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
841 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio $66,608 $85,851 47% 85% 1513 37%
842 Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Pennsylvania $66,640 $81,960 48% 90% 1379 39%
843 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, New York $66,862 $82,467 40% 83% 1366 62%
844 Denison University Granville, Ohio $67,000 $81,900 51% 80% 1410 17%
845 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Massachusetts $67,018 $84,926 44% 80% 1463 36%
846 Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas $67,040 $85,606 21% 75% 1428 63%
847 University of Rochester Rochester, New York $67,080 $85,962 40% 80% 1488 40%
848 Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts $67,176 $86,290 16% 90% 1520 14%
849 Connecticut College New London, Connecticut $67,242 $84,623 35% 91% 1432 37%
850 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut $67,250 $88,300 5% 86% 1534 4%
851 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, New York $67,290 $85,270 33% 86% 1405 21%
852 Oberlin College Oberlin, Ohio $67,366 $87,404 31% 82% 1447 34%
853 Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee $67,498 $89,590 10% 84% 1549 6%
854 Middlebury College Middlebury, Vermont $67,600 $85,880 23% 88% 1508 11%
855 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina $67,642 $87,499 14% 88% 1475 22%
856 George Washington University Washington, District of Columbia $67,710 $83,856 32% 80% 1433 47%
857 Villanova University Villanova, Pennsylvania $67,776 $84,793 35% 90% 1460 27%
858 Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania $67,812 $83,756 35% 90% 1410 29%
859 Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine $67,832 $85,100 8% 90% 1520 7%
860 Claremont McKenna College Claremont, California $67,980 $86,500 21% — 1527 10%
861 Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia $68,017 $88,741 18% 88% 1487 13%
862 Washington & Lee University Lexington, Virginia $68,045 $87,000 14% 88% 1498 14%
863 Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts $68,080 $86,448 28% 83% 1462 41%
864 Boston University Boston, Massachusetts $68,102 $86,285 23% 82% 1480 11%
865 Macalester College Saint Paul, Minnesota $68,104 $82,991 36% 89% 1440 29%
866 Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa $68,106 $83,440 13% 89% 1486 15%
867 Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire $68,268 $87,793 12% 87% 1534 5%
868 Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois $68,322 $91,250 17% 87% 1533 8%
869 Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts $68,560 $84,860 5% 81% 1533 8%
870 Harvey Mudd College Claremont, California $68,613 $90,165 33% — 1545 13%
871 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $68,686 $89,028 10% 84% 1553 5%
872 Duke University Durham, North Carolina $68,758 $87,072 14% 89% 1548 6%
873 Carleton College Northfield, Minnesota $68,892 $84,893 43% 92% 1517 20%
874 Hamilton College Clinton, New York $68,960 $84,230 29% 90% 1506 14%
875 Union College Schenectady, New York $69,039 $84,561 44% 86% 1395 44%
876 Cornell University Ithaca, New York $69,314 $88,140 18% 87% 1535 9%
877 Reed College Portland, Oregon $69,350 $86,376 40% 85% 1437 25%
878 Colby College Waterville, Maine $69,600 $85,420 9% 87% 1501 7%
879 Barnard College New York, New York $69,888 $89,538 26% 87% 1520 9%
880 Pepperdine University Malibu, California $69,918 $93,512 37% 74% 1384 63%

Questions

Cheapest tuition in the US: which university leads?
Case Western Reserve University — $66,608 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.