Lowest Average Net Price
What students actually pay after grant aid, averaged across aided undergraduates — not the sticker price.
Ranked by average annual net price · 1,640 of 2,406 institutions report this measure · Compiled 2026-09-01
- 1Colegio Universitario de San JuanSan Juan, PR · Public$200Compare nearby
- 2Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, MI · Public$576Compare nearby
- 3Chipola CollegeMarianna, FL · Public$832Compare nearby
- 4Texas A&M University-Central TexasKilleen, TX · Public$1,113Compare nearby
- 5South Texas CollegeMcAllen, TX · Public$1,291Compare nearby
- 6Talmudical Seminary of BobovBrooklyn, NY · Private$1,525Compare nearby
- 7North Florida CollegeMadison, FL · Public$1,799Compare nearby
- 8College of the MainlandTexas City, TX · Public$1,975Compare nearby
- 9United Tribes Technical CollegeBismarck, ND · Private$2,010Compare nearby
- 10Oglala Lakota CollegeKyle, SD · Public$2,065Compare nearby
- 11Pensacola State CollegePensacola, FL · Public$2,254Compare nearby
- 12Gulf Coast State CollegePanama City, FL · Public$2,339Compare nearby
- 13CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, NY · Public$2,446Compare nearby
- 14Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, FL · Public$2,760Compare nearby
- 15Northern Marianas CollegeSaipan, MP · Public$2,795Compare nearby
- 16Florida Gateway CollegeLake City, FL · Public$2,915Compare nearby
- 17CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, NY · Public$2,943Compare nearby
- 18CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, NY · Public$2,978Compare nearby
- 19Brazosport CollegeLake Jackson, TX · Public$3,022Compare nearby
- 20Haskell Indian Nations UniversityLawrence, KS · Public$3,031Compare nearby
- 21CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, NY · Public$3,046Compare nearby
- 22Texas A & M International UniversityLaredo, TX · Public$3,061Compare nearby
- 23Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, FL · Public$3,119Compare nearby
- 24Grays Harbor CollegeAberdeen, WA · Public$3,149Compare nearby
- 25Navajo Technical UniversityCrownpoint, NM · Public$3,307Compare nearby
How this list was built
- Measure
- Average annual net price — sorted lowest to highest
- Source variable
NPT4_PUB / NPT4_PRIV- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Institution (05-19-2025 release)
- Four-year, main-campus institutions awarding bachelor's degrees or higher (2,406 schools).
- Excludes the few institutions reporting a net price at or below zero.
- Institutions enrolling fewer than 500 undergraduates are excluded so that small-cohort medians do not distort the ranking.
- 1,640 of 2,406 institutions report this measure; the rest are omitted rather than estimated.
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Highest Average Net Price
What students actually pay after grant aid, averaged across aided undergraduates — not the sticker price. The other end of the affordability list.
Best Earnings Return per Dollar of Cost
Ten-year median earnings divided by annual cost of attendance. A blunt ratio of two published figures, not a return-on-investment model.
Where Graduates Borrow the Least
Median federal loan debt among borrowers who completed a degree. Excludes private loans and parent PLUS borrowing.