Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt in the South

Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt in the South, ranked by median federal student debt. Region: Census South region. Included states / district: DE DC FL GA MD NC SC VA WV AL KY MS TN AR LA OK TX. 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 400 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Berea CollegeBerea, Kentucky$3,59119%1249$6k$43k58%1,513277 mi 2Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland$10,2506%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 3Rice UniversityHouston, Texas$11,0008%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 4Ana G. Mendez UniversityOrlando, Florida$12,188——$20k——4,76332 mi 5Texas Tech University Health Sciences CenterLubbock, Texas$12,268———$92k—1,482457 mi 6Dalton State CollegeDalton, Georgia$12,937——$5k$40k25%4,553284 mi 7The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas$12,95094%985$5k$50k51%28,66645 mi 8Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina$13,0006%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 9University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina$14,00015%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 10Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee$14,0006%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 11University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesLittle Rock, Arkansas$14,000———$74k—1,571325 mi 12Florida Polytechnic UniversityLakeland, Florida$14,25058%1268$12k—55%1,68939 mi 13University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburg, Kentucky$14,91199%—$14k$45k50%6,941331 mi 14University of FloridaGainesville, Florida$15,00024%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 15Texas A & M International UniversityLaredo, Texas$15,00044%993$4k$48k46%6,667102 mi 16Mississippi University for WomenColumbus, Mississippi$15,00090%1090$12k$46k47%1,605192 mi 17Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$15,50013%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 18University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida$15,53153%1153$10k$56k69%13,3597 mi 19Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Tennessee$15,65076%1151$14k$49k58%8,698365 mi 20Sul Ross State UniversityAlpine, Texas$15,90099%1024$13k$42k30%1,396408 mi 21Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherford, Oklahoma$15,954——$14k$46k40%3,514453 mi 22Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida$16,50055%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi 23Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, South Carolina$16,585——$17k$44k65%2,005183 mi 24University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida$16,62458%1138$9k$49k59%9,3302 mi 25Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeTifton, Georgia$16,75076%990$7k$35k36%3,20899 mi 26University of Virginia's College at WiseWise, Virginia$16,75029%1050$9k$45k47%1,101292 mi 27Lindsey Wilson UniversityColumbia, Kentucky$16,784——$15k$41k44%1,585324 mi 28Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityDurant, Oklahoma$17,00076%1087$8k$45k32%3,018304 mi 29The University of Texas at TylerTyler, Texas$17,13794%1114$13k$57k54%7,440177 mi 30Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsville, Kentucky$17,15680%—$19k$42k42%2,840310 mi 31Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida$17,23666%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 32Northwestern Oklahoma State UniversityAlva, Oklahoma$17,35565%1003$10k$44k30%1,498530 mi 33Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, Oklahoma$17,367100%1049$13k$45k35%4,772415 mi 34University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia$17,50017%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 35University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida$17,50019%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 36Gordon State CollegeBarnesville, Georgia$17,50086%1023$8k$38k20%2,544190 mi 37The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas$17,52780%1124$14k$63k54%32,294239 mi 38Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida$17,62263%1114$13k$55k57%13,8745 mi 39East Central UniversityAda, Oklahoma$17,67158%1049$9k$45k34%2,467360 mi 40University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia$17,75068%1106$10k$50k37%16,146227 mi 41The University of Texas Permian BasinOdessa, Texas$17,75095%1033$13k$56k40%3,911400 mi 42Texas A&M University-Central TexasKilleen, Texas$17,750100%—$1k——1,750174 mi 43Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas$17,80457%1280$21k$72k84%59,61597 mi 44University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, Texas$17,83191%1060$16k$59k52%6,0785 mi 45Lynn UniversityBoca Raton, Florida$17,94073%1134$44k$49k52%2,8593 mi 46Cumberland UniversityLebanon, Tennessee$17,95267%—$19k$58k46%2,104378 mi 47University of South FloridaTampa, Florida$17,98843%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 48Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida$18,00024%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 49The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas$18,00065%1286$18k$68k76%21,751245 mi 50The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas$18,000100%962$9k$51k50%21,005361 mi 51Athens State UniversityAthens, Alabama$18,051———$50k—2,446288 mi 52University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida$18,19040%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 53University of HoustonHouston, Texas$18,19474%1250$14k$62k65%38,38017 mi 54Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia$18,25011%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 55Bluefield State UniversityBluefield, West Virginia$18,25097%989$14k$38k37%1,042218 mi 56Texas A&M University-San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas$18,40193%955$11k$54k40%6,599114 mi 57University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia$18,50038%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 58William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia$18,50034%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 59University of North Texas at DallasDallas, Texas$18,60684%940$6k—42%2,878226 mi 60Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina$18,68813%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 61Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland$18,71882%1095$17k$64k69%16,1369 mi 62Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Tennessee$18,74469%1091$17k$49k53%1,737380 mi 63University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas$18,75090%1029$11k$54k33%12,55518 mi 64University of New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana$18,75074%1052$12k$48k38%4,6381 mi 65Southern Arkansas University Main CampusMagnolia, Arkansas$18,75075%1047$14k$42k49%2,708231 mi 66Georgia Southwestern State UniversityAmericus, Georgia$18,85175%978$12k$49k41%2,424135 mi 67Concord UniversityAthens, West Virginia$18,90093%977$10k$43k39%1,504205 mi 68Texas A&M University-TexarkanaTexarkana, Texas$18,95364%—$13k$46k30%1,982243 mi 69Texas A&M University-VictoriaVictoria, Texas$18,97396%—$8k$54k26%2,51321 mi 70University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland$19,00045%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 71Middle Georgia State UniversityMacon, Georgia$19,000100%1083$12k$41k25%6,574161 mi 72Louisiana State University at AlexandriaAlexandria, Louisiana$19,00092%1022$7k$42k34%5,63297 mi 73St. Thomas UniversityMiami Gardens, Florida$19,12598%—$26k$54k48%2,2146 mi 74Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, Texas$19,21896%—$12k$57k49%8,767270 mi 75University of North TexasDenton, Texas$19,25072%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 76East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee$19,44286%1144$16k$45k53%10,004267 mi 77George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia$19,50087%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 78University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina$19,50064%1287$20k$55k71%14,9223 mi 79University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland$19,50072%1323$16k$70k70%10,7015 mi 80The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee$19,50081%1147$14k$51k50%10,074308 mi 81Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas$19,50063%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 82West Texas A & M UniversityCanyon, Texas$19,50099%1050$19k$51k55%6,917531 mi 83Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama$19,50082%1201$33k$58k77%4,206198 mi 84Lipscomb UniversityNashville, Tennessee$19,50068%1256$25k$56k72%2,997378 mi 85University of CharlestonCharleston, West Virginia$19,50062%—$22k$56k46%2,259216 mi 86Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia$19,50014%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 87Henderson State UniversityArkadelphia, Arkansas$19,500——$23k$43k37%1,456289 mi 88Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas$19,60690%1075$21k$53k48%12,673253 mi 89University of St ThomasHouston, Texas$19,92890%1090$19k$59k69%3,22020 mi 90University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi$20,00097%1184$13k$51k72%21,473266 mi 91Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee$20,00069%1121$13k$49k54%16,301364 mi 92Wilmington UniversityNew Castle, Delaware$20,000——$16k$54k20%7,9062 mi 93Angelo State UniversitySan Angelo, Texas$20,00083%1054$15k$50k44%5,643295 mi 94Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate, Tennessee$20,00063%1092$20k$50k50%1,572321 mi 95Georgia Gwinnett CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia$20,07696%—$16k$48k21%11,344207 mi 96James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia$20,09372%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 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.