Spike Rankings 2027
Lowest-Cost Colleges for Families Earning Under $30,000
What families actually pay each year after grants and scholarships. Pick your income to compare reported costs. How Spike ranks
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Ordered by average net price for the selected income bracket, lowest first. Equal prices share a rank.
224 colleges qualify from Spike’s guide of 233. Colleges without enough reported data are left out.
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Number 1: Washington and Lee University- $28 a year at under $30k
- 95% graduate
- $103k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 14%
- Net price
- $25,279
- SAT median
- 1470
Number 2: Brown University- $39 a year at under $30k
- 96% graduate
- $100k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 5%
- Net price
- $26,976
- SAT median
- 1515
Number 3: University of Chicago- $394 a year at under $30k
- 95% graduate
- $104k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $16,776
- SAT median
- 1545
Number 4: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign- $871 a year at under $30k
- 86% graduate
- $88k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 42%
- Net price
- $13,042
- SAT median
- 1415
Number 5: Stanford University- $1,067 a year at under $30k
- 92% graduate
- $125k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $12,307
- SAT median
- 1520
Number 6: University of Maryland-College Park- $1,141 a year at under $30k
- 88% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 45%
- Net price
- $14,296
- SAT median
- 1420
Number 7: Yale University- $1,256 a year at under $30k
- 96% graduate
- $118k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $11,340
- SAT median
- 1530
Number 8: Dartmouth College- $1,399 a year at under $30k
- 95% graduate
- $111k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 5%
- Net price
- $26,707
- SAT median
- 1500
Number 9: Northwestern University- $1,427 a year at under $30k
- 96% graduate
- $104k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 8%
- Net price
- $34,420
- SAT median
- 1520
Number 10: Johns Hopkins University- $1,772 a year at under $30k
- 94% graduate
- $105k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 6%
- Net price
- $18,431
Number 11: University of Florida- $1,968 a year at under $30k
- 92% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 24%
- Net price
- $5,969
- SAT median
- 1385
Number 12: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- $2,212 a year at under $30k
- 91% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 15%
- Net price
- $11,305
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 13: Columbia University in the City of New York- $2,275 a year at under $30k
- 96% graduate
- $109k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $15,370
- SAT median
- 1520
Number 14: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art- $2,325 a year at under $30k
- 81% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 21%
- Net price
- $12,999
Number 15: Harvard University- $2,542 a year at under $30k
- 97% graduate
- $122k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $19,148
- SAT median
- 1530
Number 16: Washington University in St Louis- $2,578 a year at under $30k
- 94% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 12%
- Net price
- $13,360
- SAT median
- 1530
Number 17: California State University-Fullerton- $2,620 a year at under $30k
- 69% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 91%
- Net price
- $5,115
Number 18: Webb Institute- $3,060 a year at under $30k
- 88% graduate
- Acceptance
- 14%
- Net price
- $14,510
- SAT median
- 1450
Number 19: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor- $3,155 a year at under $30k
- 93% graduate
- $93k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 16%
- Net price
- $14,362
Number 20: William & Mary- $3,292 a year at under $30k
- 89% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 34%
- Net price
- $18,880
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 21: University of Wisconsin-Madison- $3,424 a year at under $30k
- 90% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 45%
- Net price
- $16,600
- SAT median
- 1410
Number 22: Vanderbilt University- $3,637 a year at under $30k
- 93% graduate
- $99k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 6%
- Net price
- $15,497
- SAT median
- 1525
Number 23: California State University-Fresno- $3,925 a year at under $30k
- 58% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 95%
- Net price
- $5,418
Number 24: Tufts University- $4,195 a year at under $30k
- 94% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $38,797
- SAT median
- 1495
Number 25: Florida State University- $4,332 a year at under $30k
- 86% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 24%
- Net price
- $8,605
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 26: California State University-Northridge- $4,429 a year at under $30k
- 57% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $6,346
Number 27: New Mexico State University-Main Campus- $4,997 a year at under $30k
- 54% graduate
- $44k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $6,313
- SAT median
- 1030
Number 28: University of California-Berkeley- $5,110 a year at under $30k
- 93% graduate
- $100k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $14,538
Number 29: Florida Atlantic University- $5,257 a year at under $30k
- 63% graduate
- $61k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 66%
- Net price
- $10,394
- SAT median
- 1110
Number 30: Berea College- $5,373 a year at under $30k
- 62% graduate
