Spike Rankings 2027
Lowest-Cost Colleges for Families Earning Over $110,000
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.
231 colleges qualify from Spike’s guide of 233. Colleges without enough reported data are left out.
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231 colleges
Number 1: CUNY Hunter College- $10,600 a year at over $110k
- 58% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 54%
- Net price
- $1,051
Number 2: CUNY City College- $10,618 a year at over $110k
- 53% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $1,557
Number 3: CUNY Bernard M Baruch College- $10,728 a year at over $110k
- 71% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 48%
- Net price
- $657
Number 4: CUNY Brooklyn College- $11,027 a year at over $110k
- 53% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 58%
- Net price
- $950
Number 5: Berea College- $11,521 a year at over $110k
- 62% graduate
- $48k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 19%
- Net price
- $5,836
- SAT median
- 1194
Number 6: New Mexico State University-Main Campus- $11,619 a year at over $110k
- 54% graduate
- $44k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $6,313
- SAT median
- 1030
Number 7: California State University-Fullerton- $14,753 a year at over $110k
- 69% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 91%
- Net price
- $5,115
Number 8: North Carolina A & T State University- $16,228 a year at over $110k
- 57% graduate
- $50k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 50%
- Net price
- $9,884
- SAT median
- 1080
Number 9: California State University-Fresno- $16,245 a year at over $110k
- 58% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 95%
- Net price
- $5,418
Number 10: Cleveland State University- $16,567 a year at over $110k
- 51% graduate
- $57k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 91%
- Net price
- $13,754
- SAT median
- 1035
Number 11: University of Florida- $16,609 a year at over $110k
- 92% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 24%
- Net price
- $5,969
- SAT median
- 1385
Number 12: Florida State University- $17,085 a year at over $110k
- 86% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 24%
- Net price
- $8,605
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 13: Wichita State University- $17,409 a year at over $110k
- 52% graduate
- $56k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 94%
- Net price
- $10,307
- SAT median
- 1102
Number 14: Portland State University- $17,621 a year at over $110k
- 53% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 91%
- Net price
- $8,337
- SAT median
- 1125
Number 15: California State University-Northridge- $17,634 a year at over $110k
- 57% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $6,346
Number 16: Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus- $18,187 a year at over $110k
- 94% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 14%
- Net price
- $12,028
- SAT median
- 1405
Number 17: Florida Gulf Coast University- $18,454 a year at over $110k
- 57% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 63%
- Net price
- $11,555
- SAT median
- 1095
Number 18: University of Georgia- $18,564 a year at over $110k
- 89% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 38%
- Net price
- $13,636
- SAT median
- 1360
Number 19: Florida Atlantic University- $18,580 a year at over $110k
- 63% graduate
- $61k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 66%
- Net price
- $10,394
- SAT median
- 1110
Number 20: University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus- $19,219 a year at over $110k
- 75% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $15,531
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 21: University of Central Florida- $19,416 a year at over $110k
- 78% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 40%
- Net price
- $11,516
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 22: University of Idaho- $19,498 a year at over $110k
- 59% graduate
- $58k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 76%
- Net price
- $15,321
- SAT median
- 1105
Number 23: Florida International University- $19,618 a year at over $110k
- 76% graduate
- $66k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 55%
- Net price
- $11,462
- SAT median
- 1150
Number 24: Missouri University of Science and Technology- $19,665 a year at over $110k
- 66% graduate
- $86k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 73%
- Net price
- $15,772
- SAT median
- 1375
Number 25: California State University-Long Beach- $19,919 a year at over $110k
- 70% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 46%
- Net price
- $9,426
Number 26: University of North Florida- $20,027 a year at over $110k
- 69% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 53%
- Net price
- $11,689
- SAT median
- 1105
Number 27: The University of Texas at San Antonio- $20,648 a year at over $110k
- 52% graduate
- $61k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $9,872
- SAT median
- 1120
Number 28: San Francisco State University- $20,813 a year at over $110k
