Ranking

Affordable colleges that graduate most students

Colleges with graduation rates of 70% or higher, ranked by what families earning under $30,000 actually paid per year.

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#	College	State	Undergrads	Net price, income < $30k	Grad rate	Pell students
1	Brown University	RI	7,226	$39	96%	17%
2	University of Chicago	IL	7,569	$394	95%	17%
3	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	36,258	$871	86%	26%
4	University of Florida-Online	FL	4,627	$898	83%	24%
5	Stanford University	CA	7,554	$1,067	92%	22%
6	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	30,760	$1,141	88%	22%
7	Yale University	CT	6,758	$1,256	96%	24%
8	Dartmouth College	NH	4,541	$1,399	95%	17%
9	Northwestern University	IL	9,201	$1,427	96%	21%
10	Johns Hopkins University	MD	5,693	$1,772	93%	23%
11	University of Florida	FL	35,629	$1,968	92%	24%
12	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	20,752	$2,212	91%	21%
13	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	8,973	$2,275	95%	25%
14	Williams College	MA	2,076	$2,291	95%	16%
15	Smith College	MA	2,544	$2,541	86%	22%
16	Harvard University	MA	7,601	$2,542	97%	20%
17	Washington University in St Louis	MO	7,857	$2,578	93%	22%
18	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	34,177	$3,155	93%	22%
19	William & Mary	VA	7,055	$3,292	88%	15%
20	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	36,902	$3,424	90%	19%
21	Wesleyan University	CT	3,067	$3,557	90%	14%
22	Vanderbilt University	TN	7,208	$3,637	93%	25%
23	Tufts University	MA	7,061	$4,195	94%	14%
24	Florida State University	FL	32,212	$4,332	86%	25%
25	University of California-Berkeley	CA	33,068	$5,110	94%	32%
26	Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel	NY	2,957	$5,214	71%	89%
27	Colby College	ME	2,407	$5,263	87%	16%
28	University of South Florida	FL	37,207	$5,565	78%	33%
29	University of Delaware	DE	19,071	$5,566	78%	20%
30	Rice University	TX	4,776	$5,707	95%	22%
31	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	31,855	$5,885	85%	22%
32	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	45,638	$6,061	87%	23%
33	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	44,503	$6,147	84%	16%
34	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	27,371	$6,149	85%	23%
35	University of California-Irvine	CA	30,197	$6,160	87%	37%
36	Wake Forest University	NC	5,485	$6,242	90%	12%
37	Cornell University	NY	15,995	$6,371	95%	22%
38	California State University-Long Beach	CA	35,924	$6,443	70%	54%
39	Duke University	NC	6,442	$6,652	96%	19%
40	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	37,806	$6,683	80%	20%
41	University of California-Riverside	CA	22,593	$6,871	75%	49%
42	Trinity College	CT	2,146	$7,222	83%	16%
43	Boston College	MA	10,085	$7,293	90%	17%
44	Middlebury College	VT	2,738	$7,548	93%	19%
45	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	31,942	$7,610	85%	19%
46	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	18,785	$7,687	94%	17%
47	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	33,475	$7,755	93%	32%
48	University of Central Florida	FL	59,146	$7,870	78%	37%
49	Augustana College	IL	2,490	$7,890	73%	28%
50	San Diego State University	CA	35,377	$8,258	78%	35%
51	University of Notre Dame	IN	8,818	$8,380	95%	17%
52	Colgate University	NY	3,180	$8,610	89%	15%
53	University of California-Davis	CA	32,253	$8,770	86%	36%
54	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	42,855	$8,979	89%	29%
