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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 | |
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| 1 |
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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$15,600
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| 3 |
Alabama State University (in-state)
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$15,900
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Alaska Southeast (in-state)
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$10,400
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| 2 |
University of Alaska Fairbanks (in-state)
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$15,900
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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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$16,200
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| 3 |
Arizona State University Campus Immersion (in-state)
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$20,300
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lyon College
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$13,300
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| 1 |
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (in-state)
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$13,300
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| 3 |
Arkansas Tech University (in-state)
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$14,200
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
California Institute of Technology
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$6,900
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| 2 |
California State University-Monterey Bay (in-state)
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$7,900
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| 2 |
Menlo College
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$7,900
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Air Force Academy
|
$0
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| 2 |
Colorado State University-Global Campus (off-campus)
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$10,000
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| 3 |
Colorado Mountain College (in-state)
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$10,200
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Yale University
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$7,600
|
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| 2 |
Wesleyan University
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$12,300
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| 3 |
Trinity College
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$14,000
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry (in-state, off-campus)
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$9,900
|
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| 2 |
Delaware State University (in-state)
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$13,100
|
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| 3 |
University of Delaware (out-of-state with discount)
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$23,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
American University
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$15,600
|
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| 2 |
Trinity Washington University
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$17,800
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| 3 |
University of the District of Columbia (in-state, off-campus)
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$19,800
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Florida Gateway College (in-state)
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$9,300
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| 2 |
Indian River State College (in-state, off-campus)
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$9,400
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| 3 |
Miami Dade College (in-state, off-campus)
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$9,700
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dalton State College (in-state)
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$10,900
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| 2 |
Savannah State University (in-state)
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$12,400
|
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| 3 |
Paine College
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$12,800
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Hawaii at Hilo (in-state)
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$14,500
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| 2 |
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
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$17,800
|
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| 3 |
University of Hawaii at Manoa (in-state)
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$21,900
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Idaho (in-state)
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$13,000
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| 2 |
Lewis-Clark State College (in-state)
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$15,600
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| 3 |
Idaho State University (in-state)
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$20,200
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Chicago
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$13,400
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| 2 |
Governors State University (in-state)
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$13,600
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| 3 |
Eastern Illinois University (in-state)
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$14,100
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Oakland City University
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$14,200
|
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| 2 |
Indiana University-Southeast (in-state)
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$14,900
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| 3 |
Indiana University-South Bend (in-state)
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$15,900
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Saint Ambrose University
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$12,600
|
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| 2 |
Grinnell College
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$14,700
|
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| 3 |
Emmaus Bible College
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$15,200
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Haskell Indian Nations University
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$8,900
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| 2 |
Fort Hays State University (in-state)
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$14,700
|
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| 3 |
Central Christian College of Kansas
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$16,000
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kentucky State University (in-state)
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$9,000
|
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| 2 |
Berea College
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$10,500
|
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| 3 |
Northern Kentucky University (in-state)
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$13,600
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Louisiana State University-Alexandria (in-state)
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$12,500
|
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| 2 |
Louisiana Christian University
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$15,200
|
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| 2 |
University of Louisiana at Monroe (in-state)
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$15,200
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Maine at Fort Kent (in-state)
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$9,900
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| 2 |
Bowdoin College
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$11,100
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| 3 |
University of Maine at Presque Isle (in-state)
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$12,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Naval Academy
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$0
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| 2 |
Towson University (out-of-state with discount)
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$13,700
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| 3 |
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (in-state)
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$14,000
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Harvard University
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$5,900
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| 2 |
Williams College
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$8,800
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| 3 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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$10,000
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Henry Ford College (in-state, off-campus)
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$8,800
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| 2 |
Oakland University (in-state)
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$12,100
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| 3 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (in-state)
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$14,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Southwest Minnesota State University
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$14,600
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| 2 |
University of Minnesota-Morris (in-state)
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$17,200
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| 3 |
Carleton College
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$17,500
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Rust College
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$9,800
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| 2 |
William Carey University
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$13,300
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| 3 |
Tougaloo College
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$14,100
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Urshan College
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$9,500
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| 2 |
College of the Ozarks
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$9,600
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| 3 |
Washington University in St Louis
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$11,300
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Montana State University-Northern (in-state)