- 50% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 96%
- Net price
- $9,803
Number 29: University of Wyoming- $20,896 a year at over $110k
- 60% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 97%
- Net price
- $13,647
Number 30: University of Houston- $21,065 a year at over $110k
- 65% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 74%
- Net price
- $11,439
- SAT median
- 1235
Number 31: California State University-Sacramento- $21,169 a year at over $110k
- 55% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 94%
- Net price
- $11,186
Number 32: University of Nebraska-Lincoln- $21,693 a year at over $110k
- 68% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $16,214
- SAT median
- 1205
Number 33: San Diego State University- $22,130 a year at over $110k
- 77% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 36%
- Net price
- $13,243
Number 34: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University- $22,179 a year at over $110k
- 57% graduate
- $52k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 21%
- Net price
- $15,220
- SAT median
- 1080
Number 35: University of Mississippi- $22,290 a year at over $110k
- 71% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 97%
- Net price
- $13,752
- SAT median
- 1126
Number 36: University of Maine- $22,823 a year at over $110k
- 56% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 97%
- Net price
- $17,224
- SAT median
- 1170
Number 37: Iowa State University- $22,905 a year at over $110k
- 76% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $18,517
- SAT median
- 1207
Number 38: University of Louisville- $23,040 a year at over $110k
- 61% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 79%
- Net price
- $14,960
- SAT median
- 1160
Number 39: Kansas State University- $23,192 a year at over $110k
- 71% graduate
- $61k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 82%
- Net price
- $18,210
Number 40: Old Dominion University- $23,199 a year at over $110k
- 45% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 90%
- Net price
- $12,913
- SAT median
- 1120
Number 41: Michigan Technological University- $23,346 a year at over $110k
- 69% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 92%
- Net price
- $13,446
- SAT median
- 1233
Number 42: Purdue University-Main Campus- $23,490 a year at over $110k
- 84% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 50%
- Net price
- $14,851
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 43: University of New Mexico-Main Campus- $23,804 a year at over $110k
- 54% graduate
- $50k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 95%
- Net price
- $19,966
Number 44: George Mason University- $23,862 a year at over $110k
- 67% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $14,697
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 44: University of Delaware- $23,862 a year at over $110k
- 79% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 71%
- Net price
- $16,337
- SAT median
- 1248
Number 46: Morgan State University- $23,864 a year at over $110k
- 41% graduate
- $57k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 82%
- Net price
- $14,653
- SAT median
- 970
Number 47: Fashion Institute of Technology- $23,992 a year at over $110k
- 81% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $16,514
Number 48: Mississippi State University- $24,032 a year at over $110k
- 68% graduate
- $54k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $18,781
- SAT median
- 1155
Number 49: Arizona State University Campus Immersion- $24,047 a year at over $110k
- 68% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 90%
- Net price
- $14,694
Number 50: Boise State University- $24,115 a year at over $110k
- 61% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $18,423
Number 51: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- $24,276 a year at over $110k
- 91% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 15%
- Net price
- $11,305
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 52: Hampton University- $24,307 a year at over $110k
- 61% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 62%
- Net price
- $25,683
Number 53: Webb Institute- $24,335 a year at over $110k
- 88% graduate
- Acceptance
- 14%
- Net price
- $14,510
- SAT median
- 1450
Number 54: San Jose State University- $24,449 a year at over $110k
- 68% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $14,241
Number 55: The University of Montana- $24,484 a year at over $110k
- 48% graduate
- $49k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 96%
- Net price
- $21,302
- SAT median
- 1175
Number 56: Washington State University- $24,537 a year at over $110k
- 62% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 87%
- Net price
- $13,462
Number 57: Ohio University-Main Campus- $24,609 a year at over $110k
- 65% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $20,666
- SAT median
- 1180
Number 58: West Virginia University- $24,729 a year at over $110k
- 65% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $18,020
- SAT median
- 1130