55	University of Georgia	GA	32,137	$8,995	89%	20%
56	University of California-San Diego	CA	34,948	$9,229	86%	38%
57	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	9,277	$9,261	71%	17%
58	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	17,597	$9,479	94%	19%
59	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	23,113	$9,523	84%	32%
60	Florida International University	FL	39,508	$9,529	78%	43%
61	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	30,418	$9,626	74%	22%
62	SUNY College at Geneseo	NY	3,869	$9,753	70%	29%
63	Truman State University	MO	2,513	$9,768	74%	20%
64	Brigham Young University	UT	32,952	$9,893	81%	35%
65	College of the Holy Cross	MA	3,106	$9,931	86%	16%
66	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	17,940	$9,973	74%	34%
67	Brandeis University	MA	3,618	$10,028	81%	20%
68	Georgetown University	DC	7,569	$10,252	94%	13%
69	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	23,671	$10,294	81%	23%
70	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	21,996	$10,354	87%	23%
71	University of Mississippi	MS	21,473	$10,536	70%	24%
72	Skidmore College	NY	2,694	$10,554	82%	15%
73	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	21,751	$10,562	79%	32%
74	Emory University	GA	7,298	$10,593	91%	21%
75	University of Detroit Mercy	MI	2,438	$10,761	74%	32%
76	St Olaf College	MN	3,093	$10,797	83%	24%
77	Appalachian State University	NC	19,444	$11,070	71%	31%
78	State University of New York at Cortland	NY	5,901	$11,186	72%	29%
79	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	22,734	$11,203	75%	29%
80	Wellesley College	MA	2,300	$11,253	91%	25%
81	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	30,923	$11,378	86%	17%
82	Binghamton University	NY	14,655	$11,463	82%	31%
83	University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	14,922	$11,568	72%	28%
84	Michigan State University	MI	40,922	$11,741	80%	24%
85	Lafayette College	PA	2,757	$11,822	85%	14%
86	University of Vermont	VT	11,743	$11,915	81%	16%
87	Iowa State University	IA	25,367	$11,957	77%	23%
88	Oberlin College	OH	2,887	$12,176	81%	13%
89	Carleton College	MN	2,086	$12,275	89%	20%
90	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	9,019	$12,394	72%	43%
91	University of Kentucky	KY	24,763	$12,528	72%	25%
92	Kansas State University	KS	15,142	$12,650	71%	24%
93	University of Arkansas	AR	28,677	$12,718	71%	21%
94	Union College	NY	2,046	$12,803	81%	19%
95	The College of New Jersey	NJ	7,105	$12,944	85%	23%
96	Dickinson College	PA	2,273	$12,989	74%	17%
97	Bob Jones University	SC	2,005	$13,197	71%	38%
98	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	59,615	$13,226	85%	23%
99	Bellarmine University	KY	2,161	$13,356	71%	38%
100	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	31,939	$13,403	74%	17%
101	Colorado College	CO	2,014	$13,592	86%	16%
102	University of Connecticut	CT	19,835	$13,649	84%	28%
103	Hamilton College	NY	2,030	$13,679	90%	20%
104	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	29,820	$13,832	79%	23%
105	Stony Brook University	NY	18,101	$13,938	77%	43%
106	Case Western Reserve University	OH	6,437	$14,046	87%	19%
107	Trinity University	TX	2,505	$14,120	82%	23%
108	Christopher Newport University	VA	4,365	$14,139	75%	20%
109	Lehigh University	PA	5,898	$14,290	85%	21%
110	University of Arizona	AZ	42,537	$14,327	71%	28%
111	James Madison University	VA	20,888	$14,379	80%	17%
112	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	7,304	$14,468	94%	19%
113	University of Miami	FL	12,913	$14,575	84%	18%
