Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt in the Southeast

Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt in the Southeast, ranked by median federal student debt. Region: our Southeast grouping. Included states / district: AL FL GA KY MS NC SC TN VA WV. 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 254 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Berea CollegeBerea, Kentucky$3,59119%1249$6k$43k58%1,513277 mi 2Ana G. Mendez UniversityOrlando, Florida$12,188——$20k——4,76332 mi 3Dalton State CollegeDalton, Georgia$12,937——$5k$40k25%4,553284 mi 4Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina$13,0006%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 5University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina$14,00015%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 6Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee$14,0006%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 7Florida Polytechnic UniversityLakeland, Florida$14,25058%1268$12k—55%1,68939 mi 8University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburg, Kentucky$14,91199%—$14k$45k50%6,941331 mi 9University of FloridaGainesville, Florida$15,00024%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 10Mississippi University for WomenColumbus, Mississippi$15,00090%1090$12k$46k47%1,605192 mi 11University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida$15,53153%1153$10k$56k69%13,3597 mi 12Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Tennessee$15,65076%1151$14k$49k58%8,698365 mi 13Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida$16,50055%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi 14Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, South Carolina$16,585——$17k$44k65%2,005183 mi 15University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida$16,62458%1138$9k$49k59%9,3302 mi 16Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeTifton, Georgia$16,75076%990$7k$35k36%3,20899 mi 17University of Virginia's College at WiseWise, Virginia$16,75029%1050$9k$45k47%1,101292 mi 18Lindsey Wilson UniversityColumbia, Kentucky$16,784——$15k$41k44%1,585324 mi 19Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsville, Kentucky$17,15680%—$19k$42k42%2,840310 mi 20Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida$17,23666%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 21University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia$17,50017%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 22University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida$17,50019%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 23Gordon State CollegeBarnesville, Georgia$17,50086%1023$8k$38k20%2,544190 mi 24Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida$17,62263%1114$13k$55k57%13,8745 mi 25University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia$17,75068%1106$10k$50k37%16,146227 mi 26Lynn UniversityBoca Raton, Florida$17,94073%1134$44k$49k52%2,8593 mi 27Cumberland UniversityLebanon, Tennessee$17,95267%—$19k$58k46%2,104378 mi 28University of South FloridaTampa, Florida$17,98843%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 29Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida$18,00024%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 30Athens State UniversityAthens, Alabama$18,051———$50k—2,446288 mi 31University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida$18,19040%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 32Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia$18,25011%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 33Bluefield State UniversityBluefield, West Virginia$18,25097%989$14k$38k37%1,042218 mi 34University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia$18,50038%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 35William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia$18,50034%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 36Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina$18,68813%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 37Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Tennessee$18,74469%1091$17k$49k53%1,737380 mi 38Georgia Southwestern State UniversityAmericus, Georgia$18,85175%978$12k$49k41%2,424135 mi 39Concord UniversityAthens, West Virginia$18,90093%977$10k$43k39%1,504205 mi 40Middle Georgia State UniversityMacon, Georgia$19,000100%1083$12k$41k25%6,574161 mi 41St. Thomas UniversityMiami Gardens, Florida$19,12598%—$26k$54k48%2,2146 mi 42East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee$19,44286%1144$16k$45k53%10,004267 mi 43George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia$19,50087%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 44University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina$19,50064%1287$20k$55k71%14,9223 mi 45The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee$19,50081%1147$14k$51k50%10,074308 mi 46Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama$19,50082%1201$33k$58k77%4,206198 mi 47Lipscomb UniversityNashville, Tennessee$19,50068%1256$25k$56k72%2,997378 mi 48University of CharlestonCharleston, West Virginia$19,50062%—$22k$56k46%2,259216 mi 49Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia$19,50014%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 50University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi$20,00097%1184$13k$51k72%21,473266 mi 51Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee$20,00069%1121$13k$49k54%16,301364 mi 52Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate, Tennessee$20,00063%1092$20k$50k50%1,572321 mi 53Georgia Gwinnett CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia$20,07696%—$16k$48k21%11,344207 mi 54James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia$20,09372%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 mi 55North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina$20,12142%1376$17k$69k85%27,37193 mi 56Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina$20,23190%1214$17k$52k75%19,444236 mi 57Delta State UniversityCleveland, Mississippi$20,390100%1050$14k$42k48%1,620234 mi 58The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee$20,50042%1311$19k$60k74%30,418294 mi 59University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky$20,50079%1150$18k$54k61%14,727248 mi 60Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee$20,50095%1280$33k$56k71%7,137380 mi 61Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky$20,50086%1133$9k$45k61%6,688351 mi 62Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina$20,50066%1208$42k$75k84%6,452143 mi 63Augusta UniversityAugusta, Georgia$20,50086%1070$14k$48k49%5,61392 mi 64University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburg, Virginia$20,50080%1272$21k$61k66%3,5668 mi 65University of North Carolina AshevilleAsheville, North Carolina$20,50092%1251$12k$44k54%2,910234 mi 66Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, Tennessee$20,54796%1088$10k$44k40%7,560352 mi 67University of PikevillePikeville, Kentucky$20,679——$20k$48k42%1,135270 mi 68University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Alabama$20,70569%1319$19k$62k64%6,591285 mi 69Union UniversityJackson, Tennessee$20,71460%1256$27k$54k66%1,607345 mi 70Ave Maria UniversityAve Maria, Florida$20,77641%—$25k$50k54%1,29824 mi 71William Carey UniversityHattiesburg, Mississippi$20,83260%1122$14k$43k60%2,20163 mi 72Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia$20,90355%1076$16k$47k53%26,623221 mi 73Chamberlain University-GeorgiaSandy Springs, Georgia$20,91991%—$33k$92k50%1,940223 mi 74Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama$21,00046%1345$24k$65k82%26,816151 mi 75University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia$21,00022%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 76Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, West Virginia$21,00099%996$9k$47k44%2,590162 mi 77The University of Tennessee-MartinMartin, Tennessee$21,02488%1120$11k$44k53%4,866375 mi 78Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina$21,09623%1208$21k$72k75%2,705< 1 mi 79Midway UniversityMidway, Kentucky$21,30195%1122$30k$44k41%1,262245 mi 80Elizabeth City State UniversityElizabeth City, North Carolina$21,46364%1019$6k$40k44%1,9751 mi 81Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia$21,50055%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi 82University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina$21,50060%1297$23k$62k79%29,820101 mi 83University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina$21,50080%1231$15k$57k69%24,453153 mi 84Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina$21,50038%1353$22k$72k87%23,300187 mi 85Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia$21,50093%1137$23k$58k63%20,75318 mi 86Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina$21,50022%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 87Southeastern UniversityLakeland, Florida$21,50053%—$32k$47k43%4,81332 mi 88Carson-Newman UniversityJefferson City, Tennessee$21,50090%1117$20k$48k53%1,387290 mi 89Freed-Hardeman UniversityHenderson, Tennessee$21,50060%1109$22k$47k71%1,212327 mi 90Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown, West Virginia$21,60097%1034$11k$49k51%2,34454 mi 91Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia$21,67214%1480$12k$103k94%18,785222 mi 92Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Tennessee$21,76150%1362$29k$67k85%1,836326 mi 93Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, North Carolina$21,86882%1157$13k$49k60%10,024233 mi 94Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville, Florida$22,00057%1205$25k$68k51%2,93012 mi 95University of North AlabamaFlorence, Alabama$22,07787%—$12k$45k55%5,811282 mi 96Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky$22,09594%971$11k$44k56%12,155324 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.