Number 59: University of Kansas- $24,765 a year at over $110k
- 70% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $20,004
- SAT median
- 1210
Number 60: The University of Texas at Dallas- $25,067 a year at over $110k
- 77% graduate
- $75k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $15,271
Number 61: Texas Tech University- $25,269 a year at over $110k
- 69% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 73%
- Net price
- $19,890
- SAT median
- 1195
Number 62: The University of Texas at Arlington- $25,369 a year at over $110k
- 52% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 80%
- Net price
- $17,040
- SAT median
- 1110
Number 63: College of Charleston- $25,459 a year at over $110k
- 66% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $18,177
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 64: North Carolina State University at Raleigh- $25,674 a year at over $110k
- 85% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 42%
- Net price
- $16,486
- SAT median
- 1355
Number 65: Kent State University at Kent- $26,449 a year at over $110k
- 57% graduate
- $51k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 86%
- Net price
- $20,294
- SAT median
- 1105
Number 66: Xavier University of Louisiana- $26,590 a year at over $110k
- 52% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 69%
- Net price
- $19,722
- SAT median
- 1070
Number 67: University of Iowa- $26,721 a year at over $110k
- 75% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 84%
- Net price
- $22,508
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 68: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art- $26,742 a year at over $110k
- 81% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 21%
- Net price
- $12,999
Number 69: Montana State University- $26,850 a year at over $110k
- 58% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 82%
- Net price
- $23,106
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 70: Indiana University-Bloomington- $27,092 a year at over $110k
- 80% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $16,003
- SAT median
- 1270
Number 71: Illinois State University- $27,183 a year at over $110k
- 66% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 88%
- Net price
- $17,829
- SAT median
- 1100
Number 72: Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College- $27,239 a year at over $110k
- 68% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 73%
- Net price
- $19,286
- SAT median
- 1225
Number 73: University of Maryland-College Park- $27,461 a year at over $110k
- 88% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 45%
- Net price
- $14,296
- SAT median
- 1420
Number 74: University of Kentucky- $27,661 a year at over $110k
- 72% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $18,868
- SAT median
- 1207
Number 75: University of Missouri-Columbia- $27,755 a year at over $110k
- 76% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $21,142
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 76: Ohio State University-Main Campus- $27,873 a year at over $110k
- 87% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 61%
- Net price
- $17,269
- SAT median
- 1345
Number 77: Clemson University- $27,922 a year at over $110k
- 87% graduate
- $79k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 38%
- Net price
- $22,032
- SAT median
- 1320
Number 78: University of Wisconsin-Madison- $28,208 a year at over $110k
- 90% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 45%
- Net price
- $16,600
- SAT median
- 1410
Number 79: Centre College- $28,448 a year at over $110k
- 80% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 54%
- Net price
- $19,980
- SAT median
- 1350
Number 80: University of South Carolina-Columbia- $28,504 a year at over $110k
- 79% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $22,197
- SAT median
- 1255
Number 81: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor- $28,625 a year at over $110k
- 93% graduate
- $93k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 16%
- Net price
- $14,362
Number 82: Stony Brook University- $28,664 a year at over $110k
- 76% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 49%
- Net price
- $18,902
- SAT median
- 1390
Number 83: University of Vermont- $28,966 a year at over $110k
- 80% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $20,277
- SAT median
- 1325
Number 84: Temple University- $29,206 a year at over $110k
- 74% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 80%
- Net price
- $23,058
Number 85: Bradley University- $29,536 a year at over $110k
- 75% graduate
- $76k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $22,469
- SAT median
- 1170
Number 86: Oregon State University- $29,717 a year at over $110k
- 69% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $21,504
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 87: Loyola University New Orleans- $29,797 a year at over $110k
- 60% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $21,888
Number 88: New Jersey Institute of Technology- $29,832 a year at over $110k
- 72% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $18,783
