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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 California-Davis Davis, CA · Public	$14,741	$80,838	32,253	Find Alternatives
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL · Public	$11,297	$61,675	32,212	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
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA · Public	$24,953	$81,698	30,923	Find Alternatives
Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN · Public	$7,770	$36,596	30,828	Find Alternatives
University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD · Public	$15,678	$82,860	30,760	Find Alternatives
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR · Public	$19,604	$64,010	30,743	Find Alternatives
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA · Public	$19,151	$61,251	30,594	Find Alternatives
The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX · Public	$10,836	$57,131	30,580	Find Alternatives
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN · Public	$18,976	$60,249	30,418	Find Alternatives
University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA · Public	$14,251	$80,735	30,197	Find Alternatives
Austin Community College District Austin, TX · Public	$6,390	$43,177	30,189	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
NUC University Bayamon, PR · Private For-Profit	$8,920	$24,785	28,918	Find Alternatives
University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR · Public	$18,209	$58,191	28,677	Find Alternatives
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX · Public	$4,831	$49,620	28,666	Find Alternatives
New York University New York, NY · Private Nonprofit	$37,050	$82,509	28,663	Find Alternatives
Utah Valley University Orem, UT · Public	$6,376	$55,486	28,453	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
DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, IL · Private For-Profit	$30,770	$45,987	27,825	Find Alternatives
East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA · Public	$10,852	$42,006	27,753	Find Alternatives
George Mason University Fairfax, VA · Public	$17,915	$76,343	27,752	Find Alternatives
San Jose State University San Jose, CA · Public	$13,760	$78,988	27,601	Find Alternatives
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Public	$17,303	$68,758	27,371	Find Alternatives
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT · Public	$16,200	$67,170	27,264	Find Alternatives
College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV · Public	$6,615	$38,087	27,252	Find Alternatives
Auburn University Auburn, AL · Public	$24,323	$65,337	26,816	Find Alternatives
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA · Public	$15,931	$47,384	26,623	Find Alternatives
Collin County Community College District McKinney, TX · Public	$8,969	$48,701	26,449	Find Alternatives
Mt San Antonio College Walnut, CA · Public	$6,490	$46,283	26,140	Find Alternatives
Full Sail University Winter Park, FL · Private For-Profit	$38,875	$38,219	25,777	Find Alternatives
American River College Sacramento, CA · Public	$7,999	$40,162	25,621	Find Alternatives
Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO · Public	$21,279	$60,543	25,538	Find Alternatives
Iowa State University Ames, IA · Public	$18,589	$63,386	25,367	Find Alternatives
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA · Public	$11,531	$71,902	25,042	Find Alternatives
Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FL · Public	$14,506	$41,939	24,922	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
El Paso Community College El Paso, TX · Public	$3,206	$35,212	24,214	Find Alternatives
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO · Public	$20,268	$63,403	23,929	Find Alternatives
Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL · Public	$8,752	$56,746	23,757	Find Alternatives
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA · Public	$22,383	$71,631	23,671	Find Alternatives
Clemson University Clemson, SC · Public	$22,253	$71,513	23,300	Find Alternatives
University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA · Public	$16,109	$74,915	23,113	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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