- $48k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 19%
- Net price
- $5,836
- SAT median
- 1194
Number 31: University of Delaware- $5,566 a year at under $30k
- 79% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 71%
- Net price
- $16,337
- SAT median
- 1248
Number 32: Rice University- $5,707 a year at under $30k
- 95% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 8%
- Net price
- $11,164
- SAT median
- 1530
Number 33: Ohio State University-Main Campus- $6,061 a year at under $30k
- 87% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 61%
- Net price
- $17,269
- SAT median
- 1345
Number 34: Purdue University-Main Campus- $6,147 a year at under $30k
- 84% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 50%
- Net price
- $14,851
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 35: North Carolina State University at Raleigh- $6,149 a year at under $30k
- 85% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 42%
- Net price
- $16,486
- SAT median
- 1355
Number 36: University of California-Irvine- $6,160 a year at under $30k
- 87% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 29%
- Net price
- $13,866
Number 37: Wake Forest University- $6,242 a year at under $30k
- 90% graduate
- $104k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 22%
- Net price
- $28,165
Number 38: Portland State University- $6,255 a year at under $30k
- 53% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 91%
- Net price
- $8,337
- SAT median
- 1125
Number 39: Cornell University- $6,371 a year at under $30k
- 95% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 9%
- Net price
- $33,934
- SAT median
- 1505
Number 40: California State University-Long Beach- $6,443 a year at under $30k
- 70% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 46%
- Net price
- $9,426
Number 41: Duke University- $6,652 a year at under $30k
- 96% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 6%
- Net price
- $23,706
- SAT median
- 1513
Number 42: Indiana University-Bloomington- $6,683 a year at under $30k
- 80% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $16,003
- SAT median
- 1270
Number 43: San Francisco State University- $6,699 a year at under $30k
- 50% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 96%
- Net price
- $9,803
Number 44: Washington State University- $6,750 a year at under $30k
- 62% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $13,462
Number 45: University of California-Riverside- $6,871 a year at under $30k
- 76% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 76%
- Net price
- $12,672
Number 46: Trinity College- $7,222 a year at under $30k
- 83% graduate
- $103k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 29%
- Net price
- $37,004
- SAT median
- 1407
Number 47: Boston College- $7,293 a year at under $30k
- 90% graduate
- $112k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 16%
- Net price
- $38,930
- SAT median
- 1475
Number 48: Wichita State University- $7,530 a year at under $30k
- 52% graduate
- $56k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 94%
- Net price
- $10,307
- SAT median
- 1102
Number 49: California Institute of Technology- $7,553 a year at under $30k
- 92% graduate
- $167k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 3%
- Net price
- $8,509
Number 50: University of Washington-Seattle Campus- $7,610 a year at under $30k
- 85% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 39%
- Net price
- $13,663
Number 51: Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus- $7,687 a year at under $30k
- 94% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 14%
- Net price
- $12,028
- SAT median
- 1405
Number 52: The University of Texas at San Antonio- $7,752 a year at under $30k
- 52% graduate
- $61k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $9,872
- SAT median
- 1120
Number 53: University of California-Los Angeles- $7,755 a year at under $30k
- 93% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 9%
- Net price
- $14,659
Number 54: University of Central Florida- $7,870 a year at under $30k
- 78% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 40%
- Net price
- $11,516
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 55: Florida Gulf Coast University- $8,096 a year at under $30k
- 57% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 63%
- Net price
- $11,555
- SAT median
- 1095
Number 56: San Diego State University- $8,258 a year at under $30k
- 77% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 36%
- Net price
- $13,243
Number 57: North Carolina A & T State University- $8,284 a year at under $30k
- 57% graduate
- $50k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 50%
- Net price
- $9,884
- SAT median
- 1080
Number 58: University of North Florida- $8,358 a year at under $30k
- 69% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 53%
- Net price
- $11,689
- SAT median
- 1105
Number 59: University of Notre Dame- $8,380 a year at under $30k
- 95% graduate
- $113k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $25,339
- SAT median
- 1480
Number 60: California State University-Sacramento- $8,392 a year at under $30k
- 55% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 94%
- Net price
- $11,186
Number 61: University of Houston- $8,468 a year at under $30k
- 65% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 74%
- Net price
- $11,439
- SAT median
- 1235
Number 62: Old Dominion University- $8,610 a year at under $30k
- 45% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 90%
- Net price
- $12,913
- SAT median
- 1120
Number 63: University of California-Davis- $8,770 a year at under $30k
- 86% graduate
- $87k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 42%