114	Clemson University	SC	23,300	$14,943	88%	18%
115	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	23,929	$15,038	77%	23%
116	University of Denver	CO	6,025	$15,042	74%	18%
117	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	37,751	$15,090	84%	31%
118	University of Rochester	NY	6,331	$15,091	83%	20%
119	Denison University	OH	2,380	$15,189	78%	15%
120	University of Rhode Island	RI	13,381	$15,297	72%	25%
121	University of Iowa	IA	22,264	$15,353	76%	20%
122	University of Kansas	KS	21,217	$15,379	70%	23%
123	Mount Holyoke College	MA	2,169	$15,445	82%	26%
124	Macalester College	MN	2,131	$15,715	91%	17%
125	University at Buffalo	NY	20,112	$15,725	73%	37%
126	Lewis & Clark College	OR	2,120	$15,737	74%	25%
127	Calvin University	MI	3,193	$15,829	77%	22%
128	University of Oregon	OR	20,497	$15,917	71%	25%
129	Miami University-Oxford	OH	16,656	$16,121	81%	15%
130	Boston University	MA	18,248	$16,336	90%	21%
131	New York University	NY	28,663	$16,349	88%	20%
132	Taylor University	IN	2,025	$16,426	78%	19%
133	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	20,370	$16,477	86%	16%
134	University of San Diego	CA	5,671	$16,814	81%	28%
135	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	29,882	$16,848	75%	22%
136	University of Southern California	CA	20,443	$17,171	90%	27%
137	Ohio Northern University	OH	2,489	$17,269	71%	25%
138	University of the Pacific	CA	3,204	$17,568	73%	40%
139	Bucknell University	PA	3,876	$17,578	85%	15%
140	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	2,833	$17,590	71%	38%
141	Furman University	SC	2,379	$17,649	74%	15%
142	Citadel Military College of South Carolina	SC	2,705	$17,669	79%	25%
143	Harding University	AR	3,382	$17,711	71%	26%
144	Gettysburg College	PA	2,099	$17,752	79%	23%
145	Wheaton College	IL	2,121	$17,810	82%	31%
146	Messiah University	PA	2,259	$17,980	78%	25%
147	Barnard College	NY	3,264	$18,022	92%	18%
148	Clarkson University	NY	2,196	$18,064	72%	23%
149	The University of Alabama	AL	33,227	$18,067	74%	21%
150	Cedarville University	OH	4,024	$18,295	74%	20%
151	Berry College	GA	2,245	$18,307	71%	33%
152	Susquehanna University	PA	2,163	$18,572	79%	30%
153	St. John Fisher University	NY	2,565	$18,635	74%	31%
154	Monmouth University	NJ	3,684	$18,657	72%	35%
155	Franciscan University of Steubenville	OH	2,901	$18,725	76%	30%
156	Bradley University	IL	3,574	$18,833	73%	37%
157	Mercer University	GA	4,500	$18,845	72%	40%
158	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	11,261	$18,960	77%	21%
159	Temple University	PA	20,970	$19,047	73%	39%
160	Gannon University	PA	2,365	$19,159	71%	26%
161	Lipscomb University	TN	2,997	$19,303	71%	29%
162	George Washington University	DC	11,182	$19,440	83%	20%
163	John Carroll University	OH	2,274	$19,479	74%	25%
164	Auburn University	AL	26,816	$19,536	82%	15%
165	Vassar College	NY	2,444	$19,674	89%	24%
166	Thomas Jefferson University	PA	3,755	$20,022	71%	41%
167	University of Portland	OR	2,957	$20,181	80%	31%
168	Marquette University	WI	7,660	$20,708	79%	21%
169	Anderson University	SC	3,183	$20,877	72%	26%
170	Elon University	NC	6,452	$20,986	81%	13%
171	Babson College	MA	2,728	$21,291	92%	18%
172	Seattle University	WA	4,062	$21,379	71%	31%
173	University of Richmond	VA	2,980	$21,456	87%	20%
174	Villanova University	PA	6,938	$21,459	93%	15%
175	Colorado School of Mines	CO	6,155	$21,504	82%	17%
176	Syracuse University	NY	15,477	$21,872	81%	19%
177	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	42,284	$22,193	85%	16%
