Residential Colleges (Dorm Capacity for at Least 50% of Undergraduates) with the Lowest Net Price

Residential Colleges (Dorm Capacity for at Least 50% of Undergraduates) with the Lowest Net Price, ranked by average annual net price. Cost after grants and scholarships for federally aided students; negative reported net prices are retained. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 582 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 2Berea CollegeBerea, Kentucky19%1249$6k$43k58%1,513277 mi 3Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey5%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 4Elizabeth City State UniversityElizabeth City, North Carolina64%1019$6k$40k44%1,9751 mi 5Kentucky State UniversityFrankfort, Kentucky96%870$8k$36k32%1,309245 mi 6Savannah State UniversitySavannah, Georgia——$8k$38k28%2,8338 mi 7East Central UniversityAda, Oklahoma58%1049$9k$45k34%2,467360 mi 8Yeshivath ViznitzMonsey, New York——$9k—69%1,1598 mi 9University of Virginia's College at WiseWise, Virginia29%1050$9k$45k47%1,101292 mi 10Mississippi Valley State UniversityItta Bena, Mississippi92%870$10k$32k27%1,439216 mi 11Morehead State UniversityMorehead, Kentucky77%—$10k$43k52%4,578226 mi 12Concord UniversityAthens, West Virginia93%977$10k$43k39%1,504205 mi 13Northwestern Oklahoma State UniversityAlva, Oklahoma65%1003$10k$44k30%1,498530 mi 14Fort Valley State UniversityFort Valley, Georgia66%994$10k$37k41%2,684162 mi 15Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana81%—$11k$48k43%6,188149 mi 16SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York73%1070$11k$52k33%5,0971 mi 17Francis Marion UniversityFlorence, South Carolina86%1015$11k$44k43%2,62856 mi 18Peru State CollegePeru, Nebraska——$12k$47k38%1,092428 mi 19Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaWinona, Minnesota93%—$12k$58k66%1,073180 mi 20Florida Polytechnic UniversityLakeland, Florida58%1268$12k—55%1,68939 mi 21University of California-MercedMerced, California91%—$12k$64k69%8,37271 mi 22Bethune-Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach, Florida88%880$12k$39k31%2,7322 mi 23University of North Carolina AshevilleAsheville, North Carolina92%1251$12k$44k54%2,910234 mi 24University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California27%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 25Andrews UniversityBerrien Springs, Michigan82%1150$13k$53k72%1,22411 mi 26University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California9%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 27Chadron State CollegeChadron, Nebraska——$13k$47k50%1,540599 mi 28Bethel UniversityMcKenzie, Tennessee60%972$13k$47k35%1,547374 mi 29University of Arkansas at Pine BluffPine Bluff, Arkansas41%922$13k$36k40%1,807286 mi 30Mary Baldwin UniversityStaunton, Virginia——$13k$44k39%1,09095 mi 31Truman State UniversityKirksville, Missouri84%1320$13k$56k69%2,513283 mi 32Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois65%1000$13k$52k47%4,188155 mi 33Lake Superior State UniversitySault Ste Marie, Michigan——$13k$49k51%1,3256 mi 34Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California93%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi 35Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, Illinois71%—$13k$54k45%4,410186 mi 36Adams State UniversityAlamosa, Colorado——$13k$44k39%1,250597 mi 37Central State UniversityWilberforce, Ohio99%—$13k$33k23%2,620128 mi 38Virginia Union UniversityRichmond, Virginia98%850$13k$38k34%1,20318 mi 39Missouri Western State UniversitySaint Joseph, Missouri——$13k$43k39%2,219402 mi 40Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn State, Mississippi45%904$13k$36k57%2,363116 mi 41Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois87%1055$13k$53k62%8,494288 mi 42University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne, Maryland96%—$13k$48k35%2,3916 mi 43Rice UniversityHouston, Texas8%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 44Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina78%945$13k$45k47%4,170178 mi 45Delta State UniversityCleveland, Mississippi100%1050$14k$42k48%1,620234 mi 46Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie View, Texas79%980$14k$45k43%8,87761 mi 47SUNY College at PotsdamPotsdam, New York78%—$14k$48k45%1,82327 