- Net price
- $14,318
Number 64: The University of Texas at Austin- $8,979 a year at under $30k
- 89% graduate
- $82k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 27%
- Net price
- $18,554
- SAT median
- 1365
Number 65: University of Georgia- $8,995 a year at under $30k
- 89% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 38%
- Net price
- $13,636
- SAT median
- 1360
Number 66: University of Wyoming- $9,037 a year at under $30k
- 60% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 97%
- Net price
- $13,647
Number 67: University of California-San Diego- $9,229 a year at under $30k
- 86% graduate
- $96k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 27%
- Net price
- $14,794
Number 68: Arizona State University Campus Immersion- $9,413 a year at under $30k
- 68% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 90%
- Net price
- $14,694
Number 69: University of Virginia-Main Campus- $9,479 a year at under $30k
- 95% graduate
- $96k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 17%
- Net price
- $18,056
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 70: University of California-Santa Barbara- $9,523 a year at under $30k
- 83% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 33%
- Net price
- $16,807
Number 71: Florida International University- $9,529 a year at under $30k
- 76% graduate
- $66k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 55%
- Net price
- $11,462
- SAT median
- 1150
Number 72: George Mason University- $9,594 a year at under $30k
- 67% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $14,697
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 73: College of the Holy Cross- $9,931 a year at under $30k
- 87% graduate
- $100k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 18%
- Net price
- $38,829
- SAT median
- 1330
Number 74: Cleveland State University- $10,230 a year at under $30k
- 51% graduate
- $57k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 91%
- Net price
- $13,754
- SAT median
- 1035
Number 75: Georgetown University- $10,252 a year at under $30k
- 95% graduate
- $111k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 13%
- Net price
- $33,661
- SAT median
- 1480
Number 76: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo- $10,354 a year at under $30k
- 86% graduate
- $96k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 31%
- Net price
- $18,832
Number 77: San Jose State University- $10,381 a year at under $30k
- 68% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $14,241
Number 78: University of Mississippi- $10,536 a year at under $30k
- 71% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 97%
- Net price
- $13,752
- SAT median
- 1126
Number 79: The University of Texas at Dallas- $10,562 a year at under $30k
- 77% graduate
- $75k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $15,271
Number 80: Emory University- $10,593 a year at under $30k
- 91% graduate
- $94k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $16,754
- SAT median
- 1480
Number 81: University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus- $11,203 a year at under $30k
- 75% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $15,531
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 82: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University- $11,378 a year at under $30k
- 86% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 55%
- Net price
- $25,808
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 83: University of Nebraska-Lincoln- $11,449 a year at under $30k
- 68% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $16,214
- SAT median
- 1205
Number 84: Missouri University of Science and Technology- $11,559 a year at under $30k
- 66% graduate
- $86k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 73%
- Net price
- $15,772
- SAT median
- 1375
Number 85: Michigan State University- $11,741 a year at under $30k
- 81% graduate
- $74k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $21,322
- SAT median
- 1210
Number 86: Lafayette College- $11,822 a year at under $30k
- 87% graduate
- $102k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 31%
- Net price
- $35,879
- SAT median
- 1380
Number 87: Centre College- $11,861 a year at under $30k
- 80% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 54%
- Net price
- $19,980
- SAT median
- 1350
Number 88: University of Vermont- $11,915 a year at under $30k
- 80% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $20,277
- SAT median
- 1325
Number 89: Iowa State University- $11,957 a year at under $30k
- 76% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $18,517
- SAT median
- 1207
Number 90: Illinois State University- $12,040 a year at under $30k
- 66% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 88%
- Net price
- $17,829
- SAT median
- 1100
Number 91: University of Louisville- $12,104 a year at under $30k
- 61% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 79%
- Net price
- $14,960
- SAT median
- 1160
Number 92: Colorado State University-Fort Collins- $12,291 a year at under $30k
- 67% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $22,247
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 93: New Jersey Institute of Technology- $12,394 a year at under $30k
- 72% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $18,783
- SAT median
- 1305
Number 94: Lawrence University- $12,417 a year at under $30k
- 78% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 64%
- Net price
- $22,758
- SAT median
- 1345
Number 95: University of Kentucky- $12,528 a year at under $30k
- 72% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $18,868
- SAT median
- 1207
