net price
- 87% graduate
- $90k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 37%
- Net price
- $44,622
- SAT median
- 1470
Number 220: Spelman College- $46,089 average net price
- 78% graduate
- $66k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 25%
- Net price
- $46,089
Number 221: Chapman University- $46,708 average net price
- 82% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $46,708
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 222: Berklee College of Music- $47,587 average net price
- 70% graduate
- $43k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 44%
- Net price
- $47,587
Number 223: Pepperdine University- $48,065 average net price
- 81% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 63%
- Net price
- $48,065
- SAT median
- 1350
Number 224: Art Center College of Design- $48,389 average net price
- 80% graduate
- $76k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 75%
- Net price
- $48,389
Number 225: Pratt Institute-Main- $48,876 average net price
- 74% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 73%
- Net price
- $48,876
- SAT median
- 1300
Number 226: Emerson College- $49,215 average net price
- 79% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 51%
- Net price
- $49,215
- SAT median
- 1300
Number 227: California Institute of the Arts- $49,996 average net price
- 65% graduate
- $45k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 32%
- Net price
- $49,996
Number 228: Bucknell University- $50,021 average net price
- 86% graduate
- $110k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 29%
- Net price
- $50,021
- SAT median
- 1373
Number 229: Rhode Island School of Design- $50,513 average net price
- 90% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 19%
- Net price
- $50,513
- SAT median
- 1395
Number 230: Loyola Marymount University- $50,518 average net price
- 79% graduate
- $86k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 45%
- Net price
- $50,518
- SAT median
- 1335
Number 231: Santa Clara University- $50,570 average net price
- 88% graduate
- $117k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 48%
- Net price
- $50,570
- SAT median
- 1410
Number 232: School of Visual Arts- $59,593 average net price
- 77% graduate
- $52k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $59,593
- SAT median
- 1252
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