Bachelor's Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Programs with the Lowest Student Debt

Bachelor's Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Programs with the Lowest Student Debt, ranked by median federal program debt. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 467 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$3,25010%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 2American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia$6,265——$10k$44k57%40,07450 mi 3Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho$10,73196%1118$8k$53k55%44,397565 mi 4Excelsior UniversityAlbany, New York$11,875———$78k—11,55096 mi 5Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts$11,9355%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 6San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California$12,49636%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 7CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York$12,98560%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 8University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina$13,00015%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 9California State University-FullertonFullerton, California$13,53591%—$7k$63k70%38,54616 mi 10California State University-FresnoFresno, California$13,66295%—$7k$61k57%21,605112 mi 11California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California$13,75075%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi 12California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California$13,75097%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 13California State University-StanislausTurlock, California$13,77598%—$6k$63k53%8,38546 mi 14CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn, New York$13,79786%920$6k$46k20%3,2333 mi 15College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, New York$13,99592%1040$6k$54k34%9,6572 mi 16California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California$14,29594%—$5k$60k55%15,02352 mi 17The Master's University and SeminarySanta Clarita, California$14,75084%—$33k$57k68%1,62224 mi 18Barnard CollegeNew York, New York$14,9709%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 19California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California$15,00093%—$7k$59k57%32,69114 mi 20California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California$15,00094%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 21California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California$15,12595%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 22University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida$15,13540%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 23California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California$15,17191%—$4k$59k53%19,56218 mi 24New College of FloridaSarasota, Florida$15,31473%1150$7k$48k67%8431 mi 25California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California$15,45393%—$9k$57k43%12,5387 mi 26Endicott CollegeBeverly, Massachusetts$15,45671%1274$41k$58k76%3,125< 1 mi 27San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California$15,46796%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 28California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California$15,50046%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi 29Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut$15,7504%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 30California State University-East BayHayward, California$15,94497%—$9k$71k48%9,8096 mi 31California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtArcata, California$16,00098%—$13k$48k49%5,6122 mi 32Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah$16,00182%—$10k$50k61%9,289390 mi 33Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut$16,12516%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 34University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$16,32339%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 35University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothell, Washington$16,32391%—$12k$78k65%5,4579 mi 36University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington$16,32383%—$10k$78k63%4,1851 mi 37University of California-RiversideRiverside, California$16,43676%—$14k$68k76%22,59340 mi 38Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California$16,50093%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi 39Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, Illinois$17,00075%—$14k$52k22%3,9823 mi 40California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California$17,50031%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 41California State University-ChicoChico, California$17,50093%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 42Florida CollegeTemple Terrace, Florida$17,65370%1108$24k$43k54%5888 mi 43University of Southern IndianaEvansville, Indiana$17,70796%1141$13k$48k48%5,292254 mi 44California State University-Channel IslandsCamarillo, California$18,00095%—$10k$62k51%5,0135 mi 45Thomas Aquinas CollegeSanta Paula, California$18,00083%1329$26k$56k84%56616 mi 46Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan$18,02881%1156$13k$53k58%15,5874 mi 47Southern Virginia UniversityBuena Vista, Virginia$18,50096%—$22k$50k33%936117 mi 48West Virginia University at ParkersburgParkersburg, West Virginia$18,557——$2k$35k9%1,868158 mi 49Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York$18,65219%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 50University of North Carolina AshevilleAsheville, North Carolina$18,74392%1251$12k$44k54%2,910234 mi 51Soka University of AmericaAliso Viejo, California$18,75043%1440$18k$55k92%4843 mi 52University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$18,80011%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 53Williams Baptist UniversityWalnut Ridge, Arkansas$18,93383%980$16k$38k26%478399 mi 54University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii$18,95295%985$10k$52k50%2,5193 mi 55Simpson UniversityRedding, California$19,00086%—$28k$54k49%80993 mi 56Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-PoncePonce, Puerto Rico$19,04098%1300$13k$25k49%3,8742 mi 57Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico$19,04099%—$12k$25k40%5551 mi 58Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico$19,04094%—$11k$25k54%2733 mi 59The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas$19,05227%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 60Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida$19,45366%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 61Westmont CollegeSanta Barbara, California$19,50077%1328$29k$65k70%1,3022 mi 62Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana$19,57573%1285$19k$61k69%30,59447 mi 63Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey$19,766———$69k—6,70720 mi 64Warner UniversityLake Wales, Florida$20,00043%932$20k$46k42%75648 mi 65University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland$20,500——$22k$65k33%49,66410 mi 66University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri$20,56978%1247$20k$63k75%23,929318 mi 67University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney, Nebraska$20,67589%1118$16k$50k58%4,088544 mi 68University of Arkansas at MonticelloMonticello, Arkansas$20,683——$14k$37k49%1,933240 mi 69University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan$20,72816%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 70Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah$20,91792%1187$15k$54k59%20,272572 mi 71University of HoustonHouston, Texas$21,00074%1250$14k$62k65%38,38017 mi 72Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Tennessee$21,00076%1151$14k$49k58%8,698365 mi 73University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, Texas$21,00498%—$23k$57k51%4,440119 mi 74University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio$21,06785%1282$26k$55k75%29,882178 mi 75University of MaineOrono, Maine$21,16697%—$18k$49k55%8,49624 mi 76Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio$21,25061%1387$17k$60k88%45,63899 mi 77University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota$21,25080%1362$17k$69k85%31,855134 mi 78University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireEau Claire, Wisconsin$21,31282%1220$17k$59k64%8,895127 mi 79Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida$21,34924%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 80The Evergreen State CollegeOlympia, Washington$21,35496%1216$24k$45k41%2,1601 mi 81Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah$21,361——$10k$56k46%16,360551 mi 82Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah$21,458——$6k$55k45%28,453544 mi 83Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona$21,60090%—$14k$54k61%22,903278 mi 84New York UniversityNew York, New York$21,7879%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 85California Lutheran UniversityThousand Oaks, California$21,89776%1266$30k$69k70%2,29613 mi 86University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut$22,00052%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 87University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut$22,00083%1094$17k$74k57%2,4322 mi 88University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut$22,00088%1073$16k$74k65%1,52531 mi 89University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusWaterbury, Connecticut$22,00087%1060$11k$74k53%73319 mi 90University of Connecticut-Avery PointGroton, Connecticut$22,00088%1090$14k$74k62%4541 mi 91Northwestern Oklahoma State UniversityAlva, Oklahoma$22,17065%1003$10k$44k30%1,498530 mi 92Rider UniversityLawrenceville, New Jersey$22,23379%1227$25k$62k61%3,10624 mi 93University of North TexasDenton, Texas$22,25472%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 94Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusPortales, New Mexico$22,30192%964$5k$39k45%3,357545 mi 95University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburg, Virginia$22,35480%1272$21k$61k66%3,5668 mi 96University of KansasLawrence, Kansas$22,50093%1190$18k$62k69%21,217448 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.