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Middle Class Affordability Rankings™ by State for 2023
College Raptor ranks the most affordable colleges by state, based on the estimated net price at each institution for a “typical” middle class family.
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 |
Alabama State University (in-state)
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$15,000
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| 2 |
Alabama A - M University (in-state)
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$15,500
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| 2 |
Troy University (in-state)
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$15,500
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Alaska Fairbanks (in-state)
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$14,900
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| 2 |
Alaska Pacific University
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$26,200
|
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| 3 |
University of Alaska Anchorage (in-state)
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$26,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dine College
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$10,300
|
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| 2 |
Northern Arizona University (in-state)
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$15,600
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| 3 |
Arizona State University Campus Immersion (in-state)
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$19,800
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (in-state)
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$13,200
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| 2 |
Lyon College
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$13,300
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| 3 |
Arkansas Tech University (in-state)
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$14,100
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pomona College
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$6,500
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| 2 |
California State University-Monterey Bay (in-state)
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$6,800
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| 3 |
Sonoma State University (in-state)
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$7,500
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
|
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| 2 |
Colorado Mountain College (in-state)
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$9,700
|
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| 3 |
Colorado State University-Global Campus (off-campus)
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$10,000
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Yale University
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$6,700
|
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| 2 |
Wesleyan University
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$8,100
|
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| 3 |
Trinity College
|
$13,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry (in-state, off-campus)
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$9,700
|
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| 2 |
Delaware State University (in-state)
|
$13,200
|
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| 3 |
University of Delaware (out-of-state with discount)
|
$23,500
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Georgetown University
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$9,400
|
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| 2 |
American University
|
$14,600
|
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| 3 |
Trinity Washington University
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$17,500
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Florida Gateway College (in-state)
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$7,900
|
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| 2 |
Indian River State College (in-state, off-campus)
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$8,000
|
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| 3 |
Miami Dade College (in-state, off-campus)
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$8,300
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dalton State College (in-state)
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$10,600
|
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| 2 |
Paine College
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$12,000
|
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| 3 |
Savannah State University (in-state)
|
$12,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Hawaii at Hilo (in-state)
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$14,100
|
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| 2 |
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
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$17,600
|
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| 3 |
University of Hawaii at Manoa (in-state)
|
$21,500
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Idaho (in-state)
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$12,200
|
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| 2 |
Lewis-Clark State College (in-state)
|
$15,500
|
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| 3 |
Idaho State University (in-state)
|
$15,700
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Chicago
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$7,700
|
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| 2 |
Illinois College
|
$8,100
|
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| 3 |
Northwestern University
|
$9,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Oakland City University
|
$13,100
|
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| 2 |
University of Notre Dame
|
$14,400
|
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| 3 |
Indiana University-Southeast (in-state)
|
$14,500
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Emmaus Bible College
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$14,700
|
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| 2 |
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary
|
$16,100
|
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| 3 |
William Penn University
|
$17,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Haskell Indian Nations University
|
$8,100
|
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| 2 |
Wichita State University (in-state)
|
$11,500
|
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| 3 |
Fort Hays State University (in-state)
|
$14,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kentucky State University (in-state)
|
$7,900
|
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| 2 |
Eastern Kentucky University (in-state)
|
$14,900
|
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| 3 |
Brescia University
|
$16,200
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana State University-Alexandria (in-state)
|
$12,400
|
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| 2 |
University of Louisiana at Monroe (in-state)
|
$14,700
|
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| 3 |
McNeese State University (in-state)
|
$15,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Colby College
|
$7,000
|
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| 2 |
Bates College
|
$9,500
|
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| 3 |
University of Maine at Fort Kent (in-state)
|
$9,600
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
|
$0
|
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| 2 |
Johns Hopkins University
|
$6,400
|
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| 3 |
Towson University (out-of-state with discount)
|
$13,000
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Williams College
|
$5,800
|
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| 2 |
Harvard University
|
$5,900
|
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| 3 |
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
|
$7,300
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Henry Ford College (in-state, off-campus)
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$7,600
|
