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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
Greenville Technical College Greenville, SC · Public	$11,713	$39,473	8,916	Find Alternatives
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI · Public	$16,550	$58,561	8,895	Find Alternatives
Butte College Oroville, CA · Public	$5,520	$41,810	8,890	Find Alternatives
University of South Alabama Mobile, AL · Public	$17,648	$49,379	8,879	Find Alternatives
Prairie View A & M University Prairie View, TX · Public	$13,570	$45,411	8,877	Find Alternatives
Bryant & Stratton College-Online Orchard Park, NY · Private Nonprofit	$15,187	$32,568	8,841	Find Alternatives
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN · Private Nonprofit	$26,780	$99,980	8,818	Find Alternatives
Prince George's Community College Largo, MD · Public	$8,672	$47,548	8,815	Find Alternatives
Palo Alto College San Antonio, TX · Public	$4,463	$37,448	8,801	Find Alternatives
Norco College Norco, CA · Public	$5,169	$51,206	8,779	Find Alternatives
Metropolitan Community College Area Omaha, NE · Public	$4,982	$38,773	8,775	Find Alternatives
Texas Woman's University Denton, TX · Public	$11,963	$56,544	8,767	Find Alternatives
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL · Public	$14,889	$56,346	8,750	Find Alternatives
South College Knoxville, TN · Private For-Profit	$17,858	$36,642	8,745	Find Alternatives
Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX · Public	$14,260	$49,634	8,728	Find Alternatives
Gwinnett Technical College Lawrenceville, GA · Public	$6,696	$45,025	8,728	Find Alternatives
Chattahoochee Technical College Marietta, GA · Public	$3,407	$37,138	8,727	Find Alternatives
Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN · Public	$14,246	$48,501	8,698	Find Alternatives
University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO · Public	$15,788	$54,659	8,697	Find Alternatives
Henry Ford College Dearborn, MI · Public	$660	$34,795	8,643	Find Alternatives
Rasmussen University-Minnesota St. Cloud, MN · Private For-Profit	$17,962	$39,080	8,617	Find Alternatives
Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA · Public	$7,818	$47,618	8,612	Find Alternatives
California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA · Public	$5,652	$59,009	8,577	Find Alternatives
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan, PR · Public	$9,175	$35,723	8,572	Find Alternatives
Phoenix College Phoenix, AZ · Public	$12,055	$40,870	8,555	Find Alternatives
Utah Tech University Saint George, UT · Public	$16,039	$44,570	8,552	Find Alternatives
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder Boulder, CO · Private For-Profit	$13,367	$32,001	8,504	Find Alternatives
University of Maine Orono, ME · Public	$17,510	$48,653	8,496	Find Alternatives
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL · Public	$13,297	$53,390	8,494	Find Alternatives
Middlesex College Edison, NJ · Public	$2,288	$46,861	8,469	Find Alternatives
California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CA · Public	$6,067	$63,188	8,385	Find Alternatives
University of California-Merced Merced, CA · Public	$11,983	$64,368	8,372	Find Alternatives
Baton Rouge Community College Baton Rouge, LA · Public	$9,474	$34,581	8,362	Find Alternatives
Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA · Public	$11,864	$52,279	8,312	Find Alternatives
Citrus College Glendora, CA · Public	$4,135	$42,065	8,286	Find Alternatives
Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY · Public	$8,191	$50,220	8,246	Find Alternatives
Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington, KY · Public	$6,113	$36,343	8,244	Find Alternatives
Lansing Community College Lansing, MI · Public	$5,437	$39,206	8,207	Find Alternatives
California Baptist University Riverside, CA · Private Nonprofit	$26,285	$61,504	8,179	Find Alternatives
Ozarks Technical Community College Springfield, MO · Public	$6,936	$36,455	8,165	Find Alternatives
Lamar University Beaumont, TX · Public	$9,366	$49,652	8,150	Find Alternatives
Colorado Mesa University Grand Junction, CO · Public	$15,103	$45,823	8,143	Find Alternatives
Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI · Public	$8,624	$54,735	8,106	Find Alternatives
SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla, NY · Public	$9,373	$46,822	8,078	Find Alternatives
Solano Community College Fairfield, CA · Public	$4,669	$44,170	8,061	Find Alternatives
Allan Hancock College Santa Maria, CA · Public	$5,383	$42,786	8,052	Find Alternatives
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX · Public	$15,225	$51,865	8,034	Find Alternatives
Cabrillo College Aptos, CA · Public	$15,843	$44,114	8,002	Find Alternatives
Los Angeles Mission College Sylmar, CA · Public	$13,380	$39,834	7,999	Find Alternatives
College of San Mateo San Mateo, CA · Public	$536	$54,172	7,977	Find Alternatives

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Most-recent institution + cost-of-attendance file · Institution data retrieved July 2026 Accessed 2026-08-01 Net price is the average for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. Institution earnings use federally aided entry cohorts and are not graduate-only.

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