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$12,900
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| 2 |
The University of Montana-Western (in-state)
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$13,800
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| 3 |
The University of Montana (in-state)
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$16,600
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wayne State College (in-state)
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$15,100
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| 2 |
Chadron State College (in-state)
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$16,700
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| 2 |
University of Nebraska at Kearney (in-state)
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$16,700
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
College of Southern Nevada (in-state, off-campus)
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$10,300
|
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| 2 |
University of Nevada-Reno (in-state)
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$19,300
|
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| 3 |
University of Nevada-Las Vegas (in-state)
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$19,900
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dartmouth College
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$15,700
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| 2 |
University of New Hampshire at Manchester (in-state)
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$18,700
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| 3 |
Keene State College (in-state)
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$18,800
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Princeton University
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$8,100
|
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| 2 |
Rutgers University-Camden (in-state)
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$14,400
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| 3 |
Rutgers University-New Brunswick (in-state)
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$16,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus (in-state)
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$9,500
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| 2 |
Navajo Technical University
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$10,300
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| 3 |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (in-state)
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$14,700
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States Military Academy
|
$0
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| 2 |
CUNY Lehman College (in-state, no-board)
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$8,000
|
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| 3 |
CUNY Brooklyn College (in-state, off-campus)
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$8,300
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Elizabeth City State University (in-state)
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$8,700
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| 2 |
Fayetteville State University (in-state)
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$10,500
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| 3 |
Carolina University
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$13,600
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sitting Bull College
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$8,800
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| 2 |
United Tribes Technical College
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$9,000
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| 3 |
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
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$9,300
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wilberforce University
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$8,700
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| 2 |
Sinclair Community College (in-state, off-campus)
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$9,000
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| 3 |
Gods Bible School and College
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$10,000
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (out-of-state with discount)
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$10,700
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| 2 |
Cameron University (in-state)
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$11,800
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| 3 |
Southeastern Oklahoma State University (in-state)
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$12,200
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Reed College
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$15,100
|
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| 2 |
Eastern Oregon University (in-state)
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$17,800
|
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| 3 |
Portland State University (in-state)
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$20,300
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Pennsylvania (in-state)
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$11,400
|
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| 2 |
West Chester University of Pennsylvania (in-state)
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$13,300
|
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| 3 |
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania (in-state)
|
$15,200
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Universidad Adventista de las Antillas
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$11,100
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| 2 |
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (off-campus)
|
$12,200
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brown University
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$9,700
|
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| 2 |
Rhode Island College (in-state)
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$18,800
|
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| 3 |
University of Rhode Island (in-state)
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$23,500
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Clinton College
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$9,700
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| 2 |
Benedict College
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$12,400
|
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| 3 |
Allen University
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$14,600
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Northern State University (in-state)
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$19,300
|
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| 2 |
Dakota State University (in-state)
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$20,400
|
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| 2 |
Mount Marty University
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$20,400
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Le Moyne-Owen College
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$9,900
|
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| 2 |
Baptist Health Sciences University
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$10,700
|
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| 3 |
Vanderbilt University
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$10,800
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
South Texas College (in-state, off-campus)
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$8,400
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| 2 |
Midland College (in-state)
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$9,000
|
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| 3 |
Paul Quinn College
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$9,500
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Utah Valley University (in-state, off-campus)
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$11,500
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| 2 |
Southern Utah University (in-state)
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$14,400
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| 3 |
Utah State University (in-state)
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$14,900
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Northern Vermont University (in-state)
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$16,500
|
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| 2 |
University of Vermont (in-state)
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$18,400
|
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| 3 |
Castleton University (in-state)
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$18,900
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Virginia Military Institute (in-state)
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$9,400
|
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| 2 |
Norfolk State University (in-state)
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$13,300
|
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| 3 |
Virginia State University (in-state)
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$14,100
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Northwest Indian College
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$9,600
|
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| 2 |
University of Washington-Seattle Campus (in-state)
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$11,800
|
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| 3 |
Washington State University (in-state)
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$12,200
|
| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bethany College
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$12,400
|
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| 2 |
Bluefield State College (in-state)
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$12,500
|
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| 3 |
Potomac State College of West Virginia University (in-state)
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$12,900
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ripon College
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$13,100
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| 2 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison (in-state)
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$13,400
|
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| 3 |
University of Wisconsin-River Falls (in-state)
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$14,900
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| Rank | College Name | Typical Net Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
University of Wyoming (in-state)
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$15,400
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