mi 48Edward Waters UniversityJacksonville, Florida85%—$14k$35k28%1,08717 mi 49California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California97%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 50Stanford UniversityStanford, California4%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 51Delaware State UniversityDover, Delaware47%940$14k$49k39%4,3987 mi 52Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, South Carolina75%1143$14k$47k48%10,37710 mi 53Glenville State UniversityGlenville, West Virginia——$14k$39k34%1,096183 mi 54Southern Arkansas University Main CampusMagnolia, Arkansas75%1047$14k$42k49%2,708231 mi 55University of Wisconsin-River FallsRiver Falls, Wisconsin82%1150$14k$54k57%4,205131 mi 56Georgetown CollegeGeorgetown, Kentucky91%1138$14k$52k49%1,097238 mi 57SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York81%1201$14k$64k55%1,84957 mi 58Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan92%1258$14k$78k68%5,9551 mi 59University of California-IrvineIrvine, California29%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 60Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts87%1150$14k$54k55%2,75241 mi 61Miles CollegeFairfield, Alabama——$14k$33k16%1,155199 mi 62Albion CollegeAlbion, Michigan81%—$14k$59k62%1,30074 mi 63Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 64University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri64%1050$14k$50k54%5,648386 mi 65Radford UniversityRadford, Virginia90%1060$15k$54k49%6,038180 mi 66University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, South Carolina73%—$15k$48k34%2,05210 mi 67University of California-DavisDavis, California42%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 68Southern University at New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana79%944$15k$34k13%1,0551 mi 69University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois4%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 70Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana86%1160$15k$52k62%13,988131 mi 71Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, Pennsylvania66%920$15k$43k44%1,53914 mi 72University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma62%1389$15k$61k72%2,813443 mi 73Lindsey Wilson UniversityColumbia, Kentucky——$15k$41k44%1,585324 mi 74Carroll UniversityWaukesha, Wisconsin67%1190$15k$58k71%2,52317 mi 75Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, Virginia88%927$15k$45k39%5,3922 mi 76Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, South Carolina79%1139$15k$47k57%3,523147 mi 77North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, North Carolina87%1050$15k$43k42%6,081108 mi 78Wayne State CollegeWayne, Nebraska——$15k$47k52%3,010394 mi 79Lander UniversityGreenwood, South Carolina81%1057$15k$42k50%3,397137 mi 80West Liberty UniversityWest Liberty, West Virginia97%1045$15k$43k60%1,511109 mi 81North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota95%1150$16k$62k64%9,471222 mi 82Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania93%1090$16k$52k54%9,21098 mi 83Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Tennessee70%1000$16k$43k34%4,848378 mi 84Northern State UniversityAberdeen, South Dakota93%1089$16k$48k49%1,273318 mi 85Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, Virginia89%948$16k$46k39%5,07410 mi 86Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 87SUNY at FredoniaFredonia, New York78%1250$16k$54k50%2,7553 mi 88University of Wisconsin-PlattevillePlatteville, Wisconsin89%1190$16k$62k56%5,837132 mi 89Framingham State UniversityFramingham, Massachusetts84%1180$16k$52k48%2,56620 mi 90State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York81%1187$16k$58k60%5,4731 mi 91Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryville, Missouri86%1119$16k$48k54%4,378389 mi 92Western Colorado UniversityGunnison, Colorado100%1230$16k$47k51%1,586616 mi 93Our Lady of the Lake UniversitySan Antonio, Texas——$16k$49k46%1,066121 mi 94Aquinas CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan90%1025$17k$50k65%1,08330 mi 95Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, South Carolina——$17k$44k65%2,005183 mi 96Shorter UniversityRome, Georgia96%1115$17k$45k38%1,028266 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.