Ranked

891 uS universities with the lowest tuition

Published in-state tuition, lowest first. The sticker price is not what most families pay — the net price by income sits on each university page.

#UniversityIn-stateCost of attendance BorrowPaying downSATAcceptance
801 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, California $62,357 $83,943 29% 78% 1359 45%
802 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts $62,396 $82,730 7% 92% 1560 5%
803 Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $62,412 $76,835 49% 77% 1345 79%
804 University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida $62,616 $86,078 27% 73% 1415 19%
805 Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey $62,688 $84,040 2% 86% 1553 5%
806 New York University New York, New York $62,796 $84,374 19% 76% 1520 9%
807 University of Puget Sound Tacoma, Washington $62,898 $78,378 43% 82% 1296 72%
808 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey $63,462 $79,790 53% 91% 1446 48%
809 Providence College Providence, Rhode Island $63,550 $80,466 57% 79% 1346 51%
810 Whitman College Walla Walla, Washington $64,050 $78,092 54% 93% 1410 38%
811 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York $64,081 $82,404 51% 92% 1456 63%
812 Rice University Houston, Texas $64,144 $79,788 6% 87% 1553 8%
813 Emory University Atlanta, Georgia $64,280 $83,622 11% 80% 1520 11%
814 Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina $64,410 $79,475 9% 84% 1469 13%
815 College of the Holy Cross Worcester, Massachusetts $64,500 $80,334 38% 87% 1353 18%
816 Lewis & Clark College Portland, Oregon $64,828 $79,987 66% 82% — 78%
817 Fordham University Bronx, New York $64,915 $82,762 47% 77% 1418 59%
818 Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania $64,980 $80,856 37% 88% 1440 26%
819 Chapman University Orange, California $64,984 $83,146 60% 68% 1357 65%
820 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana $65,025 $83,271 25% 93% 1520 11%
821 Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, New York $65,117 $82,602 74% 80% 1319 64%
822 Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts $65,178 $86,030 14% 82% 1500 21%
823 Pitzer College Claremont, California $65,192 $86,466 20% 84% — 25%
824 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland $65,230 $85,947 9% 82% 1553 6%
825 University of Richmond University of Richmond, Virginia $65,230 $80,961 32% 76% 1497 22%
826 Lafayette College Easton, Pennsylvania $65,398 $83,133 20% 91% 1424 31%
827 Pomona College Claremont, California $65,420 $85,300 9% 85% 1534 7%
828 Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania $65,494 $84,103 11% 86% 1534 7%
829 Syracuse University Syracuse, New York $65,528 $84,517 32% 79% 1375 46%
830 Dickinson College Carlisle, Pennsylvania $65,650 $82,902 39% 88% 1391 42%
831 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California $65,898 $86,886 4% — — 3%
832 St. Lawrence University Canton, New York $65,900 $82,000 54% 85% 1371 54%
833 Stanford University Stanford, California $65,910 $87,833 6% 90% 1553 4%
834 Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania $65,920 $83,250 49% 79% 1396 29%
835 Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts $66,162 $84,641 27% 79% 1497 5%
836 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania $66,246 $83,654 34% 91% 1546 12%
837 Bennington College Bennington, Vermont $66,262 $87,284 50% 74% 1364 45%
838 Occidental College Los Angeles, California $66,274 $84,800 37% 88% 1452 44%
839 Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, New York $66,436 $84,553 32% 79% 1380 52%
840 Bates College Lewiston, Maine $66,590 $83,532 14% 88% 1468 13%

Questions

Cheapest tuition in the US: which university leads?
Loyola Marymount University — $62,357 in-state tuition.
Where does this data come from?
The US Department of Education College Scorecard, which publishes what institutions charge, what students borrow and repay, and the test scores of admitted students. Nothing here is estimated — universities without a published figure are left out of the ranking.
Is the cheapest university the best value?
Not necessarily. Price is one half of value; the other is what graduates earn and whether they clear the debt. Each university page links to its earnings and repayment record.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard. Universities without a published figure for the ranked measure are not listed.