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| 2 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (in-state)
|
$13,500
|
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| 3 |
Ferris State University
|
$14,600
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
St Olaf College
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$13,600
|
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| 2 |
Southwest Minnesota State University
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$14,400
|
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| 3 |
University of Minnesota-Morris (in-state)
|
$15,800
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Rust College
|
$9,900
|
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| 2 |
William Carey University
|
$13,300
|
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| 3 |
Mississippi University for Women
|
$13,700
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
College of the Ozarks
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$8,500
|
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| 2 |
Urshan College
|
$8,600
|
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| 3 |
Washington University in St Louis
|
$8,900
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Montana State University-Northern (in-state)
|
$12,600
|
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| 2 |
The University of Montana-Western (in-state)
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$13,400
|
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| 3 |
The University of Montana (in-state)
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$16,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wayne State College (in-state)
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$14,800
|
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| 2 |
Chadron State College (in-state)
|
$16,300
|
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| 3 |
College of Saint Mary
|
$16,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
College of Southern Nevada (in-state, off-campus)
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$9,400
|
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| 2 |
University of Nevada-Reno (in-state)
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$18,700
|
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| 3 |
University of Nevada-Las Vegas (in-state)
|
$19,300
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dartmouth College
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$12,000
|
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| 2 |
University of New Hampshire at Manchester (in-state)
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$17,100
|
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| 3 |
Keene State College (in-state)
|
$18,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Princeton University
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$7,100
|
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| 2 |
Drew University
|
$14,300
|
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| 3 |
Rutgers University-New Brunswick (in-state)
|
$18,100
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus (in-state)
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$8,200
|
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| 2 |
Navajo Technical University
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$9,300
|
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| 3 |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (in-state)
|
$14,100
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
|
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| 2 |
Cornell University (in-state)
|
$6,000
|
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| 3 |
CUNY Lehman College (in-state, no-board)
|
$6,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Elizabeth City State University (in-state)
|
$7,600
|
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| 2 |
Duke University
|
$9,900
|
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| 3 |
Fayetteville State University (in-state)
|
$10,500
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sitting Bull College
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$7,500
|
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| 2 |
United Tribes Technical College
|
$7,800
|
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| 3 |
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
|
$8,000
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wilberforce University
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$7,700
|
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| 2 |
Sinclair Community College (in-state, off-campus)
|
$7,900
|
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| 3 |
Gods Bible School and College
|
$9,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cameron University (in-state)
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$11,300
|
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| 2 |
Northeastern State University (in-state)
|
$12,200
|
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| 3 |
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology (in-state)
|
$12,800
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Reed College
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$13,600
|
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| 2 |
Eastern Oregon University (in-state)
|
$17,300
|
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| 3 |
Portland State University (in-state)
|
$19,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Pennsylvania (in-state)
|
$6,800
|
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| 2 |
West Chester University of Pennsylvania (in-state)
|
$12,800
|
|
| 3 |
Haverford College
|
$14,200
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Universidad Adventista de las Antillas
|
$10,500
|
|
| 2 |
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (off-campus)
|
$11,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brown University
|
$8,100
|
|
| 2 |
Rhode Island College (in-state)
|
$18,300
|
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| 3 |
University of Rhode Island (in-state)
|
$22,900
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Clinton College
|
$8,400
|
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| 2 |
Morris College
|
$11,000
|
|
| 3 |
Benedict College
|
$12,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Northern State University (in-state)
|
$19,200
|
|
| 2 |
South Dakota State University (in-state)
|
$19,500
|
|
| 3 |
Mount Marty University
|
$20,000
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Vanderbilt University
|
$7,600
|
|
| 2 |
Baptist Health Sciences University
|
$9,700
|
|
| 2 |
Le Moyne-Owen College
|
$9,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Rice University
|
$6,600
|
|
| 2 |
South Texas College (in-state, off-campus)
|
$7,100
|
|
| 3 |
Midland College (in-state)
|
$7,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Utah Valley University (in-state, off-campus)
|
$10,200
|
|
| 2 |
Southern Utah University (in-state)
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$14,100
|
|
| 3 |
Utah State University (in-state)
|
$15,300
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Middlebury College
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$13,900
|
|
| 2 |
University of Vermont (in-state)
|
$17,700
|
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| 3 |
Castleton University (in-state)
|
$18,600
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Washington and Lee University
|
$6,500
|
|
| 2 |
William - Mary (in-state)
|
$11,500
|
|
| 3 |
Norfolk State University (in-state)
|
$12,900
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Northwest Indian College
|
$8,300
|
|
| 2 |
Washington State University (in-state)
|
$9,500
|
|
| 3 |
Western Washington University (in-state)
|
$10,800
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bluefield State College (in-state)
|
$11,900
|
|
| 2 |
Bethany College
|
$12,100
|
|
| 3 |
Potomac State College of West Virginia University (in-state)
|
$12,700
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Wisconsin-Superior (in-state)
|
$12,500
|
|
| 2 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison (in-state)
|
$12,700
|
|
| 3 |
University of Wisconsin-River Falls (in-state)
|
$14,500
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Wyoming (in-state)
|
$15,000
|