Number 96: Fashion Institute of Technology- $12,551 a year at under $30k
- 81% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $16,514
Number 97: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University- $12,635 a year at under $30k
- 57% graduate
- $52k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 21%
- Net price
- $15,220
- SAT median
- 1080
Number 98: Kansas State University- $12,650 a year at under $30k
- 71% graduate
- $61k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 82%
- Net price
- $18,210
Number 99: Dickinson College- $12,989 a year at under $30k
- 77% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 42%
- Net price
- $28,634
Number 100: University of Idaho- $13,085 a year at under $30k
- 59% graduate
- $58k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 76%
- Net price
- $15,321
- SAT median
- 1105
Number 101: University of Maine- $13,222 a year at under $30k
- 56% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 97%
- Net price
- $17,224
- SAT median
- 1170
Number 102: Texas A&M University-College Station- $13,226 a year at under $30k
- 84% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 57%
- Net price
- $21,527
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 103: University of Colorado Boulder- $13,403 a year at under $30k
- 74% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $23,708
- SAT median
- 1280
Number 104: University of Connecticut- $13,649 a year at under $30k
- 83% graduate
- $82k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 52%
- Net price
- $24,342
- SAT median
- 1330
Number 105: University of South Carolina-Columbia- $13,832 a year at under $30k
- 79% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $22,197
- SAT median
- 1255
Number 106: Stony Brook University- $13,938 a year at under $30k
- 76% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 49%
- Net price
- $18,902
- SAT median
- 1390
Number 107: Case Western Reserve University- $14,046 a year at under $30k
- 87% graduate
- $90k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 37%
- Net price
- $44,622
- SAT median
- 1470
Number 108: Milwaukee School of Engineering- $14,061 a year at under $30k
- 65% graduate
- $93k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 59%
- Net price
- $27,027
- SAT median
- 1283
Number 109: Trinity University- $14,120 a year at under $30k
- 83% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 26%
- Net price
- $22,962
- SAT median
- 1374
Number 110: College of Charleston- $14,245 a year at under $30k
- 66% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $18,177
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 111: Lehigh University- $14,290 a year at under $30k
- 86% graduate
- $116k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 26%
- Net price
- $25,272
- SAT median
- 1408
Number 112: Morgan State University- $14,329 a year at under $30k
- 41% graduate
- $57k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 82%
- Net price
- $14,653
- SAT median
- 970
Number 113: James Madison University- $14,379 a year at under $30k
- 80% graduate
- $75k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 72%
- Net price
- $23,550
- SAT median
- 1225
Number 114: Carnegie Mellon University- $14,468 a year at under $30k
- 94% graduate
- $125k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 12%
- Net price
- $35,780
- SAT median
- 1520
Number 115: Kenyon College- $14,548 a year at under $30k
- 84% graduate
- $66k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 31%
- Net price
- $33,279
- SAT median
- 1420
Number 116: University of Miami- $14,575 a year at under $30k
- 84% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 19%
- Net price
- $36,483
- SAT median
- 1380
Number 117: Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College- $14,670 a year at under $30k
- 68% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 73%
- Net price
- $19,286
- SAT median
- 1225
Number 118: Clemson University- $14,943 a year at under $30k
- 87% graduate
- $79k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 38%
- Net price
- $22,032
- SAT median
- 1320
Number 119: Texas Tech University- $15,008 a year at under $30k
- 69% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 73%
- Net price
- $19,890
- SAT median
- 1195
Number 120: West Virginia University- $15,015 a year at under $30k
- 65% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $18,020
- SAT median
- 1130
Number 121: University of Missouri-Columbia- $15,038 a year at under $30k
- 76% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $21,142
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 122: University of Denver- $15,042 a year at under $30k
- 75% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $31,961
- SAT median
- 1295
Number 123: Rutgers University-New Brunswick- $15,090 a year at under $30k
- 84% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 58%
- Net price
- $24,897
- SAT median
- 1355
Number 124: University of Rochester- $15,091 a year at under $30k
- 84% graduate
- $88k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 40%
- Net price
- $34,347
- SAT median
- 1445
Number 125: Ohio University-Main Campus- $15,142 a year at under $30k
- 65% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $20,666
- SAT median
- 1180
Number 126: Whitman College- $15,180 a year at under $30k
- 78% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 38%
- Net price
- $29,486
- SAT median
- 1375
Number 127: Denison University- $15,189 a year at under $30k
- 79% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 17%
- Net price
- $40,163
- SAT median
- 1330
Number 128: University of Rhode Island- $15,297 a year at under $30k
