Private Nonprofit Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt

Private Nonprofit Colleges 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 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 631 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Berea CollegeBerea, Kentucky$3,59119%1249$6k$43k58%1,513277 mi 2Atlantic UniversityGuaynabo, Puerto Rico$5,457——$6k$25k39%1,4514 mi 3Inter American University of Puerto Rico-FajardoFajardo, Puerto Rico$5,75027%—$9k$23k38%1,0721 mi 4Inter American University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico$6,25042%—$9k$25k43%2,9063 mi 5Inter American University of Puerto Rico-PonceMercedita, Puerto Rico$6,37534%—$9k$27k41%2,4042 mi 6Inter American University of Puerto Rico-BayamonBayamon, Puerto Rico$8,25040%—$9k$30k35%3,4767 mi 7Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San GermanSan German, Puerto Rico$8,50042%—$9k$25k43%2,5698 mi 8Inter American University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico$9,00038%—$9k$25k39%2,2201 mi 9Brigham Young University-HawaiiLaie, Hawaii$9,41347%1130$17k$52k53%2,8891 mi 10Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts$10,00014%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 11Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland$10,2506%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 12Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey$10,3205%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 13Inter American University of Puerto Rico-MetroSan Juan, Puerto Rico$10,97570%—$10k$31k39%2,6074 mi 14Rice UniversityHouston, Texas$11,0008%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 15Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah$11,06968%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 16Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island$11,4285%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 17Pomona CollegeClaremont, California$11,7827%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 18Stanford UniversityStanford, California$12,0004%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 19Ana G. Mendez UniversityOrlando, Florida$12,188——$20k——4,76332 mi 20Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts$12,7618%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 21Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut$12,9754%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 22Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina$13,0006%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 23Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusGurabo, Puerto Rico$13,448——$7k$26k31%7,86814 mi 24Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California$13,50010%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 25Scripps CollegeClaremont, California$13,50038%1492$36k$78k83%1,11334 mi 26Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania$13,62112%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 27Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts$13,7409%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 28Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont$13,85711%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 29Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$14,0009%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 30Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$14,0004%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 31Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee$14,0006%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 32Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey CampusSan Juan, Puerto Rico$14,250——$8k$24k31%4,5403 mi 33Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine$14,27513%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 34Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina CampusCarolina, Puerto Rico$14,500——$8k$24k34%4,4683 mi 35Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$14,74481%1243$29k$77k69%3,7551 mi 36Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts$14,7685%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 37University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburg, Kentucky$14,91199%—$14k$45k50%6,941331 mi 38Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois$15,0008%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 39University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois$15,0004%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 40Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York$15,00014%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 41Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$15,50013%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 42Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-PoncePonce, Puerto Rico$15,50098%1300$13k$25k49%3,8742 mi 43Touro UniversityNew York, New York$15,54761%1348$30k$53k72%4,0401 mi 44University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$15,7155%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 45Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania$16,00031%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 46Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts$16,25011%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 47Universidad del Sagrado CorazonSanturce, Puerto Rico$16,25058%—$13k$32k52%4,442< 1 mi 48Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, South Carolina$16,585——$17k$44k65%2,005183 mi 49Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota$16,75020%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 50Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California$16,75025%—$34k$70k83%1,22734 mi 51Lindsey Wilson UniversityColumbia, Kentucky$16,784——$15k$41k44%1,585324 mi 52Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut$17,00016%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 53Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York$17,00014%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 54Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsville, Kentucky$17,15680%—$19k$42k42%2,840310 mi 55University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida$17,50019%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 56Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri$17,50012%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 57Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire$17,5005%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 58Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa$17,50015%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi 59Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania$17,5007%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 60Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts$17,55021%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 61Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended StudiesFayette, Missouri$17,61988%1120$15k$49k0%2,092324 mi 62Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and SciencesFayette, Missouri$17,61957%1048$23k$49k51%1,040324 mi 63Concordia University-Saint PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota$17,83279%—$18k$60k46%3,018133 mi 64Lynn UniversityBoca Raton, Florida$17,94073%1134$44k$49k52%2,8593 mi 65Cumberland UniversityLebanon, Tennessee$17,95267%—$19k$58k46%2,104378 mi 66University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$18,00010%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 67Barnard CollegeNew York, New York$18,0009%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 68Moody Bible InstituteChicago, Illinois$18,14983%—$22k$45k62%1,5101 mi 69Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia$18,25011%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 70Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York$18,25056%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 71Rockhurst UniversityKansas City, Missouri$18,25070%1120$26k$67k75%1,580414 mi 72Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado$18,25718%1365$33k$65k88%2,014705 mi 73Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington$18,43738%1410$33k$68k81%1,531209 mi 74Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine$18,5007%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 75Kenyon CollegeGambier, Ohio$18,52731%1429$39k$72k82%1,73270 mi 76Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York$18,62519%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 77Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina$18,68813%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 78Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Tennessee$18,74469%1091$17k$49k53%1,737380 mi 79Siena Heights UniversityAdrian, Michigan$18,75069%954$17k$58k39%1,49530 mi 80Waldorf UniversityForest City, Iowa$18,75277%—$20k$51k21%1,827251 mi 81Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts$19,00016%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 82University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$19,00011%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 83Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania$19,00042%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 84Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania$19,00028%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 85St. Thomas UniversityMiami Gardens, Florida$19,12598%—$26k$54k48%2,2146 mi 86Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine$19,1577%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 87Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California$19,16248%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 88Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas$19,50063%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 89Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California$19,50045%1359$48k$78k79%7,0942 mi 90Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama$19,50082%1201$33k$58k77%4,206198 mi 91University of the PacificStockton, California$19,50071%1346$25k$78k69%3,2047 mi 92Lipscomb UniversityNashville, Tennessee$19,50068%1256$25k$56k72%2,997378 mi 93Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York$19,50021%1405$32k$69k83%2,694124 mi 94University of CharlestonCharleston, West Virginia$19,50062%—$22k$56k46%2,259216 mi 95Lewis & Clark CollegePortland, Oregon$19,50078%—$36k$62k75%2,12055 mi 96Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia$19,50014%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 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.