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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
Ithaca College Ithaca, NY · Private Nonprofit	$33,926	$63,548	4,242	Find Alternatives
Massasoit Community College Brockton, MA · Public	$8,460	$46,111	4,235	Find Alternatives
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell, NJ · Public	$12,378	$41,751	4,234	Find Alternatives
Providence College Providence, RI · Private Nonprofit	$48,523	$87,054	4,229	Find Alternatives
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ · Private Nonprofit	$41,346	$108,772	4,222	Find Alternatives
University of Southern Maine Portland, ME · Public	$13,596	$49,958	4,222	Find Alternatives
Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS · Public	$15,784	$50,579	4,210	Find Alternatives
Victor Valley College Victorville, CA · Public	$1,947	$36,119	4,210	Find Alternatives
Xavier University Cincinnati, OH · Private Nonprofit	$32,997	$64,873	4,207	Find Alternatives
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College Chicago, IL · Public	$7,397	$36,531	4,207	Find Alternatives
University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK · Public	$10,892	$48,866	4,207	Find Alternatives
Samford University Birmingham, AL · Private Nonprofit	$32,622	$58,469	4,206	Find Alternatives
University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls, WI · Public	$14,054	$54,458	4,205	Find Alternatives
Frederick Community College Frederick, MD · Public	$9,465	$46,449	4,203	Find Alternatives
Anoka-Ramsey Community College Coon Rapids, MN · Public	$16,434	$48,342	4,201	Find Alternatives
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL · Public	$12,786	$51,989	4,188	Find Alternatives
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA · Public	$10,163	$78,466	4,185	Find Alternatives
Lake-Sumter State College Leesburg, FL · Public	$5,855	$39,876	4,177	Find Alternatives
Southern Union State Community College Wadley, AL · Public	$6,142	$36,597	4,173	Find Alternatives
Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC · Public	$13,479	$45,344	4,170	Find Alternatives
Itawamba Community College Fulton, MS · Public	$4,616	$32,912	4,167	Find Alternatives
Somerset Community College Somerset, KY · Public	$4,398	$30,787	4,166	Find Alternatives
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury, NC · Public	$7,981	$34,936	4,164	Find Alternatives
Grambling State University Grambling, LA · Public	$19,809	$41,109	4,164	Find Alternatives
SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury, NY · Public	$11,282	$58,526	4,162	Find Alternatives
Lehigh Carbon Community College Schnecksville, PA · Public	$9,203	$42,436	4,148	Find Alternatives
University of Hartford West Hartford, CT · Private Nonprofit	$30,282	$60,823	4,146	Find Alternatives
University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College North Little Rock, AR · Public	$14,327	$34,722	4,118	Find Alternatives
United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO · Public	-	-	4,114	Find Alternatives
Southern Crescent Technical College Griffin, GA · Public	$5,661	$36,104	4,098	Find Alternatives
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Fort Smith, AR · Public	$10,574	$41,102	4,091	Find Alternatives
University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE · Public	$16,242	$50,105	4,088	Find Alternatives
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown, KY · Public	$5,143	$36,143	4,088	Find Alternatives
Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, TX · Public	$11,656	$55,747	4,087	Find Alternatives
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA · Public	$23,726	$56,351	4,086	Find Alternatives
Seattle University Seattle, WA · Private Nonprofit	$34,662	$75,272	4,062	Find Alternatives
College of Marin Kentfield, CA · Public	$12,351	$42,654	4,042	Find Alternatives
Touro University New York, NY · Private Nonprofit	$29,627	$53,419	4,040	Find Alternatives
University of South Carolina-Upstate Spartanburg, SC · Public	$13,557	$48,587	4,038	Find Alternatives
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA · Public	$23,330	$63,435	4,031	Find Alternatives
Beth Medrash Govoha Lakewood, NJ · Private Nonprofit	-	$47,544	4,027	Find Alternatives
Cedarville University Cedarville, OH · Private Nonprofit	$24,468	$55,443	4,024	Find Alternatives
Lewis University Romeoville, IL · Private Nonprofit	$17,028	$66,099	4,015	Find Alternatives
Georgia Military College Milledgeville, GA · Public	$16,923	$39,257	3,992	Find Alternatives
Orange County Community College Middletown, NY · Public	$6,794	$44,117	3,989	Find Alternatives
Yavapai College Prescott, AZ · Public	$8,683	$39,890	3,988	Find Alternatives
Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL · Public	$14,109	$52,234	3,982	Find Alternatives
Piedmont Technical College Greenwood, SC · Public	$11,366	$35,768	3,977	Find Alternatives
Lincoln Land Community College Springfield, IL · Public	$4,299	$38,479	3,976	Find Alternatives
Aurora University Aurora, IL · Private Nonprofit	$18,838	$58,709	3,974	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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