- 73% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 72%
- Net price
- $22,469
- SAT median
- 1190
Number 129: University of Iowa- $15,353 a year at under $30k
- 75% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 84%
- Net price
- $22,508
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 130: University of Kansas- $15,379 a year at under $30k
- 70% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $20,004
- SAT median
- 1210
Number 131: Boise State University- $15,410 a year at under $30k
- 61% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $18,423
Number 132: Mount Holyoke College- $15,445 a year at under $30k
- 83% graduate
- $66k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 36%
- Net price
- $30,861
- SAT median
- 1405
Number 133: Bard College- $15,618 a year at under $30k
- 68% graduate
- $55k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 52%
- Net price
- $27,126
Number 134: The University of Texas at Arlington- $15,732 a year at under $30k
- 52% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 80%
- Net price
- $17,040
- SAT median
- 1110
Number 135: Lewis & Clark College- $15,737 a year at under $30k
- 75% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $34,286
- SAT median
- 1330
Number 136: Kent State University at Kent- $15,853 a year at under $30k
- 57% graduate
- $51k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 86%
- Net price
- $20,294
- SAT median
- 1105
Number 137: University of Oregon- $15,917 a year at under $30k
- 71% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 88%
- Net price
- $22,547
Number 138: Pitzer College- $16,090 a year at under $30k
- 83% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 25%
- Net price
- $36,135
Number 139: Miami University-Oxford- $16,121 a year at under $30k
- 81% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 75%
- Net price
- $29,447
- SAT median
- 1265
Number 140: Boston University- $16,336 a year at under $30k
- 89% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $36,503
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 141: New York University- $16,349 a year at under $30k
- 88% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 9%
- Net price
- $35,737
- SAT median
- 1510
Number 142: University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus- $16,477 a year at under $30k
- 86% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 58%
- Net price
- $29,362
- SAT median
- 1360
Number 143: Oregon State University- $16,485 a year at under $30k
- 69% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $21,504
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 144: University of Cincinnati-Main Campus- $16,848 a year at under $30k
- 75% graduate
- $61k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $24,917
- SAT median
- 1250
Number 145: Mississippi State University- $17,042 a year at under $30k
- 68% graduate
- $54k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $18,781
- SAT median
- 1155
Number 146: University of Southern California- $17,171 a year at under $30k
- 91% graduate
- $103k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 10%
- Net price
- $33,056
- SAT median
- 1475
Number 147: Connecticut College- $17,313 a year at under $30k
- 82% graduate
- $82k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 37%
- Net price
- $35,960
- SAT median
- 1405
Number 148: Rhodes College- $17,430 a year at under $30k
- 83% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 50%
- Net price
- $28,776
- SAT median
- 1410
Number 149: University of the Pacific- $17,568 a year at under $30k
- 71% graduate
- $88k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 71%
- Net price
- $24,186
- SAT median
- 1250
Number 150: Bucknell University- $17,578 a year at under $30k
- 86% graduate
- $110k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 29%
- Net price
- $50,021
- SAT median
- 1373
Number 151: Illinois Institute of Technology- $17,590 a year at under $30k
- 73% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 55%
- Net price
- $22,443
- SAT median
- 1320
Number 152: Furman University- $17,649 a year at under $30k
- 76% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 43%
- Net price
- $31,764
- SAT median
- 1331
Number 153: Xavier University of Louisiana- $17,682 a year at under $30k
- 52% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 69%
- Net price
- $19,722
- SAT median
- 1070
Number 154: Gettysburg College- $17,752 a year at under $30k
- 81% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 39%
- Net price
- $33,015
- SAT median
- 1355
Number 155: Loyola University New Orleans- $17,795 a year at under $30k
- 60% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $21,888
Number 156: Clarkson University- $18,064 a year at under $30k
- 73% graduate
- $92k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $32,137
- SAT median
- 1280
Number 157: Bradley University- $18,833 a year at under $30k
- 75% graduate
- $76k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $22,469
- SAT median
- 1170
Number 158: Virginia Commonwealth University- $18,927 a year at under $30k
- 64% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $25,037
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 159: University of New Hampshire-Main Campus- $18,960 a year at under $30k
- 76% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 88%
- Net price
- $26,150
- SAT median
- 1205
Number 160: Temple University- $19,047 a year at under $30k
- 74% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 80%
- Net price
- $23,058
Number 161: The University of Montana- $19,112 a year at under $30k
