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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
University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ · Private For-Profit	$13,520	$37,752	85,991	Find Alternatives
University of Central Florida Orlando, FL · Public	$10,411	$58,308	59,146	Find Alternatives
University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD · Public	$22,063	$65,287	49,664	Find Alternatives
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Public	$16,674	$59,979	42,537	Find Alternatives
University of Houston Houston, TX · Public	$14,276	$62,377	38,380	Find Alternatives
University of South Florida Tampa, FL · Public	$9,812	$57,743	37,207	Find Alternatives
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public	$17,354	$73,792	36,902	Find Alternatives
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public	$14,355	$81,054	36,258	Find Alternatives
University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Public	$6,541	$71,588	35,629	Find Alternatives
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA · Public	$12,470	$84,943	34,948	Find Alternatives
University of North Texas Denton, TX · Public	$15,649	$57,010	34,341	Find Alternatives
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public	$13,138	$83,648	34,177	Find Alternatives
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Public	$12,548	$82,511	33,475	Find Alternatives
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public	$13,481	$92,446	33,068	Find Alternatives
University of California-Davis Davis, CA · Public	$14,741	$80,838	32,253	Find Alternatives
University of Georgia Athens, GA · Public	$13,936	$68,726	32,137	Find Alternatives
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public	$14,091	$78,466	31,942	Find Alternatives
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · Public	$25,346	$69,738	31,939	Find Alternatives
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN · Public	$16,778	$69,020	31,855	Find Alternatives
University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD · Public	$15,678	$82,860	30,760	Find Alternatives
University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA · Public	$14,251	$80,735	30,197	Find Alternatives
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH · Public	$25,648	$54,810	29,882	Find Alternatives
University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC · Public	$22,811	$62,177	29,820	Find Alternatives
University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR · Public	$18,209	$58,191	28,677	Find Alternatives
Utah Valley University Orem, UT · Public	$6,376	$55,486	28,453	Find Alternatives
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT · Public	$16,200	$67,170	27,264	Find Alternatives
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY · Public	$18,851	$59,025	24,763	Find Alternatives
University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV · Public	$10,359	$55,037	24,622	Find Alternatives
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Public	$15,435	$57,289	24,453	Find Alternatives
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO · Public	$20,268	$63,403	23,929	Find Alternatives
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA · Public	$22,383	$71,631	23,671	Find Alternatives
University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA · Public	$16,109	$74,915	23,113	Find Alternatives
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK · Public	$15,300	$63,126	22,734	Find Alternatives
University of the People Pasadena, CA · Private Nonprofit	-	-	22,688	Find Alternatives
University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA · Public	$14,304	$67,699	22,593	Find Alternatives
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA · Public	$22,531	$64,762	22,264	Find Alternatives
University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL · Public	$10,974	$68,740	22,170	Find Alternatives
University of Mississippi University, MS · Public	$13,314	$50,994	21,473	Find Alternatives
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS · Public	$18,059	$61,945	21,217	Find Alternatives
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Public	$11,655	$72,200	20,752	Find Alternatives
University of Oregon Eugene, OR · Public	$22,182	$61,324	20,497	Find Alternatives
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private Nonprofit	$32,740	$92,498	20,443	Find Alternatives
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA · Public	$30,434	$66,125	20,370	Find Alternatives
Utah State University Logan, UT · Public	$14,936	$54,022	20,272	Find Alternatives
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY · Public	$20,995	$70,814	20,112	Find Alternatives
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT · Public	$25,097	$73,997	19,835	Find Alternatives
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE · Public	$17,747	$56,887	19,178	Find Alternatives
University of Delaware Newark, DE · Public	$17,799	$72,950	19,071	Find Alternatives
University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA · Public	$17,890	$68,396	17,940	Find Alternatives
University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA · Public	$21,565	$86,863	17,597	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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