Lowest net price for families earning up to $30,000

This list ranks the colleges on AdmitFacts by the average net price paid by students from families earning $0 to $30,000 a year, lowest first.

Net price is the full cost of attendance minus the grants and scholarships students received, as reported to the College Scorecard for 2024-25.

It covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid, and at public colleges only those paying the in-state rate.

Loans are not subtracted, because they have to be paid back.

The sticker price shown next to it is the cost of attendance before any aid, which is why many expensive private colleges appear near the top.

Colleges that do not report a figure for this income band are left out rather than estimated.

	College	Net price, $0 to $30,000, 2024-25	Cost of attendance, 2024-25	Admit rate, fall 2023
1	Brown University RI	$39	$91,676	5.2%
2	University of Chicago IL	$394	$94,971	4.8%
3	UIUC IL	$871	$34,226	43.7%
4	Stanford CA	$1,067	$92,892	3.9%
5	UMD MD	$1,141	$29,816	44.8%
6	Yale CT	$1,256	$91,950	4.5%
7	Cal State LA CA	$1,364	$17,767	91.9%
8	Dartmouth NH	$1,399	$91,312	6.2%
9	Northwestern IL	$1,427	$94,854	7.2%
10	City Tech NY	$1,467	$12,528	80.7%
11	Johns Hopkins MD	$1,772	$88,834	7.6%
12	University of Florida FL	$1,968	$23,197	24.0%
13	UNC Chapel Hill NC	$2,212	$26,949	18.7%
14	Columbia University NY	$2,275	$92,198	4.2%
15	Harvard MA	$2,542	$89,279	3.5%
16	WashU MO	$2,578	$92,523	12.0%
17	CSUF CA	$2,620	$17,787	86.7%
18	University of Michigan MI	$3,155	$36,613	17.9%
19	William & Mary VA	$3,292	$45,606	32.7%
20	UW-Madison WI	$3,424	$29,943	43.3%
21	Wesleyan University CT	$3,557	$92,964	17.1%
22	Vanderbilt TN	$3,637	$94,142	6.3%
23	Fresno State CA	$3,925	$19,585	96.4%
24	Tufts MA	$4,195	$92,054	10.1%
25	FSU FL	$4,332	$25,144	25.4%
26	CSUN CA	$4,429	$20,014	93.1%
27	New Mexico State NM	$4,997	$21,766	75.7%
28	UC Berkeley CA	$5,110	$47,842	11.7%
29	FAU FL	$5,257	$24,554	73.4%
30	Colby ME	$5,263	$89,190	6.8%
31	Western Michigan MI	$5,317	$30,098	84.7%
32	USF FL	$5,565	$22,086	41.0%
33	University of Delaware DE	$5,566	$30,294	65.1%
34	IUPUI IN	$5,591	$23,997	81.4%
35	Rice University TX	$5,707	$87,824	7.9%
36	University of Minnesota MN	$5,885	$32,137	77.0%
37	CSUDH CA	$6,002	$22,839	91.3%
38	Ohio State OH	$6,061	$31,162	50.8%
39	Purdue IN	$6,147	$25,610	50.3%
40	NC State NC	$6,149	$27,073	39.8%
41	UC Irvine CA	$6,160	$39,170	25.6%
42	Wake Forest NC	$6,242	$91,202	21.6%
43	Cal Poly Pomona CA	$6,245	$22,633	73.7%
44	Cornell NY	$6,371	$92,093	8.2%
45	CSULB CA	$6,443	$22,926	47.1%
46	Towson MD	$6,506	$29,884	82.8%
47	Duke NC	$6,652	$90,696	6.8%
48	Indiana University IN	$6,683	$30,517	80.4%
49	SFSU CA	$6,699	$25,244	96.1%
50	Washington State WA	$6,750	$27,914	85.4%
51	UC Riverside CA	$6,871	$38,424	63.3%
52	Buffalo State NY	$6,914	$24,279	75.9%
53	Swarthmore PA	$6,966	$88,696	6.9%
54	Boston College MA	$7,293	$93,039	15.7%
55	UC Merced CA	$7,387	$41,008	39.2%
56	CU Denver CO	$7,543	$22,834	77.8%
57	University of Washington WA	$7,610	$33,524	42.5%
58	CSUSM CA	$7,618	$23,131	95.7%
59	Georgia Tech GA	$7,687	$29,041	16.5%
60	UTSA TX	$7,752	$24,626	88.5%
61	UCLA CA	$7,755	$41,373	8.7%
62	UCF FL	$7,870	$24,965	39.5%
63	University of Hawaii HI	$7,926	$25,270	69.7%
64	Ball State IN	$8,013	$26,787	71.6%
65	FGCU FL	$8,096	$21,260	76.7%
66	SDSU CA	$8,258	$26,045	34.4%
67	NC A&T NC	$8,284	$21,376	46.2%
68	UNF FL	$8,358	$24,528	62.3%
69	Notre Dame IN	$8,380	$86,125	12.4%
70	Sacramento State CA	$8,392	$25,925	93.6%
71	University of Houston TX	$8,468	$23,250	69.5%
72	Colgate NY	$8,610	$91,222	12.0%
73	ODU VA	$8,610	$29,739	90.5%
74	UC Davis CA	$8,770	$43,191	41.6%
75	SUU UT	$8,821	$19,527	80.5%
76	Rutgers Newark NJ	$8,829	$29,317	78.7%
77	MTSU TN	$8,914	$24,577	68.0%
78	UT Austin TX	$8,979	$31,951	29.1%
79	UGA GA	$8,995	$28,728	37.2%
80	Chico State CA	$9,227	$26,798	93.7%
81	UCSD CA	$9,229	$41,664	24.5%
82	Arizona State AZ	$9,413	$30,823	90.2%
83	UVA VA	$9,479	$41,803	16.9%
84	University of Akron OH	$9,514	$25,482	70.9%
85	UCSB CA	$9,523	$44,833	27.8%
86	FIU FL	$9,529	$23,604	58.8%
87	UIC IL	$9,536	$25,887	78.5%
88	George Mason VA	$9,594	$26,910	88.8%
89	University of Tennessee TN	$9,626	$35,064	46.0%
90	SUNY Oswego NY	$9,636	$27,791	80.4%
91	Wayne State MI	$9,694	$26,709	82.0%
92	UNC Charlotte NC	$9,782	$23,556	80.2%
93	UCSC CA	$9,973	$43,867	62.5%
94	Eastern Kentucky KY	$10,080	$25,132	78.1%
95	University of Memphis TN	$10,110	$25,805	93.4%
96	Montclair State NJ	$10,117	$29,060	87.4%
97	Georgetown DC	$10,252	$92,563	13.1%
98	UMass Amherst MA	$10,294	$36,842	57.8%
99	Cal Poly SLO CA	$10,354	$36,515	29.8%
100	San Jose State CA	$10,381	$28,920	80.2%

Source: College Scorecard, average net price 2024-25 and cost of attendance 2024-25; admit rate IPEDS fall 2023. Showing 100 colleges on AdmitFacts; ties are ordered by search interest.