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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
Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT · Private Nonprofit	$12,548	$60,615	155,088	Find Alternatives
Washington State University Pullman, WA · Public	$14,971	$68,905	21,099	Find Alternatives
Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC · Public	$8,759	$41,769	19,675	Find Alternatives
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV · Public	$15,634	$55,939	17,385	Find Alternatives
Weber State University Ogden, UT · Public	$10,258	$56,287	16,360	Find Alternatives
Wayne State University Detroit, MI · Public	$12,766	$53,493	15,587	Find Alternatives
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA · Public	$23,331	$61,258	14,164	Find Alternatives
Western Washington University Bellingham, WA · Public	$21,193	$62,569	13,544	Find Alternatives
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI · Public	$15,273	$53,562	12,568	Find Alternatives
Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY · Public	$10,990	$43,889	12,155	Find Alternatives
Wichita State University Wichita, KS · Public	$13,194	$51,532	10,780	Find Alternatives
Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC · Public	$13,315	$49,458	10,024	Find Alternatives
William Rainey Harper College Palatine, IL · Public	$11,607	$48,071	9,313	Find Alternatives
Walden University Minneapolis, MN · Private For-Profit	$33,817	$42,810	9,136	Find Alternatives
Wilmington University New Castle, DE · Private Nonprofit	$15,644	$53,844	7,906	Find Alternatives
Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO · Private Nonprofit	$21,786	$86,182	7,857	Find Alternatives
Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor, MI · Public	$3,249	$39,449	7,816	Find Alternatives
Wayne County Community College District Detroit, MI · Public	$7,656	$29,079	7,423	Find Alternatives
West Los Angeles College Culver City, CA · Public	$9,634	$38,537	7,284	Find Alternatives
William & Mary Williamsburg, VA · Public	$19,096	$73,490	7,055	Find Alternatives
West Texas A & M University Canyon, TX · Public	$19,487	$50,741	6,917	Find Alternatives
Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH · Public	$15,415	$49,500	6,762	Find Alternatives
William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ · Public	$18,745	$57,780	6,614	Find Alternatives
West Valley College Saratoga, CA · Public	$3,423	$51,688	6,416	Find Alternatives
Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove, IL · Public	$11,442	$44,788	5,721	Find Alternatives
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC · Private Nonprofit	$28,719	$78,158	5,485	Find Alternatives
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA · Private Nonprofit	$43,071	$103,470	5,447	Find Alternatives
West Georgia Technical College Waco, GA · Public	$2,457	$35,479	5,163	Find Alternatives
Winona State University Winona, MN · Public	$17,503	$58,532	5,144	Find Alternatives
Weatherford College Weatherford, TX · Public	$9,967	$42,397	5,094	Find Alternatives
Waukesha County Technical College Pewaukee, WI · Public	$11,101	$46,894	4,955	Find Alternatives
Wharton County Junior College Wharton, TX · Public	$4,666	$44,960	4,585	Find Alternatives
Washburn University Topeka, KS · Public	$15,280	$49,774	4,562	Find Alternatives
Western Illinois University Macomb, IL · Public	$12,937	$54,163	4,410	Find Alternatives
Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC · Public	$13,479	$45,344	4,170	Find Alternatives
Worcester State University Worcester, MA · Public	$13,381	$60,624	3,930	Find Alternatives
Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA · Private Nonprofit	$34,170	$82,721	3,747	Find Alternatives
Westfield State University Westfield, MA · Public	$16,721	$57,346	3,615	Find Alternatives
Walters State Community College Morristown, TN · Public	$5,387	$37,085	3,591	Find Alternatives
Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC · Public	$15,343	$47,185	3,523	Find Alternatives
Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT · Public	$17,604	$59,115	3,511	Find Alternatives
West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County Anaheim, CA · Private For-Profit	$32,879	$102,672	3,192	Find Alternatives
Western Technical College La Crosse, WI · Public	$11,008	$45,303	3,183	Find Alternatives
Woodland Community College Woodland, CA · Public	$8,356	$40,042	3,154	Find Alternatives
Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR · Public	$17,237	$51,815	3,103	Find Alternatives
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT · Private Nonprofit	$30,177	$73,897	3,067	Find Alternatives
Wayne State College Wayne, NE · Public	$15,360	$47,075	3,010	Find Alternatives
Widener University Chester, PA · Private Nonprofit	$25,759	$70,920	2,951	Find Alternatives
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Valdosta, GA · Public	$614	$30,864	2,887	Find Alternatives
West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah, KY · Public	$5,353	$34,891	2,851	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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