- SAT median
- 1305
Number 89: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign- $29,998 a year at over $110k
- 86% graduate
- $88k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 42%
- Net price
- $13,042
- SAT median
- 1415
Number 90: University of California-Riverside- $30,021 a year at over $110k
- 76% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 76%
- Net price
- $12,672
Number 91: Michigan State University- $30,356 a year at over $110k
- 81% graduate
- $74k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $21,322
- SAT median
- 1210
Number 92: University of Washington-Seattle Campus- $30,441 a year at over $110k
- 85% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 39%
- Net price
- $13,663
Number 93: The University of Texas at Austin- $30,480 a year at over $110k
- 89% graduate
- $82k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 27%
- Net price
- $18,554
- SAT median
- 1365
Number 94: University of Cincinnati-Main Campus- $30,546 a year at over $110k
- 75% graduate
- $61k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $24,917
- SAT median
- 1250
Number 95: Auburn University- $30,726 a year at over $110k
- 82% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 46%
- Net price
- $25,424
Number 96: Texas A&M University-College Station- $30,748 a year at over $110k
- 84% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 57%
- Net price
- $21,527
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 97: University of New Hampshire-Main Campus- $30,808 a year at over $110k
- 76% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 88%
- Net price
- $26,150
- SAT median
- 1205
Number 98: University of California-Irvine- $30,831 a year at over $110k
- 87% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 29%
- Net price
- $13,866
Number 99: Agnes Scott College- $31,210 a year at over $110k
- 70% graduate
- $60k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 62%
- Net price
- $24,648
Number 100: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo- $31,461 a year at over $110k
- 86% graduate
- $96k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 31%
- Net price
- $18,832
Number 101: University of Rhode Island- $31,501 a year at over $110k
- 73% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 72%
- Net price
- $22,469
- SAT median
- 1190
Number 102: University of Oregon- $31,631 a year at over $110k
- 71% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 88%
- Net price
- $22,547
Number 103: Lawrence University- $31,836 a year at over $110k
- 78% graduate
- $59k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 64%
- Net price
- $22,758
- SAT median
- 1345
Number 104: James Madison University- $31,907 a year at over $110k
- 80% graduate
- $75k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 72%
- Net price
- $23,550
- SAT median
- 1225
Number 105: University of Utah- $32,141 a year at over $110k
- 66% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 86%
- Net price
- $27,314
- SAT median
- 1285
Number 106: Drake University- $32,318 a year at over $110k
- 72% graduate
- $79k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 64%
- Net price
- $29,415
- SAT median
- 1300
Number 107: University of California-San Diego- $32,338 a year at over $110k
- 86% graduate
- $96k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 27%
- Net price
- $14,794
Number 108: Colorado State University-Fort Collins- $32,378 a year at over $110k
- 67% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $22,247
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 109: Whittier College- $32,567 a year at over $110k
- 58% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 81%
- Net price
- $24,940
- SAT median
- 1230
Number 110: Miami University-Oxford- $32,613 a year at over $110k
- 81% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 75%
- Net price
- $29,447
- SAT median
- 1265
Number 111: University of California-Davis- $32,902 a year at over $110k
- 86% graduate
- $87k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 42%
- Net price
- $14,318
Number 112: University of California-Los Angeles- $32,922 a year at over $110k
- 93% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 9%
- Net price
- $14,659
Number 113: Saint Louis University- $33,811 a year at over $110k
- 79% graduate
- $76k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 75%
- Net price
- $29,674
- SAT median
- 1325
Number 114: University of Virginia-Main Campus- $33,994 a year at over $110k
- 95% graduate
- $96k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 17%
- Net price
- $18,056
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 115: University of Colorado Boulder- $34,026 a year at over $110k
- 74% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $23,708
- SAT median
- 1280
Number 116: Trinity University- $34,130 a year at over $110k
- 83% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 26%
- Net price
- $22,962
- SAT median
- 1374
Number 117: California Lutheran University- $34,186 a year at over $110k
