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Middle Class Affordability Rankings™ by Major for 2023
College Raptor ranks the most affordable colleges by college major, based on the estimated net price at each institution that offers that major for a “typical” middle class family from a selected state.
The net price of a college is the actual cost of the school paid by the student and family, after factoring in merit and grant aid from the college federal programs and work study.
The net price of a college is the actual cost of the school paid by the student and family, after factoring in merit and grant aid from the college federal programs and work study.
"Typical" Middle Class Family
Used in the net price estimates shown below
Number in Family
4
Number In College
1
Total Income
$80,000
Total Assets
$50,000
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Reminder: All net prices shown by College Raptor are our estimates. Please contact the college financial aid office for actual net cost figures.
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Menlo College
|
$7,500
|
|
| 3 |
Wilberforce University
|
$8,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$9,900
|
|
| 1 |
University of California-Davis
|
$9,900
|
|
| 3 |
Washington State University
|
$11,600
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Harvard University
|
$5,900
|
|
| 3 |
Princeton University
|
$6,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Harvard University
|
$5,900
|
|
| 3 |
Yale University
|
$9,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 3 |
Yale University
|
$9,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Harvard University
|
$5,900
|
|
| 2 |
Stanford University
|
$7,100
|
|
| 3 |
Yale University
|
$9,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CUNY City College (no-board)
|
$9,600
|
|
| 2 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$9,900
|
|
| 3 |
Baptist Health Sciences University
|
$10,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College (no-board)
|
$9,500
|
|
| 2 |
CUNY Queens College (no-board)
|
$9,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 3 |
Princeton University
|
$6,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Stanford University
|
$7,100
|
|
| 3 |
Wilberforce University
|
$8,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 3 |
Wilberforce University
|
$8,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice (off-campus)
|
$9,800
|
|
| 3 |
Western Washington University (out-of-state with discount)
|
$10,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wilberforce University
|
$8,900
|
|
| 2 |
Le Moyne-Owen College
|
$9,600
|
|
| 3 |
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice (off-campus)
|
$9,800
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United Tribes Technical College
|
$8,600
|
|
| 2 |
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
|
$9,500
|
|
| 3 |
Elizabeth City State University
|
$9,600
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice (off-campus)
|
$9,800
|
|
| 2 |
The University of Texas Permian Basin
|
$11,400
|
|
| 3 |
The University of Texas Permian Basin
|
$11,600
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CUNY City College (no-board)
|
$9,600
|
|
| 2 |
University of North Texas at Dallas
|
$10,200
|
|
| 3 |
Washington State University
|
$11,600
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Stanford University
|
$7,100
|
|
| 3 |
Yale University
|
$9,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Sitting Bull College
|
$8,600
|
|
| 3 |
Florida Gateway College
|
$9,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Harvard University
|
$5,900
|
|
| 3 |
Princeton University
|
$6,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
College of the Marshall Islands
|
$8,600
|
|
| 2 |
Sitting Bull College
|
$8,600
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
College of the Marshall Islands
|
$8,600
|
|
| 2 |
United Tribes Technical College
|
$8,600
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Haskell Indian Nations University
|
$9,100
|
|
| 2 |
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
|
$9,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Harvard University
|
$5,900
|
|
| 2 |
Yale University
|
$9,200
|
|
| 3 |
California State University-Monterey Bay
|
$9,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
CUNY Queens College (no-board)
|
$9,500
|
|
| 3 |
Elizabeth City State University
|
$9,600
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Menlo College
|
$7,500
|
|
| 3 |
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College (no-board)
|
$9,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Stanford University
|
$7,100
|
|
| 3 |
CUNY Queens College (no-board)
|
$9,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Sitting Bull College
|
$8,600
|
|
| 3 |
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
|
$9,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
San Diego State University
|
$9,600
|
|
| 2 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$9,900
|
|
| 3 |
University of Guam
|
$10,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Midland College
|
$8,700
|
|
| 2 |
Midland College
|
$9,300
|
|
| 3 |
CUNY Lehman College (no-board)
|
$9,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
California State University-Monterey Bay
|
$9,300
|
|
| 2 |
San Diego State University
|
$9,600
|
|
| 3 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$9,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
California State University-Monterey Bay
|
$9,300
|
|
| 3 |
Kentucky State University
|
$9,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
|
$11,000
|
|
| 2 |
Washington University in St Louis
|
$11,900
|
|
| 3 |
Oakland University
|
$12,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
California State University-Monterey Bay
|
$9,300
|
|
| 2 |
Northwest Indian College
|
$9,700
|
|
| 3 |
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice (off-campus)
|
$9,800
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
|
$11,000
|
|
| 2 |
Oakland University
|
$12,200
|
|
| 3 |
North Carolina A - T State University
|
$14,000
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College (no-board)
|
$9,500
|
|
| 2 |
CUNY Lehman College (no-board)
|
$9,700
|
|
| 3 |
College of Staten Island CUNY
|
$10,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 3 |
Stanford University
|
$7,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College (no-board)
|
$9,500
|
|
| 3 |
Le Moyne-Owen College
|
$9,600
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Harvard University
|
$5,900
|
|
| 2 |
Yale University
|
$9,200
|
|
| 3 |
California State University-Monterey Bay
|
$9,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
University of North Texas at Dallas
|
$10,200
|
|
| 3 |
University of North Florida
|
$11,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Western Washington University (out-of-state with discount)
|
$10,200
|
|
| 2 |
Fayetteville State University
|
$11,200
|
|
| 3 |
Dalton State College
|
$11,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Menlo College
|
$7,500
|
|
| 3 |
Wilberforce University
|
$8,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
CUNY Queens College (no-board)
|
$9,500
|
|
| 3 |
CUNY Lehman College (no-board)
|
$9,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Princeton University
|
$6,700
|
|
| 2 |
Yale University
|
$9,200
|
|
| 3 |
CUNY Queens College (no-board)
|
$9,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Harvard University
|
$5,900
|
|
| 3 |
Princeton University
|
$6,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Harvard University
|
$5,900
|
|
| 3 |
Princeton University
|
$6,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
CUNY Queens College (no-board)
|
$9,500
|
|
| 2 |
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
|
$9,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 3 |
Harvard University
|
$5,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
San Diego State University
|
$9,600
|
|
| 3 |
CUNY Lehman College (no-board)
|
$9,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Florida Gateway College
|
$9,100
|
|
| 3 |
California State University-Monterey Bay
|
$9,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Stanford University
|
$7,100
|
|
| 3 |
University of California-Davis
|
$9,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Harvard University
|
$5,900
|
|
| 3 |
California State University-Monterey Bay
|
$9,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sitting Bull College
|
$8,600
|
|
| 2 |
Wilberforce University
|
$8,900
|
|
| 3 |
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
|
$9,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 3 |
Harvard University
|
$5,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 3 |
Stanford University
|
$7,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 2 |
Elizabeth City State University
|
$9,600
|
|
| 3 |
University of Alaska Southeast
|
$10,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
|
$9,500
|
|
| 2 |
Elizabeth City State University
|
$9,600
|
|
| 2 |
San Diego State University
|
$9,600
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Elizabeth City State University
|
$9,600
|
|
| 2 |
University of North Florida
|
$11,200
|
|
| 3 |
Washington State University
|
$11,600
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University
|
$1,500
|
|
| 3 |
California State University-Monterey Bay
|
$9,300
|
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