Public Universities with the Lowest Student Debt

Public 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 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 520 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico$4,50059%—$11k$31k52%2,6691 mi 2University of Puerto Rico at CayeyCayey, Puerto Rico$5,00053%955$10k$31k50%2,06912 mi 3University of Puerto Rico-Rio PiedrasSan Juan, Puerto Rico$5,50055%—$9k$36k50%8,5722 mi 4University of Puerto RicoBayamon, Puerto Rico$5,50035%—$8k$34k37%2,8514 mi 5University of Puerto Rico-HumacaoHumacao, Puerto Rico$5,50055%—$13k$30k47%2,5294 mi 6University of Puerto Rico-CarolinaCarolina, Puerto Rico$5,50055%932$13k$31k37%2,4044 mi 7University of Puerto Rico at PoncePonce, Puerto Rico$5,50052%—$11k$31k46%2,2782 mi 8University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico$5,50081%909$8k$28k46%1,8831 mi 9University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico$8,25057%—$18k$49k49%9,5391 mi 10CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York$10,29864%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 11CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York$10,53380%1010$5k$49k21%13,580< 1 mi 12CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York$10,95057%970$3k$58k51%10,6961 mi 13CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn, New York$10,98886%920$6k$46k20%3,2333 mi 14CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York$11,00054%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 15CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York$11,00057%1080$3k$56k56%11,590< 1 mi 16CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York$11,00058%1140$3k$61k54%10,5433 mi 17CUNY York CollegeJamaica, New York$11,00064%880$4k$57k32%4,3454 mi 18SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, New York$11,00063%—$19k$56k66%1,83935 mi 19New Mexico Highlands UniversityLas Vegas, New Mexico$11,399——$15k$46k26%1,451546 mi 20CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York$11,51248%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 21CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York$11,99060%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 22Texas Tech University Health Sciences CenterLubbock, Texas$12,268———$92k—1,482457 mi 23Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah$12,50082%—$10k$50k61%9,289390 mi 24Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey$12,500———$69k—6,70720 mi 25CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, New York$12,58468%——$66k—3,2541 mi 26California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California$12,75097%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 27Dalton State CollegeDalton, Georgia$12,937——$5k$40k25%4,553284 mi 28The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas$12,95094%985$5k$50k51%28,66645 mi 29University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California$13,00011%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 30University of California-DavisDavis, California$13,00042%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 31California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California$13,00091%—$4k$59k53%19,56218 mi 32California State University-StanislausTurlock, California$13,54098%—$6k$63k53%8,38546 mi 33California State University-FullertonFullerton, California$13,75091%—$7k$63k70%38,54616 mi 34California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California$13,80793%—$9k$57k43%12,5387 mi 35California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California$13,87293%—$7k$59k57%32,69114 mi 36University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California$13,99333%—$16k$75k83%23,113< 1 mi 37University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California$14,0009%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 38University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina$14,00015%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 39University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesLittle Rock, Arkansas$14,000———$74k—1,571325 mi 40Florida Polytechnic UniversityLakeland, Florida$14,25058%1268$12k—55%1,68939 mi 41California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California$14,28946%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi 42Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah$14,34092%1187$15k$54k59%20,272572 mi 43College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, New York$14,35092%1040$6k$54k34%9,6572 mi 44University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii$14,50095%985$10k$52k50%2,5193 mi 45California State University-FresnoFresno, California$14,50595%—$7k$61k57%21,605112 mi 46Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, Illinois$14,60075%—$14k$52k22%3,9823 mi 47University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$14,61539%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 48University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothell, Washington$14,61591%—$12k$78k65%5,4579 mi 49University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington$14,61583%—$10k$78k63%4,1851 mi 50California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California$14,71594%—$5k$60k55%15,02352 mi 51Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York$14,71863%1147$11k$70k53%9,5527 mi 52SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York$14,99784%—$11k$59k45%4,1624 mi 53University of FloridaGainesville, Florida$15,00024%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 54San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California$15,00036%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 55University of California-IrvineIrvine, California$15,00029%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 56California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California$15,00094%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 57San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California$15,00085%—$14k$79k69%27,60112 mi 58Texas A & M International UniversityLaredo, Texas$15,00044%993$4k$48k46%6,667102 mi 59California State University-Channel IslandsCamarillo, California$15,00095%—$10k$62k51%5,0135 mi 60Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont$15,00082%—$18k$50k47%3,590109 mi 61Mississippi University for WomenColumbus, Mississippi$15,00090%1090$12k$46k47%1,605192 mi 62San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California$15,37196%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 63University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California$15,50027%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 64University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida$15,53153%1153$10k$56k69%13,3597 mi 65Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Tennessee$15,65076%1151$14k$49k58%8,698365 mi 66Sul Ross State UniversityAlpine, Texas$15,90099%1024$13k$42k30%1,396408 mi 67Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherford, Oklahoma$15,954——$14k$46k40%3,514453 mi 68California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California$16,00075%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi 69University of Maine at Presque IslePresque Isle, Maine$16,000100%—$7k$41k52%1,913107 mi 70SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York$16,02384%—$19k$45k42%1,90498 mi 71University of California-MercedMerced, California$16,14491%—$12k$64k69%8,37271 mi 72Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida$16,50055%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi 73Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusPortales, New Mexico$16,50092%964$5k$39k45%3,357545 mi 74California State University-East BayHayward, California$16,54497%—$9k$71k48%9,8096 mi 75California State University-ChicoChico, California$16,55293%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 76California State University-BakersfieldBakersfield, California$16,60094%—$6k$59k50%8,57770 mi 77University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida$16,62458%1138$9k$49k59%9,3302 mi 78University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California$16,66666%—$18k$68k75%17,9403 mi 79University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois$16,70477%1250$11k$69k62%22,1702 mi 80Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California$16,70593%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi 81Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeTifton, Georgia$16,75076%990$7k$35k36%3,20899 mi 82University of Virginia's College at WiseWise, Virginia$16,75029%1050$9k$45k47%1,101292 mi 83University of GuamMangilao, Guam$16,786——$9k$36k37%2,515< 1 mi 84University of the Virgin IslandsCharlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands$16,80099%938$7k$39k28%1,5181 mi 85Indiana University-KokomoKokomo, Indiana$16,96186%1065$4k$50k46%2,35296 mi 86Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityDurant, Oklahoma$17,00076%1087$8k$45k32%3,018304 mi 87New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico$17,09589%1011$9k$39k55%11,946378 mi 88Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota$17,10099%1020$17k$65k44%5,616131 mi 89The University of Texas at TylerTyler, Texas$17,13794%1114$13k$57k54%7,440177 mi 90Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida$17,23666%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 91SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York$17,25081%1201$14k$64k55%1,84957 mi 92California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California$17,35095%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 93Northwestern Oklahoma State UniversityAlva, Oklahoma$17,35565%1003$10k$44k30%1,498530 mi 94Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, Oklahoma$17,367100%1049$13k$45k35%4,772415 mi 95University of California-RiversideRiverside, California$17,50076%—$14k$68k76%22,59340 mi 96University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia$17,50017%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 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.