- 69% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 76%
- Net price
- $26,445
- SAT median
- 1190
Number 118: Rutgers University-New Brunswick- $34,232 a year at over $110k
- 84% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 58%
- Net price
- $24,897
- SAT median
- 1355
Number 119: Xavier University- $34,482 a year at over $110k
- 70% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 86%
- Net price
- $31,905
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 120: Saint Edward's University- $34,488 a year at over $110k
- 60% graduate
- $65k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 81%
- Net price
- $26,034
Number 121: Milwaukee School of Engineering- $34,743 a year at over $110k
- 65% graduate
- $93k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 59%
- Net price
- $27,027
- SAT median
- 1283
Number 122: Wentworth Institute of Technology- $34,896 a year at over $110k
- 66% graduate
- $95k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 91%
- Net price
- $30,134
- SAT median
- 1235
Number 123: Willamette University- $34,914 a year at over $110k
- 71% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $25,908
Number 124: Illinois Institute of Technology- $35,019 a year at over $110k
- 73% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 55%
- Net price
- $22,443
- SAT median
- 1320
Number 125: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute- $35,346 a year at over $110k
- 82% graduate
- $113k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 63%
- Net price
- $32,758
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 126: University of the Pacific- $35,741 a year at over $110k
- 71% graduate
- $88k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 71%
- Net price
- $24,186
- SAT median
- 1250
Number 127: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University- $35,800 a year at over $110k
- 86% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 55%
- Net price
- $25,808
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 128: University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus- $35,864 a year at over $110k
- 86% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 58%
- Net price
- $29,362
- SAT median
- 1360
Number 129: University of Dayton- $36,044 a year at over $110k
- 80% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $30,366
- SAT median
- 1230
Number 130: University of Redlands- $36,186 a year at over $110k
- 66% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 83%
- Net price
- $30,924
- SAT median
- 1195
Number 131: Lehigh University- $36,233 a year at over $110k
- 86% graduate
- $116k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 26%
- Net price
- $25,272
- SAT median
- 1408
Number 132: Kettering University- $36,265 a year at over $110k
- 72% graduate
- $96k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 79%
- Net price
- $29,797
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 133: Southwestern University- $36,551 a year at over $110k
- 73% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 43%
- Net price
- $29,435
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 134: University of Connecticut- $36,552 a year at over $110k
- 83% graduate
- $82k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 52%
- Net price
- $24,342
- SAT median
- 1330
Number 135: University of California-Santa Barbara- $36,658 a year at over $110k
- 83% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 33%
- Net price
- $16,807
Number 136: Creighton University- $36,758 a year at over $110k
- 83% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 80%
- Net price
- $32,456
- SAT median
- 1250
Number 137: Rhodes College- $36,911 a year at over $110k
- 83% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 50%
- Net price
- $28,776
- SAT median
- 1410
Number 138: William & Mary- $37,032 a year at over $110k
- 89% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 34%
- Net price
- $18,880
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 139: Clarkson University- $37,156 a year at over $110k
- 73% graduate
- $92k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $32,137
- SAT median
- 1280
Number 140: Marquette University- $37,187 a year at over $110k
- 81% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 81%
- Net price
- $30,561
- SAT median
- 1270
Number 141: University of California-Berkeley- $37,451 a year at over $110k
- 93% graduate
- $100k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $14,538
Number 142: Virginia Commonwealth University- $38,273 a year at over $110k
- 64% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $25,037
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 143: Colorado School of Mines- $38,429 a year at over $110k
- 82% graduate
- $102k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 61%
- Net price
- $32,901
- SAT median
- 1390
Number 144: Dickinson College- $38,457 a year at over $110k
- 77% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 42%
- Net price
- $28,634
Number 145: University of San Francisco- $38,553 a year at over $110k
- 68% graduate
