Large Universities with the Lowest Student Debt

Large Universities with the Lowest Student Debt, ranked by median federal student debt. Reported borrower debt; excludes private loans and does not measure all students. Four-year colleges with at least 10,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 214 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York$10,29864%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 2CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York$10,53380%1010$5k$49k21%13,580< 1 mi 3CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York$10,95057%970$3k$58k51%10,6961 mi 4CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York$11,00054%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 5CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York$11,00057%1080$3k$56k56%11,590< 1 mi 6CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York$11,00058%1140$3k$61k54%10,5433 mi 7Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah$11,06968%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 8CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York$11,51248%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 9CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York$11,99060%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 10The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas$12,95094%985$5k$50k51%28,66645 mi 11University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California$13,00011%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 12University of California-DavisDavis, California$13,00042%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 13California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California$13,00091%—$4k$59k53%19,56218 mi 14California State University-FullertonFullerton, California$13,75091%—$7k$63k70%38,54616 mi 15California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California$13,80793%—$9k$57k43%12,5387 mi 16California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California$13,87293%—$7k$59k57%32,69114 mi 17University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California$13,99333%—$16k$75k83%23,113< 1 mi 18University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California$14,0009%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 19University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina$14,00015%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 20Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$14,0009%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 21California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California$14,28946%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi 22Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah$14,34092%1187$15k$54k59%20,272572 mi 23California State University-FresnoFresno, California$14,50595%—$7k$61k57%21,605112 mi 24University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$14,61539%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 25California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California$14,71594%—$5k$60k55%15,02352 mi 26University of FloridaGainesville, Florida$15,00024%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 27San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California$15,00036%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 28University of California-IrvineIrvine, California$15,00029%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 29California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California$15,00094%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 30San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California$15,00085%—$14k$79k69%27,60112 mi 31San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California$15,37196%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 32University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California$15,50027%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 33University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida$15,53153%1153$10k$56k69%13,3597 mi 34University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$15,7155%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 35California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California$16,00075%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi 36Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida$16,50055%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi 37California State University-ChicoChico, California$16,55293%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 38University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California$16,66666%—$18k$68k75%17,9403 mi 39University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois$16,70477%1250$11k$69k62%22,1702 mi 40New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico$17,09589%1011$9k$39k55%11,946378 mi 41Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida$17,23666%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 42California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California$17,35095%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 43University of California-RiversideRiverside, California$17,50076%—$14k$68k76%22,59340 mi 44University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia$17,50017%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 45University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida$17,50019%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 46The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas$17,52780%1124$14k$63k54%32,294239 mi 47Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida$17,62263%1114$13k$55k57%13,8745 mi 48University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia$17,75068%1106$10k$50k37%16,146227 mi 49Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas$17,80457%1280$21k$72k84%59,61597 mi 50University of South FloridaTampa, Florida$17,98843%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 51Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida$18,00024%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 52The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas$18,00065%1286$18k$68k76%21,751245 mi 53The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas$18,000100%962$9k$51k50%21,005361 mi 54University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$18,00010%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 55University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida$18,19040%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 56University of HoustonHouston, Texas$18,19474%1250$14k$62k65%38,38017 mi 57Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York$18,22849%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 58University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico$18,45095%1038$15k$45k55%17,244460 mi 59University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia$18,50038%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 60California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California$18,50031%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 61University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii$18,50087%1102$16k$58k64%15,0292 mi 62Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York$18,50039%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 63Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington$18,50093%1289$21k$63k65%13,5441 mi 64Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland$18,71882%1095$17k$64k69%16,1369 mi 65University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas$18,75090%1029$11k$54k33%12,55518 mi 66University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada$18,92274%1132$16k$61k61%15,599137 mi 67University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland$19,00045%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 68University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah$19,00086%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 69Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona$19,00090%—$14k$54k61%22,903278 mi 70University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York$19,00074%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 71University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska$19,00087%1120$13k$54k47%11,488425 mi 72Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts$19,00016%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 73University of North TexasDenton, Texas$19,25072%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 74East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee$19,44286%1144$16k$45k53%10,004267 mi 75University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada$19,45096%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi 76Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona$19,50090%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 77Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana$19,50050%1364$15k$72k83%44,50385 mi 78University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois$19,50042%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 79University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan$19,50016%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 80University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado$19,50078%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi 81University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota$19,50080%1362$17k$69k85%31,855134 mi 82George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia$19,50087%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 83Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington$19,50087%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 84University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina$19,50064%1287$20k$55k71%14,9223 mi 85University at AlbanyAlbany, New York$19,50069%—$17k$68k61%12,56495 mi 86University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland$19,50072%1323$16k$70k70%10,7015 mi 87The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee$19,50081%1147$14k$51k50%10,074308 mi 88Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana$19,50978%1313$16k$64k80%37,806174 mi 89Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas$19,60690%1075$21k$53k48%12,673253 mi 90University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona$19,62086%1246$17k$60k68%42,537144 mi 91Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio$19,97661%1387$17k$60k88%45,63899 mi 92Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado$20,00089%—$21k$61k67%25,538775 mi 93University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi$20,00097%1184$13k$51k72%21,473266 mi 94Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee$20,00069%1121$13k$49k54%16,301364 mi 95Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana$20,00076%1139$12k$55k54%13,830139 mi 96Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska$20,000——$18k$61k33%10,220425 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.