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Browse U.S. colleges by cost and outcomes, using College Scorecard data across all 50 states. Find colleges similar to your target school that cost less but deliver comparable earnings.

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School	Net Price	Earnings (10yr)	Enrollment	Action
California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA · Public	$6,555	$62,951	38,546	Find Alternatives
California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA · Public	$10,440	$64,403	35,924	Find Alternatives
Connecticut State Community College New Britain, CT · Public	$11,513	$41,344	33,645	Find Alternatives
California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA · Public	$7,021	$59,115	32,691	Find Alternatives
California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA · Public	$9,338	$64,876	28,350	Find Alternatives
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO · Private For-Profit	$16,745	$37,180	28,086	Find Alternatives
College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV · Public	$6,615	$38,087	27,252	Find Alternatives
Collin County Community College District McKinney, TX · Public	$8,969	$48,701	26,449	Find Alternatives
Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO · Public	$21,279	$60,543	25,538	Find Alternatives
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA · Public	$11,531	$71,902	25,042	Find Alternatives
Clemson University Clemson, SC · Public	$22,253	$71,513	23,300	Find Alternatives
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA · Public	$16,665	$90,768	21,996	Find Alternatives
California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA · Public	$7,000	$61,244	21,605	Find Alternatives
California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Public	$3,967	$59,211	19,562	Find Alternatives
Cerritos College Norwalk, CA · Public	$2,424	$41,156	18,870	Find Alternatives
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY · Public	$4,976	$42,306	18,623	Find Alternatives
Capella University Minneapolis, MN · Private For-Profit	$17,956	$42,189	18,364	Find Alternatives
Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga, CA · Public	$5,672	$42,975	18,132	Find Alternatives
Columbus State Community College Columbus, OH · Public	$8,400	$39,435	17,549	Find Alternatives
City College of San Francisco San Francisco, CA · Public	$6,906	$45,805	17,348	Find Alternatives
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public	$2,984	$63,163	16,289	Find Alternatives
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY · Public	$3,033	$75,971	16,154	Find Alternatives
College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL · Public	$7,401	$46,909	16,114	Find Alternatives
Cornell University Ithaca, NY · Private Nonprofit	$28,690	$104,043	15,995	Find Alternatives
College of the Canyons Santa Clarita, CA · Public	$3,702	$49,022	15,832	Find Alternatives
Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM · Public	$4,621	$36,869	15,203	Find Alternatives
Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC · Public	$3,345	$37,865	15,067	Find Alternatives
California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · Public	$4,564	$59,977	15,023	Find Alternatives
California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA · Public	$10,229	$62,908	14,877	Find Alternatives
Chamberlain University-Illinois Addison, IL · Private For-Profit	$31,837	$92,405	14,027	Find Alternatives
Cosumnes River College Sacramento, CA · Public	$5,981	$42,446	14,023	Find Alternatives
Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore, MD · Public	$9,844	$43,729	13,872	Find Alternatives
California State University-Chico Chico, CA · Public	$14,480	$64,172	13,631	Find Alternatives
CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY · Public	$5,127	$49,365	13,580	Find Alternatives
Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland, OH · Public	$4,266	$35,654	13,382	Find Alternatives
Cypress College Cypress, CA · Public	$4,606	$43,533	13,354	Find Alternatives
CUNY Queens College Queens, NY · Public	$4,195	$62,763	12,550	Find Alternatives
California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CA · Public	$8,615	$57,162	12,538	Find Alternatives
CUNY City College New York, NY · Public	$3,776	$66,039	12,505	Find Alternatives
Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, AL · Private For-Profit	$14,580	$63,534	12,176	Find Alternatives
Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · Public	$11,911	$40,852	11,948	Find Alternatives
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY · Public	$3,203	$56,195	11,590	Find Alternatives
College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA · Public	$480	$39,092	11,562	Find Alternatives
Chabot College Hayward, CA · Public	$9,053	$48,143	11,392	Find Alternatives
CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY · Public	$6,120	$41,653	11,254	Find Alternatives
Community College of Rhode Island Warwick, RI · Public	$6,513	$42,659	11,171	Find Alternatives
CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY · Public	$3,148	$58,013	10,696	Find Alternatives
College of Charleston Charleston, SC · Public	$18,960	$56,416	10,558	Find Alternatives
CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY · Public	$3,103	$60,752	10,543	Find Alternatives
Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC · Public	$13,966	$47,258	10,377	Find Alternatives

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Most-recent institution + cost-of-attendance file · 2024 (latest release) Accessed 2026-07-01 Net price is the average annual cost paid by federal-aid recipients. Earnings reflect graduate income 10 years after enrollment, per IRS-linked Treasury data.

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