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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
Seminole State College of Florida Sanford, FL · Public	$8,970	$41,733	12,864	Find Alternatives
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH · Public	$24,022	$47,896	12,812	Find Alternatives
Oakland Community College Auburn Hills, MI · Public	$5,777	$37,395	12,748	Find Alternatives
University of Memphis Memphis, TN · Public	$12,397	$48,458	12,701	Find Alternatives
Tarleton State University Stephenville, TX · Public	$20,783	$53,040	12,673	Find Alternatives
Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen, CA · Public	$12,152	$42,678	12,601	Find Alternatives
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI · Public	$15,273	$53,562	12,568	Find Alternatives
University at Albany Albany, NY · Public	$17,167	$67,979	12,564	Find Alternatives
University of Houston-Downtown Houston, TX · Public	$10,542	$53,551	12,555	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
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA · Public	$13,530	$47,089	12,428	Find Alternatives
Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI · Public	$9,120	$58,612	12,351	Find Alternatives
Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY · Public	$11,040	$45,795	12,318	Find Alternatives
San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino, CA · Public	$18,943	$39,676	12,234	Find Alternatives
Tulsa Community College Tulsa, OK · Public	$6,288	$39,746	12,228	Find Alternatives
North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC · Public	$10,846	$44,440	12,182	Find Alternatives
Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, AL · Private For-Profit	$14,580	$63,534	12,176	Find Alternatives
Grossmont College El Cajon, CA · Public	$5,311	$40,309	12,163	Find Alternatives
Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY · Public	$10,990	$43,889	12,155	Find Alternatives
ECPI University Virginia Beach, VA · Private For-Profit	$22,965	$42,837	12,090	Find Alternatives
Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA · Public	$11,762	$38,349	12,082	Find Alternatives
Moorpark College Moorpark, CA · Public	$-2,296	$49,044	12,082	Find Alternatives
Milwaukee Area Technical College Milwaukee, WI · Public	$9,112	$41,113	12,024	Find Alternatives
Glendale Community College Glendale, AZ · Public	$11,650	$43,108	11,975	Find Alternatives
Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · Public	$11,911	$40,852	11,948	Find Alternatives
New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM · Public	$8,889	$39,067	11,946	Find Alternatives
Indian River State College Fort Pierce, FL · Public	$3,815	$38,315	11,822	Find Alternatives
Saint Louis Community College Bridgeton, MO · Public	$8,440	$35,325	11,788	Find Alternatives
University of Vermont Burlington, VT · Public	$19,343	$62,472	11,743	Find Alternatives
Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL · Private Nonprofit	$36,079	$71,530	11,737	Find Alternatives
Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN · Public	$19,139	$56,922	11,703	Find Alternatives
Delgado Community College New Orleans, LA · Public	$9,747	$33,305	11,668	Find Alternatives
Rio Salado College Tempe, AZ · Public	$8,341	$41,015	11,668	Find Alternatives
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL · Public	$18,749	$54,501	11,635	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
Excelsior University Albany, NY · Private Nonprofit	-	$78,493	11,550	Find Alternatives
Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster, CA · Public	$3,860	$36,526	11,534	Find Alternatives
University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA · Public	$17,707	$65,865	11,512	Find Alternatives
University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE · Public	$13,441	$53,909	11,488	Find Alternatives
Front Range Community College Westminster, CO · Public	$13,031	$45,910	11,476	Find Alternatives
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA · Public	$17,163	$64,874	11,434	Find Alternatives
Kean University Union, NJ · Public	$12,447	$57,237	11,433	Find Alternatives
Chabot College Hayward, CA · Public	$9,053	$48,143	11,392	Find Alternatives
Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville, GA · Public	$15,844	$47,730	11,344	Find Alternatives
Johnson County Community College Overland Park, KS · Public	$14,176	$45,387	11,332	Find Alternatives
Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL · Public	$13,391	$57,808	11,301	Find Alternatives
San Diego Miramar College San Diego, CA · Public	$3,337	$48,224	11,271	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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