178	Adelphi University	NY	5,276	$22,263	71%	36%
179	Texas Christian University	TX	11,026	$22,363	86%	19%
180	University of Scranton	PA	3,554	$22,485	82%	27%
181	Seton Hall University	NJ	6,036	$22,553	70%	37%
182	Santa Clara University	CA	6,552	$22,696	87%	14%
183	University of Dayton	OH	7,682	$22,720	80%	19%
184	Creighton University	NE	4,348	$22,787	83%	14%
185	Ithaca College	NY	4,242	$23,013	72%	22%
186	Loyola University Maryland	MD	3,869	$23,591	75%	24%
187	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	7,767	$23,823	87%	14%
188	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	13,215	$24,334	70%	31%
189	Saint Louis University	MO	7,267	$24,520	79%	20%
190	Gonzaga University	WA	5,198	$24,657	85%	19%
191	Saint Anselm College	NH	2,087	$24,676	80%	16%
192	Hope College	MI	3,288	$24,738	78%	21%
193	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	5,714	$25,140	80%	22%
194	Samford University	AL	4,206	$25,299	78%	15%
195	Bentley University	MA	4,474	$25,905	88%	20%
196	Stonehill College	MA	2,528	$26,134	74%	19%
197	Xavier University	OH	4,207	$26,294	71%	18%
198	Salve Regina University	RI	2,121	$27,034	73%	19%
199	The Catholic University of America	DC	3,154	$27,245	76%	26%
200	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia	PA	4,948	$27,343	81%	23%
201	Providence College	RI	4,229	$27,565	86%	15%
202	Siena University	NY	3,409	$28,111	75%	30%
203	Belmont University	TN	7,137	$28,236	71%	27%
204	Howard University	DC	10,108	$28,321	74%	41%
205	American University	DC	7,266	$28,397	75%	18%
206	Drake University	IA	2,543	$28,458	71%	28%
207	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	4,222	$28,690	89%	24%
208	Drexel University	PA	13,233	$28,843	78%	32%
209	Rhode Island School of Design	RI	2,084	$29,175	92%	17%
210	University of St Thomas	MN	6,245	$29,201	74%	28%
211	Clark University	MA	2,214	$29,477	77%	27%
212	Walden University	MN	9,136	$29,899	100%	64%
213	Loyola University Chicago	IL	11,737	$30,709	72%	30%
214	Fairfield University	CT	5,373	$30,752	85%	9%
215	Endicott College	MA	3,125	$30,797	74%	16%
216	Butler University	IN	4,317	$30,817	77%	19%
217	Yeshiva University	NY	2,852	$31,255	87%	16%
218	Duquesne University	PA	5,350	$31,516	76%	25%
219	Bryant University	RI	3,194	$31,520	81%	17%
220	Marist University	NY	5,182	$31,630	81%	18%
221	Southern Methodist University	TX	7,277	$31,728	83%	18%
222	Fordham University	NY	10,512	$32,069	81%	28%
223	Rollins College	FL	2,631	$33,018	78%	26%
224	Point Loma Nazarene University	CA	3,188	$34,042	77%	26%
225	Chapman University	CA	7,478	$34,494	83%	24%
226	Quinnipiac University	CT	6,531	$35,163	79%	20%
227	Loyola Marymount University	CA	7,094	$36,415	79%	18%
228	High Point University	NC	5,129	$36,494	72%	16%
229	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	5,447	$36,899	90%	15%
230	Sacred Heart University	CT	7,087	$37,930	77%	19%
231	Pepperdine University	CA	3,553	$38,093	78%	24%
232	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	2,309	$39,823	74%	14%
233	Spelman College	GA	3,414	$41,125	77%	33%
234	Pratt Institute-Main	NY	3,910	$42,254	74%	23%
235	Berklee College of Music	MA	7,468	$42,991	73%	18%
236	Art Center College of Design	CA	2,017	$43,579	81%	24%
237	Baylor University	TX	14,785	$45,498	82%	16%
238	Savannah College of Art and Design	GA	15,243	$46,639	70%	23%
239	Emerson College	MA	3,870	$49,140	80%	20%
240	School of Visual Arts	NY	3,244	$50,311	78%	19%

Source: College Scorecard. Top 300 shown.