Colleges with the Lowest Net Price in the Great Plains

Colleges with the Lowest Net Price in the Great Plains, ranked by average annual net price. Region: Census West North Central division. Included states / district: IA KS MN MO NE ND SD. This ranks the named measure, not overall college quality. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 114 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1College of the OzarksPoint Lookout, Missouri12%1118$6k$42k64%1,444459 mi 2Peru State CollegePeru, Nebraska——$12k$47k38%1,092428 mi 3Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaWinona, Minnesota93%—$12k$58k66%1,073180 mi 4Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplin, Missouri97%1065$12k$43k42%3,019489 mi 5University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookston, Minnesota88%—$12k$58k50%1,729222 mi 6Chadron State CollegeChadron, Nebraska——$13k$47k50%1,540599 mi 7Fort Hays State UniversityHays, Kansas90%1089$13k$49k48%9,733648 mi 8Minot State UniversityMinot, North Dakota65%1051$13k$52k45%2,062440 mi 9Truman State UniversityKirksville, Missouri84%1320$13k$56k69%2,513283 mi 10Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas94%1092$13k$52k51%10,780565 mi 11Missouri Western State UniversitySaint Joseph, Missouri——$13k$43k39%2,219402 mi 12University of Missouri-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri72%1204$13k$60k55%6,817415 mi 13University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska87%1120$13k$54k47%11,488425 mi 14Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint Cloud, Minnesota95%1092$14k$56k40%5,088129 mi 15Dickinson State UniversityDickinson, North Dakota37%—$14k$51k51%1,090505 mi 16University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri64%1050$14k$50k54%5,648386 mi 17Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended StudiesFayette, Missouri88%1120$15k$49k0%2,092324 mi 18University of Missouri-St LouisSaint Louis, Missouri63%1199$15k$53k57%5,024254 mi 19Bemidji State UniversityBemidji, Minnesota56%1090$15k$54k48%3,139139 mi 20Washburn UniversityTopeka, Kansas——$15k$50k53%4,562468 mi 21Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMarshall, Minnesota62%1050$15k$51k45%2,315238 mi 22Wayne State CollegeWayne, Nebraska——$15k$47k52%3,010394 mi 23North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota95%1150$16k$62k64%9,471222 mi 24Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas89%1050$16k$51k57%4,210486 mi 25Northern State UniversityAberdeen, South Dakota93%1089$16k$48k49%1,273318 mi 26Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri74%950$16k$44k58%6,373320 mi 27University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa93%1122$16k$55k68%7,529234 mi 28Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, South Dakota96%1087$16k$47k43%1,928589 mi 29Avila UniversityKansas City, Missouri88%972$16k$53k52%1,312419 mi 30University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney, Nebraska89%1118$16k$50k58%4,088544 mi 31Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryville, Missouri86%1119$16k$48k54%4,378389 mi 32Emporia State UniversityEmporia, Kansas98%1120$16k$48k56%2,239511 mi 33Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri73%1317$16k$83k64%5,521344 mi 34University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota80%1362$17k$69k85%31,855134 mi 35Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota99%1020$17k$65k44%5,616131 mi 36Winona State UniversityWinona, Minnesota75%—$18k$59k57%5,144180 mi 37Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska——$18k$61k33%10,220425 mi 38Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri91%1122$18k$50k58%13,313438 mi 39Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa15%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi 40University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska87%1191$18k$57k67%19,178469 mi 41University of MaryBismarck, North Dakota75%1159$18k$61k67%2,416409 mi 42Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota59%1090$18k$51k57%3,072220 mi 43University of KansasLawrence, Kansas93%1190$18k$62k69%21,217448 mi 44Missouri Valley CollegeMarshall, Missouri69%974$18k$43k22%1,443348 mi 45Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityLincoln, Nebraska80%1189$18k$56k66%1,453466 mi 46Concordia University-Saint PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota79%—$18k$60k46%3,018133 mi 47University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota77%—$19k$64k60%9,981245 mi 48Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa89%1204$19k$63k75%25,367299 mi 49Evangel UniversitySpringfield, Missouri72%1188$19k$47k65%1,229436 mi 50University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota89%1251$19k$63k65%7,336< 1 mi 51Coe CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa64%1223$19k$57k66%1,164198 mi 52Buena Vista UniversityStorm Lake, Iowa78%1120$19k$49k62%1,366322 mi 53Lincoln UniversityJefferson City, Missouri——$19k$39k21%1,392328 mi 54Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota88%1150$19k$57k54%11,703201 mi 55Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas82%1151$19k$57k71%15,142505 mi 56University of JamestownJamestown, North Dakota88%—$20k$57k49%1,041311 mi 57Lindenwood UniversitySaint Charles, Missouri57%1190$20k$53k49%4,624256 mi 58Waldorf UniversityForest City, Iowa77%—$20k$51k21%1,827251 mi 59St Catherine UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota92%1147$20k$59k61%2,473135 mi 60South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota98%1120$20k$55k62%9,198282 mi 61University of South DakotaVermillion, South Dakota99%1125$20k$52k60%5,439362 mi 62Mount Mercy UniversityCedar Rapids, Iowa83%—$20k$61k58%1,107197 mi 63South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City, South Dakota80%1245$20k$72k53%2,071569 mi 64University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri78%1247$20k$63k75%23,929318 mi 65Loras CollegeDubuque, Iowa100%—$21k$58k68%1,083145 mi 66Hamline UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota88%1160$21k$61k60%1,776132 mi 67Drury UniversitySpringfield, Missouri58%1218$21k$41k62%1,383437 mi 68Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa96%1090$21k$53k34%1,994198 mi 69Park UniversityParkville, Missouri——$21k$56k38%4,555414 mi 70Dakota State UniversityMadison, South Dakota88%1215$21k$51k51%2,071308 mi 71University of Sioux FallsSioux Falls, South Dakota83%—$21k$55k63%1,218317 mi 72Southwest Baptist UniversityBolivar, Missouri68%1088$22k$43k55%1,341423 mi 73Grand View UniversityDes Moines, Iowa99%—$22k$53k54%1,486300 mi 74Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri12%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 75Simpson CollegeIndianola, Iowa86%1440$22k$59k63%1,227302 mi 76Maryville University of Saint LouisSaint Louis, Missouri95%—$22k$62k66%5,658264 mi 77University of IowaIowa City, Iowa84%1200$23k$65k75%22,264195 mi 78William Penn UniversityOskaloosa, Iowa52%984$23k$49k33%1,301257 mi 79Columbia CollegeColumbia, Missouri——$23k$45k42%4,950317 mi 80Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and SciencesFayette, Missouri57%1048$23k$49k51%1,040324 mi 81Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, Minnesota61%1290$23k$66k77%1,878190 mi 82Luther CollegeDecorah, Iowa72%1218$23k$60k71%1,379196 mi 83Central CollegePella, Iowa86%1147$23k$54k66%1,070269 mi 84University of DubuqueDubuque, Iowa89%1110$23k$51k40%1,440146 mi 85Cornell CollegeMount Vernon, Iowa80%1234$24k$53k62%1,086186 mi 86Augsburg UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota82%—$24k$59k52%2,494134 mi 87St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota48%1380$24k$66k84%3,093165 mi 88Augustana UniversitySioux Falls, South Dakota68%1195$24k$59k73%1,965317 mi 89Concordia University-NebraskaSeward, Nebraska86%—$24k$52k65%1,283473 mi 90Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri75%1317$24k$71k80%7,267256 mi 91Saint Ambrose UniversityDavenport, Iowa77%1093$25k$60k61%1,916150 mi 92Concordia College at MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota63%1190$25k$59k61%1,829220 mi 93Baker UniversityBaldwin City, Kansas94%—$25k$64k58%1,100452 mi 94Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota20%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 95Saint Johns UniversityCollegeville, Minnesota91%1183$26k$77k75%1,395136 mi 96Dordt UniversitySioux Center, Iowa68%1221$26k$53k70%1,597322 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.