Private Nonprofit Colleges with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings

Private Nonprofit Colleges with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings, ranked by debt / annual earnings. Median federal debt divided by median 10-year annual earnings. These are different cohorts; this is not a repayment timeline. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 630 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Berea CollegeBerea, Kentucky0.08×19%1249$6k$43k58%1,513277 mi 2Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey0.09×5%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 3Stanford UniversityStanford, California0.10×4%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 4Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts0.10×5%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 5Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland0.12×6%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 6Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts0.12×14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 7Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island0.12×5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 8Rice UniversityHouston, Texas0.12×8%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 9Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California0.13×10%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 10Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut0.13×4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 11Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina0.13×6%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 12Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York0.13×9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 13Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts0.14×4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 14University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania0.14×5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 15Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts0.14×8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 16Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah0.15×68%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 17Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia0.15×13%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 18Pomona CollegeClaremont, California0.15×7%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 19Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee0.15×6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 20Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts0.16×17%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 21University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois0.16×4%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 22Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois0.17×8%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 23Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania0.17×12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 24Scripps CollegeClaremont, California0.17×38%1492$36k$78k83%1,11334 mi 25Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania0.18×31%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 26Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California0.18×48%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 27Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York0.18×14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 28Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts0.18×9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 29Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire0.18×5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 30Brigham Young University-HawaiiLaie, Hawaii0.18×47%1130$17k$52k53%2,8891 mi 31Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont0.18×11%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 32Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts0.18×16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 33Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania0.19×12%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 34University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana0.19×11%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 35Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania0.19×81%1243$29k$77k69%3,7551 mi 36University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California0.19×10%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 37Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts0.20×11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 38Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, Massachusetts0.20×85%1269$40k$126k62%3,4513 mi 39Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri0.20×12%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 40Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine0.21×13%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 41Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia0.21×14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 42Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts0.21×45%1352$38k$121k87%4,4749 mi 43Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania0.21×26%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 44Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York0.21×4%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 45Atlantic UniversityGuaynabo, Puerto Rico0.22×——$6k$25k39%1,4514 mi 46Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York0.22×14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 47Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania0.22×7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 48Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota0.22×20%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 49Barnard CollegeNew York, New York0.22×9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 50Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine0.22×7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 51George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia0.23×47%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 52Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia0.23×11%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 53Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina0.23×13%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 54Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut0.23×16%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 55University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida0.23×19%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 56Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York0.23×63%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 57Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine0.24×7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 58Inter American University of Puerto Rico-PonceMercedita, Puerto Rico0.24×34%—$9k$27k41%2,4042 mi 59Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California0.24×25%—$34k$70k83%1,22734 mi 60Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute, Indiana0.25×77%1427$43k$101k78%2,309148 mi 61Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey0.25×48%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 62New York UniversityNew York, New York0.25×9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 63Inter American University of Puerto Rico-FajardoFajardo, Puerto Rico0.25×27%—$9k$23k38%1,0721 mi 64University of the PacificStockton, California0.25×71%1346$25k$78k69%3,2047 mi 65Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas0.25×63%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 66Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California0.25×45%1359$48k$78k79%7,0942 mi 67Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania0.25×28%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 68Inter American University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico0.25×42%—$9k$25k43%2,9063 mi 69Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut0.25×29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 70Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York0.26×56%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 71University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California0.26×62%1295$41k$90k70%5,2872 mi 72Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania0.26×27%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 73Kenyon CollegeGambier, Ohio0.26×31%1429$39k$72k82%1,73270 mi 74University of PortlandPortland, Oregon0.26×89%1277$28k$83k80%2,95746 mi 75Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts0.26×60%—$43k$103k90%5,44738 mi 76Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York0.26×19%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 77Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts0.26×5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 78Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts0.26×———$93k—1,8022 mi 79Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington0.26×77%1307$35k$75k76%4,0621 mi 80University of San DiegoSan Diego, California0.27×52%—$30k$87k84%5,6713 mi 81University of RochesterRochester, New York0.27×40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 82Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania0.27×42%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 83Rockhurst UniversityKansas City, Missouri0.27×70%1120$26k$67k75%1,580414 mi 84Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio0.27×37%1513$41k$88k87%6,4373 mi 85Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington0.27×38%1410$33k$68k81%1,531209 mi 86Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts0.27×21%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 87Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina0.28×66%1208$42k$75k84%6,452143 mi 88Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina0.28×22%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 89Inter American University of Puerto Rico-BayamonBayamon, Puerto Rico0.28×40%—$9k$30k35%3,4767 mi 90University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia0.28×22%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 91Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa0.28×15%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi 92Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts0.28×11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 93Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado0.28×18%1365$33k$65k88%2,014705 mi 94Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York0.28×21%1405$32k$69k83%2,694124 mi 95Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, Florida0.28×58%1148$19k$84k21%9,1394 mi 96Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, Florida0.28×65%1257$41k$84k67%7,8604 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.