- $95k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 62%
- Net price
- $30,496
- SAT median
- 1290
Number 146: Princeton University- $38,927 a year at over $110k
- 97% graduate
- $134k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 5%
- Net price
- $7,815
- SAT median
- 1515
Number 147: Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus- $39,140 a year at over $110k
- 86% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 61%
- Net price
- $33,675
Number 148: Whitman College- $39,342 a year at over $110k
- 78% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 38%
- Net price
- $29,486
- SAT median
- 1375
Number 149: Washington and Lee University- $39,474 a year at over $110k
- 95% graduate
- $103k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 14%
- Net price
- $25,279
- SAT median
- 1470
Number 150: Bard College- $40,161 a year at over $110k
- 68% graduate
- $55k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 52%
- Net price
- $27,126
Number 151: Rice University- $40,188 a year at over $110k
- 95% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 8%
- Net price
- $11,164
- SAT median
- 1530
Number 152: The University of the South- $40,379 a year at over $110k
- 79% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 57%
- Net price
- $31,931
- SAT median
- 1295
Number 153: Columbia University in the City of New York- $40,931 a year at over $110k
- 96% graduate
- $109k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $15,370
- SAT median
- 1520
Number 154: Tuskegee University- $41,005 a year at over $110k
- 55% graduate
- $58k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 49%
- Net price
- $40,141
- SAT median
- 1025
Number 155: Howard University- $41,046 a year at over $110k
- 72% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 41%
- Net price
- $33,002
- SAT median
- 1185
Number 156: Clark Atlanta University- $41,270 a year at over $110k
- 44% graduate
- $47k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 64%
- Net price
- $38,626
- SAT median
- 957
Number 157: Furman University- $42,171 a year at over $110k
- 76% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 43%
- Net price
- $31,764
- SAT median
- 1331
Number 158: Vanderbilt University- $42,583 a year at over $110k
- 93% graduate
- $99k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 6%
- Net price
- $15,497
- SAT median
- 1525
Number 159: University of Portland- $42,792 a year at over $110k
- 80% graduate
- $86k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 89%
- Net price
- $28,803
- SAT median
- 1263
Number 160: Johns Hopkins University- $43,081 a year at over $110k
- 94% graduate
- $105k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 6%
- Net price
- $18,431
Number 161: Butler University- $43,200 a year at over $110k
- 79% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 85%
- Net price
- $37,499
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 162: Loyola University Chicago- $43,708 a year at over $110k
- 73% graduate
- $78k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 82%
- Net price
- $36,340
- SAT median
- 1260
Number 163: Belmont University- $43,872 a year at over $110k
- 71% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 95%
- Net price
- $32,648
- SAT median
- 1245
Number 164: Lewis & Clark College- $44,072 a year at over $110k
- 75% graduate
- $64k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $34,286
- SAT median
- 1330
Number 165: Morehouse College- $44,140 a year at over $110k
- 58% graduate
- $62k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 44%
- Net price
- $38,655
Number 166: University of Notre Dame- $45,146 a year at over $110k
- 95% graduate
- $113k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $25,339
- SAT median
- 1480
Number 167: Stevens Institute of Technology- $45,333 a year at over $110k
- 88% graduate
- $118k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 48%
- Net price
- $37,396
- SAT median
- 1440
Number 168: Gettysburg College- $45,715 a year at over $110k
- 81% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 39%
- Net price
- $33,015
- SAT median
- 1355
Number 169: Mount Holyoke College- $45,832 a year at over $110k
- 83% graduate
- $66k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 36%
- Net price
- $30,861
- SAT median
- 1405
Number 170: Seattle University- $45,994 a year at over $110k
- 73% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $34,324
- SAT median
- 1225
Number 171: Elon University- $46,478 a year at over $110k
- 83% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 66%
- Net price
- $35,785
Number 172: University of Denver- $46,868 a year at over $110k
- 75% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 78%
- Net price
- $31,961
- SAT median
- 1295
Number 173: Drexel University- $46,936 a year at over $110k
- 78% graduate
- $92k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 79%
- Net price
- $37,529
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 174: Washington University in St Louis- $47,130 a year at over $110k
- 94% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 12%
