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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.
"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

× 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) $15,000 Image
2 Alabama A - M University (in-state) $15,500 Image
2 Troy University (in-state) $15,500 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (in-state) $13,200 Image
2 Lyon College $13,300 Image
3 Arkansas Tech University (in-state) $14,100 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Yale University $6,700 Image
2 Wesleyan University $8,100 Image
3 Trinity College $13,400 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Georgetown University $9,400 Image
2 American University $14,600 Image
3 Trinity Washington University $17,500 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Dalton State College (in-state) $10,600 Image
2 Paine College $12,000 Image
3 Savannah State University (in-state) $12,400 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 University of Idaho (in-state) $12,200 Image
2 Lewis-Clark State College (in-state) $15,500 Image
3 Idaho State University (in-state) $15,700 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 University of Chicago $7,700 Image
2 Illinois College $8,100 Image
3 Northwestern University $9,400 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Oakland City University $13,100 Image
2 University of Notre Dame $14,400 Image
3 Indiana University-Southeast (in-state) $14,500 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Emmaus Bible College $14,700 Image
2 Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary $16,100 Image
3 William Penn University $17,400 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Kentucky State University (in-state) $7,900 Image
2 Eastern Kentucky University (in-state) $14,900 Image
3 Brescia University $16,200 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Colby College $7,000 Image
2 Bates College $9,500 Image
3 University of Maine at Fort Kent (in-state) $9,600 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Williams College $5,800 Image
2 Harvard University $5,900 Image
3 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering $7,300 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 St Olaf College $13,600 Image
2 Southwest Minnesota State University $14,400 Image
3 University of Minnesota-Morris (in-state) $15,800 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Rust College $9,900 Image
2 William Carey University $13,300 Image
3 Mississippi University for Women $13,700 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 College of the Ozarks $8,500 Image
2 Urshan College $8,600 Image
3 Washington University in St Louis $8,900 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Wayne State College (in-state) $14,800 Image
2 Chadron State College (in-state) $16,300 Image
3 College of Saint Mary $16,400 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Dartmouth College $12,000 Image
2 University of New Hampshire at Manchester (in-state) $17,100 Image
3 Keene State College (in-state) $18,400 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Princeton University $7,100 Image
2 Drew University $14,300 Image
3 Rutgers University-New Brunswick (in-state) $18,100 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Elizabeth City State University (in-state) $7,600 Image
2 Duke University $9,900 Image
3 Fayetteville State University (in-state) $10,500 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Sitting Bull College $7,500 Image
2 United Tribes Technical College $7,800 Image
3 Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College $8,000 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Reed College $13,600 Image
2 Eastern Oregon University (in-state) $17,300 Image
3 Portland State University (in-state) $19,900 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Brown University $8,100 Image
2 Rhode Island College (in-state) $18,300 Image
3 University of Rhode Island (in-state) $22,900 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Clinton College $8,400 Image
2 Morris College $11,000 Image
3 Benedict College $12,200 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Northern State University (in-state) $19,200 Image
2 South Dakota State University (in-state) $19,500 Image
3 Mount Marty University $20,000 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Vanderbilt University $7,600 Image
2 Baptist Health Sciences University $9,700 Image
2 Le Moyne-Owen College $9,700 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Rice University $6,600 Image
2 South Texas College (in-state, off-campus) $7,100 Image
3 Midland College (in-state) $7,500 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Middlebury College $13,900 Image
2 University of Vermont (in-state) $17,700 Image
3 Castleton University (in-state) $18,600 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 Washington and Lee University $6,500 Image
2 William - Mary (in-state) $11,500 Image
3 Norfolk State University (in-state) $12,900 Image
Rank College Name Typical Net Price
1 University of Wyoming (in-state) $15,000 Image

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