- 48% graduate
- $49k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 96%
- Net price
- $21,302
- SAT median
- 1175
Number 162: Montana State University- $19,322 a year at under $30k
- 58% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 82%
- Net price
- $23,106
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 163: George Washington University- $19,440 a year at under $30k
- 83% graduate
- $97k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 47%
- Net price
- $35,760
- SAT median
- 1400
Number 164: Auburn University- $19,536 a year at under $30k
- 82% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 46%
- Net price
- $25,424
Number 165: University of New Mexico-Main Campus- $19,896 a year at under $30k
- 54% graduate
- $50k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 95%
- Net price
- $19,966
Number 166: Franklin and Marshall College- $20,059 a year at under $30k
- 81% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 28%
- Net price
- $33,445
Number 167: University of Portland- $20,181 a year at under $30k
- 80% graduate
- $86k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $28,803
- SAT median
- 1263
Number 168: The University of the South- $20,205 a year at under $30k
- 79% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 57%
- Net price
- $31,931
- SAT median
- 1295
Number 169: Marquette University- $20,708 a year at under $30k
- 81% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 81%
- Net price
- $30,561
- SAT median
- 1270
Number 170: Occidental College- $20,797 a year at under $30k
- 80% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 44%
- Net price
- $37,470
- SAT median
- 1415
Number 171: Kettering University- $20,842 a year at under $30k
- 72% graduate
- $96k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 79%
- Net price
- $29,797
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 172: Elon University- $20,986 a year at under $30k
- 83% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 66%
- Net price
- $35,785
Number 173: Willamette University- $21,139 a year at under $30k
- 71% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $25,908
Number 174: Seattle University- $21,379 a year at under $30k
- 73% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $34,324
- SAT median
- 1225
Number 175: Southwestern University- $21,387 a year at under $30k
- 73% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 43%
- Net price
- $29,435
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 176: Villanova University- $21,459 a year at under $30k
- 92% graduate
- $115k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 27%
- Net price
- $41,536
- SAT median
- 1420
Number 177: Colorado School of Mines- $21,504 a year at under $30k
- 82% graduate
- $102k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 61%
- Net price
- $32,901
- SAT median
- 1390
Number 178: Syracuse University- $21,872 a year at under $30k
- 82% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 46%
- Net price
- $43,336
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 179: Whittier College- $22,133 a year at under $30k
- 58% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 81%
- Net price
- $24,940
- SAT median
- 1230
Number 180: Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus- $22,193 a year at under $30k
- 86% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 61%
- Net price
- $33,675
Number 181: California Lutheran University- $22,204 a year at under $30k
- 69% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 76%
- Net price
- $26,445
- SAT median
- 1190
Number 182: Texas Christian University- $22,363 a year at under $30k
- 86% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 44%
- Net price
- $35,045
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 183: Saint Edward's University- $22,642 a year at under $30k
- 60% graduate
- $65k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 81%
- Net price
- $26,034
Number 184: Santa Clara University- $22,696 a year at under $30k
- 88% graduate
- $117k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 48%
- Net price
- $50,570
- SAT median
- 1410
Number 185: University of Dayton- $22,720 a year at under $30k
- 80% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $30,366
- SAT median
- 1230
Number 186: Agnes Scott College- $22,740 a year at under $30k
- 70% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 62%
- Net price
- $24,648
Number 187: Creighton University- $22,787 a year at under $30k
- 83% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 80%
- Net price
- $32,456
- SAT median
- 1250
Number 188: Tulane University of Louisiana- $23,823 a year at under $30k
- 87% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 14%
- Net price
- $40,693
- SAT median
- 1435
Number 189: University of San Francisco- $23,963 a year at under $30k
- 68% graduate
- $95k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 62%
- Net price
- $30,496
- SAT median
- 1290
Number 190: Rochester Institute of Technology- $24,161 a year at under $30k
- 70% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 67%
- Net price
- $37,232
- SAT median
- 1360
Number 191: Saint Louis University- $24,520 a year at under $30k
- 79% graduate
- $76k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 75%
- Net price
- $29,674
- SAT median
- 1325
Number 192: Wentworth Institute of Technology- $24,776 a year at under $30k
- 66% graduate
- $95k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 91%
- Net price
- $30,134
- SAT median
- 1235
Number 193: University of Utah- $24,961 a year at under $30k
- 66% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 86%