- Net price
- $13,360
- SAT median
- 1530
Number 175: Stanford University- $47,575 a year at over $110k
- 92% graduate
- $125k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $12,307
- SAT median
- 1520
Number 176: Yale University- $47,749 a year at over $110k
- 96% graduate
- $118k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $11,340
- SAT median
- 1530
Number 177: Kenyon College- $48,147 a year at over $110k
- 84% graduate
- $66k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 31%
- Net price
- $33,279
- SAT median
- 1420
Number 178: Rochester Institute of Technology- $48,386 a year at over $110k
- 70% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 67%
- Net price
- $37,232
- SAT median
- 1360
Number 179: Brown University- $48,459 a year at over $110k
- 96% graduate
- $100k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 5%
- Net price
- $26,976
- SAT median
- 1515
Number 180: Franklin and Marshall College- $48,580 a year at over $110k
- 81% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 28%
- Net price
- $33,445
Number 181: Worcester Polytechnic Institute- $48,711 a year at over $110k
- 90% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 60%
- Net price
- $43,885
Number 182: Duke University- $48,954 a year at over $110k
- 96% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 6%
- Net price
- $23,706
- SAT median
- 1513
Number 183: Emory University- $49,057 a year at over $110k
- 91% graduate
- $94k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $16,754
- SAT median
- 1480
Number 184: Connecticut College- $49,170 a year at over $110k
- 82% graduate
- $82k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 37%
- Net price
- $35,960
- SAT median
- 1405
Number 185: University of Chicago- $49,769 a year at over $110k
- 95% graduate
- $104k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $16,776
- SAT median
- 1545
Number 186: Trinity College- $49,941 a year at over $110k
- 83% graduate
- $103k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 29%
- Net price
- $37,004
- SAT median
- 1407
Number 187: Baylor University- $50,541 a year at over $110k
- 81% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 51%
- Net price
- $44,441
- SAT median
- 1255
Number 188: Denison University- $50,673 a year at over $110k
- 79% graduate
- $73k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 17%
- Net price
- $40,163
- SAT median
- 1330
Number 189: Spelman College- $50,714 a year at over $110k
- 78% graduate
- $66k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 25%
- Net price
- $46,089
Number 190: Massachusetts Institute of Technology- $50,747 a year at over $110k
- 96% graduate
- $153k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 5%
- Net price
- $14,815
Number 191: Bentley University- $50,907 a year at over $110k
- 87% graduate
- $126k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 45%
- Net price
- $38,969
- SAT median
- 1327
Number 192: Harvard University- $51,128 a year at over $110k
- 97% graduate
- $122k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 4%
- Net price
- $19,148
- SAT median
- 1530
Number 193: University of Miami- $51,155 a year at over $110k
- 84% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 19%
- Net price
- $36,483
- SAT median
- 1380
Number 194: University of Rochester- $51,184 a year at over $110k
- 84% graduate
- $88k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 40%
- Net price
- $34,347
- SAT median
- 1445
Number 195: Fordham University- $51,995 a year at over $110k
- 81% graduate
- $93k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 59%
- Net price
- $42,760
- SAT median
- 1390
Number 196: Lafayette College- $52,178 a year at over $110k
- 87% graduate
- $102k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 31%
- Net price
- $35,879
- SAT median
- 1380
Number 197: George Washington University- $52,577 a year at over $110k
- 83% graduate
- $97k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 47%
- Net price
- $35,760
- SAT median
- 1400
Number 198: Occidental College- $53,785 a year at over $110k
- 80% graduate
- $80k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 44%
- Net price
- $37,470
- SAT median
- 1415
Number 199: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology- $54,689 a year at over $110k
- 76% graduate
- $108k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 77%
- Net price
- $43,360
- SAT median
- 1375
Number 200: Texas Christian University- $54,791 a year at over $110k
- 86% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 44%
- Net price
- $35,045
- SAT median
- 1240
Number 201: Berklee College of Music- $55,038 a year at over $110k
- 70% graduate
- $43k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 44%
- Net price
- $47,587
Number 202: Chapman University- $55,261 a year at over $110k
- 82% graduate
- $81k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 65%
- Net price
- $46,708
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 203: Case Western Reserve University- $55,534 a year at over $110k
- 87% graduate
