Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt in the Mid-Atlantic

Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt in the Mid-Atlantic, ranked by median federal student debt. Region: Census Middle Atlantic division. Included states / district: NJ NY PA. 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 203 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York$10,29864%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 2Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey$10,3205%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 3CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York$10,53380%1010$5k$49k21%13,580< 1 mi 4CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York$10,95057%970$3k$58k51%10,6961 mi 5CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn, New York$10,98886%920$6k$46k20%3,2333 mi 6CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York$11,00054%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 7CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York$11,00057%1080$3k$56k56%11,590< 1 mi 8CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York$11,00058%1140$3k$61k54%10,5433 mi 9CUNY York CollegeJamaica, New York$11,00064%880$4k$57k32%4,3454 mi 10SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, New York$11,00063%—$19k$56k66%1,83935 mi 11CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York$11,51248%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 12CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York$11,99060%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 13Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey$12,500———$69k—6,70720 mi 14CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, New York$12,58468%——$66k—3,2541 mi 15Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania$13,62112%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 16Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$14,0009%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 17College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, New York$14,35092%1040$6k$54k34%9,6572 mi 18Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York$14,71863%1147$11k$70k53%9,5527 mi 19Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$14,74481%1243$29k$77k69%3,7551 mi 20SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York$14,99784%—$11k$59k45%4,1624 mi 21Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York$15,00014%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 22Touro UniversityNew York, New York$15,54761%1348$30k$53k72%4,0401 mi 23University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$15,7155%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 24Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania$16,00031%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 25SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York$16,02384%—$19k$45k42%1,90498 mi 26Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York$17,00014%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 27SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York$17,25081%1201$14k$64k55%1,84957 mi 28Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania$17,5007%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 29Barnard CollegeNew York, New York$18,0009%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 30Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York$18,22849%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 31Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York$18,25056%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 32Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York$18,50039%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 33New Jersey City UniversityJersey City, New Jersey$18,50098%—$16k$53k34%3,6811 mi 34Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York$18,62519%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 35Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, New York$18,730——$12k$54k41%7,585122 mi 36State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, New York$18,75062%1265$19k$58k72%6,08631 mi 37University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York$19,00074%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 38Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania$19,00042%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 39Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania$19,00028%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 40University at AlbanyAlbany, New York$19,50069%—$17k$68k61%12,56495 mi 41SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, New York$19,50066%1286$18k$67k71%3,86934 mi 42Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York$19,50021%1405$32k$69k83%2,694124 mi 43Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York$19,63786%—$14k$52k46%5,735< 1 mi 44SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York$19,81270%1230$19k$60k69%4,64395 mi 45SUNY BrockportBrockport, New York$20,00071%1193$16k$54k55%5,78411 mi 46SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton, New York$20,00092%—$15k$48k38%2,74131 mi 47New York UniversityNew York, New York$20,5009%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 48Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey$20,50078%1212$22k$60k67%15,84112 mi 49Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey$20,50089%1139$21k$58k69%7,5375 mi 50Saint Peter's UniversityJersey City, New Jersey$20,50090%—$12k$58k58%2,1352 mi 51Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania$20,50056%1180$25k$44k67%1,56937 mi 52State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York$20,88081%1187$16k$58k60%5,4731 mi 53Chamberlain University-New JerseyNorth Brunswick, New Jersey$20,919100%—$38k$92k33%1,2268 mi 54New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey$21,00065%1337$17k$84k73%9,0194 mi 55University of RochesterRochester, New York$21,00040%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 56Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey$21,00071%1211$18k$68k70%4,89813 mi 57SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York$21,02873%1070$11k$52k33%5,0971 mi 58SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, New York$21,06774%1312$19k$45k63%3,1974 mi 59State University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, New York$21,19678%1165$17k$56k59%3,76946 mi 60Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey$21,50058%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 61Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York$21,5004%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 62Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey$21,50071%—$20k$74k64%7,7094 mi 63State University of New York at CortlandCortland, New York$21,50060%—$22k$60k68%5,90158 mi 64Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey$21,50066%1178$19k$74k67%3,753< 1 mi 65Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$21,75012%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 66Georgian Court UniversityLakewood, New Jersey$21,81679%—$19k$53k54%1,1958 mi 67Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania$21,96026%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 68Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey$22,00088%1070$16k$61k65%18,37611 mi 69St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, New York$22,00072%1190$19k$64k69%3,1441 mi 70Russell Sage CollegeTroy, New York$22,00053%—$23k$58k56%1,24499 mi 71Daemen UniversityAmherst, New York$22,09168%—$19k$62k59%1,6436 mi 72The New SchoolNew York, New York$22,26663%—$59k$53k69%6,5631 mi 73William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, New Jersey$22,33490%—$19k$58k44%6,61414 mi 74Utica UniversityUtica, New York$22,50092%1110$19k$63k56%2,27857 mi 75Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey$22,75073%1322$31k$70k69%6,0367 mi 76Le Moyne CollegeSyracuse, New York$23,00083%1255$22k$63k73%2,43934 mi 77Kean UniversityUnion, New Jersey$23,25076%1040$12k$57k47%11,4333 mi 78Pace UniversityNew York, New York$23,25076%1266$31k$70k60%7,665< 1 mi 79The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey$23,25062%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 80St. John Fisher UniversityRochester, New York$23,25066%1214$29k$67k74%2,56510 mi 81St. Francis CollegeBrooklyn, New York$23,250——$18k$58k55%1,6841 mi 82SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, New York$23,25072%1214$22k$96k64%1,285< 1 mi 83Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$23,25062%1198$30k$52k63%1,232110 mi 84Berkeley College-Woodland ParkWoodland Park, New Jersey$23,251——$27k$40k44%1,77812 mi 85New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, New York$23,33481%1311$22k$70k59%3,4402 mi 86West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, Pennsylvania$23,50078%1187$23k$61k71%14,16413 mi 87Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania$23,50786%1110$21k$55k58%5,72834 mi 88Long Island UniversityBrookville, New York$23,57786%1224$33k$60k57%5,5203 mi 89Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York$23,62168%1319$34k$69k69%6,4886 mi 90Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania$23,72594%1063$18k$47k52%7,451136 mi 91Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York$23,75063%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 92Roberts Wesleyan UniversityRochester, New York$23,75071%1170$23k$55k67%1,14913 mi 93Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York$24,00069%1312$34k$64k76%4,24262 mi 94LIM CollegeNew York, New York$24,00096%1035$39k$59k51%1,1871 mi 95East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania$24,21892%1084$18k$56k43%4,81456 mi 96University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$24,25058%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 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.