- Net price
- $27,314
- SAT median
- 1285
Number 194: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute- $25,140 a year at under $30k
- 82% graduate
- $113k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 63%
- Net price
- $32,758
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 195: Bentley University- $25,905 a year at under $30k
- 87% graduate
- $126k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 45%
- Net price
- $38,969
- SAT median
- 1327
Number 196: Hampton University- $26,177 a year at under $30k
- 61% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 62%
- Net price
- $25,683
Number 197: Xavier University- $26,294 a year at under $30k
- 70% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 86%
- Net price
- $31,905
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 198: Belmont University- $28,236 a year at under $30k
- 71% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 95%
- Net price
- $32,648
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 199: Howard University- $28,321 a year at under $30k
- 72% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 41%
- Net price
- $33,002
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 200: Drake University- $28,458 a year at under $30k
- 72% graduate
- $79k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 64%
- Net price
- $29,415
- SAT median
- 1300
Number 201: Stevens Institute of Technology- $28,690 a year at under $30k
- 88% graduate
- $118k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 48%
- Net price
- $37,396
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 202: Drexel University- $28,843 a year at under $30k
- 78% graduate
- $92k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 79%
- Net price
- $37,529
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 203: Rhode Island School of Design- $29,175 a year at under $30k
- 90% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 19%
- Net price
- $50,513
- SAT median
- 1395
Number 204: University of Redlands- $29,684 a year at under $30k
- 66% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 83%
- Net price
- $30,924
- SAT median
- 1195
Number 205: Loyola University Chicago- $30,709 a year at under $30k
- 73% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 82%
- Net price
- $36,340
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 206: Butler University- $30,817 a year at under $30k
- 79% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $37,499
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 207: Southern Methodist University- $31,728 a year at under $30k
- 84% graduate
- $90k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 63%
- Net price
- $39,816
- SAT median
- 1425
Number 208: Fordham University- $32,069 a year at under $30k
- 81% graduate
- $93k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 59%
- Net price
- $42,760
- SAT median
- 1390
Number 209: Morehouse College- $32,102 a year at under $30k
- 58% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 44%
- Net price
- $38,655
Number 210: Chapman University- $34,494 a year at under $30k
- 82% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $46,708
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 211: Loyola Marymount University- $36,415 a year at under $30k
- 79% graduate
- $86k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 45%
- Net price
- $50,518
- SAT median
- 1335
Number 212: Worcester Polytechnic Institute- $36,899 a year at under $30k
- 90% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $43,885
Number 213: Pepperdine University- $38,093 a year at under $30k
- 81% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 63%
- Net price
- $48,065
- SAT median
- 1350
Number 214: Clark Atlanta University- $38,601 a year at under $30k
- 44% graduate
- $47k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 64%
- Net price
- $38,626
- SAT median
- 957
Number 215: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology- $39,823 a year at under $30k
- 76% graduate
- $108k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $43,360
- SAT median
- 1375
Number 216: Tuskegee University- $40,091 a year at under $30k
- 55% graduate
- $58k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 49%
- Net price
- $40,141
- SAT median
- 1025
Number 217: Spelman College- $41,125 a year at under $30k
- 78% graduate
- $66k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 25%
- Net price
- $46,089
Number 218: Pratt Institute-Main- $42,254 a year at under $30k
- 74% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 73%
- Net price
- $48,876
- SAT median
- 1300
Number 219: California Institute of the Arts- $42,456 a year at under $30k
- 65% graduate
- $45k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 32%
- Net price
- $49,996
Number 220: Berklee College of Music- $42,991 a year at under $30k
- 70% graduate
- $43k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 44%
- Net price
- $47,587
Number 221: Art Center College of Design- $43,579 a year at under $30k
- 80% graduate
- $76k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 75%
- Net price
- $48,389
Number 222: Baylor University- $45,498 a year at under $30k
- 81% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 51%
- Net price
- $44,441
- SAT median
- 1255
Number 223: Emerson College- $49,140 a year at under $30k
- 79% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 51%
- Net price
- $49,215
- SAT median
- 1300
Number 224: School of Visual Arts- $50,311 a year at under $30k
- 77% graduate
- $52k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $59,593
- SAT median
- 1252
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