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Middle Class Affordability Rankings™ by Major for 2020
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 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 3 |
Paul Quinn College
|
$8,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
University of California-Davis
|
$9,400
|
|
| 3 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$10,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Stanford University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 2 |
Harvard University
|
$7,000
|
|
| 3 |
Princeton University
|
$8,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 2 |
Harvard University
|
$7,000
|
|
| 3 |
Paul Quinn College
|
$8,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 3 |
University of California-Davis
|
$9,400
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
Stanford University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 3 |
Harvard University
|
$7,000
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Minot State University
|
$13,100
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University-Provo
|
$13,300
|
|
| 3 |
Bellevue University
|
$13,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
University of California-Davis
|
$9,400
|
|
| 3 |
Washington University in St Louis
|
$12,800
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 3 |
Stanford University
|
$6,300
|
| 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 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 2 |
Stanford University
|
$6,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Princeton University
|
$8,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Tennessee Wesleyan University
|
$9,000
|
|
| 3 |
Yale University
|
$9,400
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wilberforce University
|
$13,400
|
|
| 2 |
Wiley College
|
$14,100
|
|
| 3 |
Northern Arizona University (in-state)
|
$15,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 2 |
United Tribes Technical College
|
$8,700
|
|
| 3 |
Tennessee Wesleyan University
|
$9,000
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Northern Arizona University (in-state)
|
$15,200
|
|
| 2 |
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
|
$15,600
|
|
| 3 |
University of Pennsylvania
|
$16,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 1 |
Stanford University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 3 |
University of California-Davis
|
$9,400
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$10,100
|
|
| 3 |
Vanderbilt University
|
$11,300
|
| 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 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
Sitting Bull College
|
$7,700
|
|
| 3 |
Haskell Indian Nations University
|
$8,000
|
| 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 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
Sitting Bull College
|
$7,700
|
|
| 3 |
Haskell Indian Nations University
|
$8,000
|
| 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 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 3 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Harvard University
|
$7,000
|
|
| 3 |
Sitting Bull College
|
$7,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
Washington University in St Louis
|
$12,800
|
|
| 3 |
Minot State University
|
$13,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
Stanford University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 3 |
University of California-Davis
|
$9,400
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 1 |
Stanford University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 3 |
Princeton University
|
$8,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$10,100
|
|
| 3 |
Washington University in St Louis
|
$12,800
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
Tennessee Wesleyan University
|
$9,000
|
|
| 3 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$10,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tennessee Wesleyan University
|
$9,000
|
|
| 2 |
Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences
|
$12,500
|
|
| 3 |
Washington University in St Louis
|
$12,800
|
| 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 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$10,100
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
|
$13,900
|
|
| 3 |
Wiley College
|
$14,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
University of California-Davis
|
$9,400
|
|
| 3 |
Brigham Young University-Provo
|
$13,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tennessee Wesleyan University
|
$9,000
|
|
| 2 |
Washington University in St Louis
|
$12,800
|
|
| 3 |
Bellevue University
|
$13,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Northwest Indian College
|
$10,300
|
|
| 2 |
Southwestern Christian University
|
$13,600
|
|
| 3 |
Bellevue University
|
$13,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
Columbia University in the City of New York
|
$12,900
|
|
| 3 |
Navajo Technical University
|
$13,400
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 2 |
Columbia University in the City of New York
|
$12,900
|
|
| 3 |
Bellevue University
|
$13,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$10,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Minot State University
|
$13,100
|
|
| 2 |
Bellevue University
|
$13,900
|
|
| 3 |
Cottey College
|
$14,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 2 |
Stanford University
|
$6,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Tennessee Wesleyan University
|
$9,000
|
|
| 3 |
Colby College
|
$12,600
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 3 |
Washington and Lee University
|
$9,400
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 3 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 2 |
Harvard University
|
$7,000
|
|
| 3 |
Paul Quinn College
|
$8,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University-Provo
|
$13,300
|
|
| 3 |
Bellevue University
|
$13,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
Minot State University
|
$13,100
|
|
| 3 |
Brigham Young University-Provo
|
$13,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
Tennessee Wesleyan University
|
$9,000
|
|
| 3 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$10,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lane College
|
$12,700
|
|
| 2 |
Wilberforce University
|
$13,400
|
|
| 3 |
Pomona College
|
$13,600
|
| 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 Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 3 |
Princeton University
|
$8,100
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 2 |
Stanford University
|
$6,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Princeton University
|
$8,100
|
|
| 2 |
Washington and Lee University
|
$9,400
|
|
| 3 |
Rice University
|
$9,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 3 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 2 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$10,100
|
|
| 3 |
Elizabeth City State University
|
$10,700
|
| 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 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 3 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mississippi University for Women
|
$12,300
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University-Provo
|
$13,300
|
|
| 3 |
Northern Arizona University (in-state)
|
$15,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Washington and Lee University
|
$9,400
|
|
| 2 |
Brigham Young University-Provo
|
$13,300
|
|
| 3 |
Mississippi Valley State University
|
$15,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tennessee Wesleyan University
|
$9,000
|
|
| 2 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$10,100
|
|
| 3 |
Oklahoma Panhandle State University
|
$12,000
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Harvard University
|
$7,000
|
|
| 2 |
University of Chicago
|
$11,300
|
|
| 2 |
Vanderbilt University
|
$11,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tennessee Wesleyan University
|
$9,000
|
|
| 2 |
College of the Ozarks
|
$10,100
|
|
| 3 |
Elizabeth City State University
|
$10,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
$5,700
|
|
| 3 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
|
| 2 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 2 |
Stanford University
|
$6,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tennessee Wesleyan University
|
$9,000
|
|
| 2 |
Vanderbilt University
|
$11,300
|
|
| 3 |
Le Moyne-Owen College
|
$11,800
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
California Lutheran University
|
$6,300
|
|
| 2 |
Elizabeth City State University
|
$10,700
|
|
| 3 |
Vanderbilt University
|
$11,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tennessee Wesleyan University
|
$9,000
|
|
| 2 |
Rice University
|
$9,700
|
|
| 3 |
Elizabeth City State University
|
$10,700
|
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