- $90k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 37%
- Net price
- $44,622
- SAT median
- 1470
Number 204: Cornell University- $55,935 a year at over $110k
- 95% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 9%
- Net price
- $33,934
- SAT median
- 1505
Number 205: Carnegie Mellon University- $56,003 a year at over $110k
- 94% graduate
- $125k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 12%
- Net price
- $35,780
- SAT median
- 1520
Number 206: Northwestern University- $56,074 a year at over $110k
- 96% graduate
- $104k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 8%
- Net price
- $34,420
- SAT median
- 1520
Number 207: Dartmouth College- $56,894 a year at over $110k
- 95% graduate
- $111k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 5%
- Net price
- $26,707
- SAT median
- 1500
Number 208: Art Center College of Design- $56,996 a year at over $110k
- 80% graduate
- $76k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 75%
- Net price
- $48,389
Number 209: Villanova University- $57,135 a year at over $110k
- 92% graduate
- $115k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 27%
- Net price
- $41,536
- SAT median
- 1420
Number 210: Pratt Institute-Main- $57,199 a year at over $110k
- 74% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 73%
- Net price
- $48,876
- SAT median
- 1300
Number 211: California Institute of the Arts- $57,246 a year at over $110k
- 65% graduate
- $45k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 32%
- Net price
- $49,996
Number 212: Southern Methodist University- $57,328 a year at over $110k
- 84% graduate
- $90k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 63%
- Net price
- $39,816
- SAT median
- 1425
Number 213: Pitzer College- $57,685 a year at over $110k
- 83% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 25%
- Net price
- $36,135
Number 214: Tufts University- $57,862 a year at over $110k
- 94% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $38,797
- SAT median
- 1495
Number 215: College of the Holy Cross- $58,649 a year at over $110k
- 87% graduate
- $100k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 18%
- Net price
- $38,829
- SAT median
- 1330
Number 216: University of Southern California- $59,062 a year at over $110k
- 91% graduate
- $103k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 10%
- Net price
- $33,056
- SAT median
- 1475
Number 217: Emerson College- $59,402 a year at over $110k
- 79% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 51%
- Net price
- $49,215
- SAT median
- 1300
Number 218: Tulane University of Louisiana- $59,766 a year at over $110k
- 87% graduate
- $68k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 14%
- Net price
- $40,693
- SAT median
- 1435
Number 219: Syracuse University- $60,127 a year at over $110k
- 82% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 46%
- Net price
- $43,336
- SAT median
- 1310
Number 220: Georgetown University- $60,179 a year at over $110k
- 95% graduate
- $111k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 13%
- Net price
- $33,661
- SAT median
- 1480
Number 221: University of Pennsylvania- $61,455 a year at over $110k
- 97% graduate
- $122k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 5%
- Net price
- $29,577
- SAT median
- 1525
Number 222: Boston College- $61,800 a year at over $110k
- 90% graduate
- $112k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 16%
- Net price
- $38,930
- SAT median
- 1475
Number 223: Santa Clara University- $63,129 a year at over $110k
- 88% graduate
- $117k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 48%
- Net price
- $50,570
- SAT median
- 1410
Number 224: Pepperdine University- $63,600 a year at over $110k
- 81% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 63%
- Net price
- $48,065
- SAT median
- 1350
Number 225: Loyola Marymount University- $63,737 a year at over $110k
- 79% graduate
- $86k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 45%
- Net price
- $50,518
- SAT median
- 1335
Number 226: Wake Forest University- $65,247 a year at over $110k
- 90% graduate
- $104k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 22%
- Net price
- $28,165
Number 227: School of Visual Arts- $67,366 a year at over $110k
- 77% graduate
- $52k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 93%
- Net price
- $59,593
- SAT median
- 1252
Number 228: Bucknell University- $67,428 a year at over $110k
- 86% graduate
- $110k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 29%
- Net price
- $50,021
- SAT median
- 1373
Number 229: New York University- $68,303 a year at over $110k
- 88% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 9%
- Net price
- $35,737
- SAT median
- 1510
Number 230: Rhode Island School of Design- $72,156 a year at over $110k
- 90% graduate
- $69k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 19%
- Net price
- $50,513
- SAT median
- 1395
Number 231: Boston University- $83,101 a year at over $110k
- 89% graduate
- $89k after 10 years
- Acceptance
- 11%
- Net price
- $36,503
- SAT median
- 1440
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