The Best College for the Money in Every State
University of Alabama - Huntsville Campus (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $91,300
Average loan amount: $25,200
Six-year graduation rate: 46 percent
20-year net ROI: $542,000*
* Data source: PayScale
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University of Alaska – Fairbanks Campus (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $67,500
Average loan amount: $23,300
Six-year graduation rate: 32 percent
20-year net ROI: $572,000
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Prescott
Total four-year cost: $183,000
Average loan amount: $34,800
Six-year graduation rate: 58 percent
20-year net ROI: $664,000
University of Arkansas – Main Campus (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $87,200
Average loan amount: $27,800
Six-year graduation rate: 62 percent
20-year net ROI: $357,000
California Institute of Technology
Total four-year cost: $230,000
Average loan amount: $19,000
Six-year graduation rate: 92 percent
20-year net ROI: $1.1 million
Colorado School of Mines (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $118,000
Average loan amount: $33,400
Six-year graduation rate: 76 percent
20-year net ROI: $881,000
Yale University
Total four-year cost: $243,000
Average loan amount: $19,700
Six-year graduation rate: 96 percent
20-year net ROI: $814,000
University of Delaware (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $100,000
Average loan amount: $34,400
Six-year graduation rate: 79 percent
20-year net ROI: $517,000
Florida Institute of Technology
Total four-year cost: $211,000
Average loan amount: $32,700
Six-year graduation rate: 55 percent
20-year net ROI: $701,000
Georgia Institute of Technology (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $91,500
Average loan amount: $31,700
Six-year graduation rate: 82 percent
20-year net ROI: $871,000
Hawaii Pacific University
Total four-year cost: $141,000
Average loan amount: $19,700
Six-year graduation rate: 42 percent
20-year net ROI: $316,000
University of Idaho (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $78,000
Average loan amount: $27,200
Six-year graduation rate: 58 percent
20-year net ROI: $493,000
Illinois Institute of Technology
Total four-year cost: $212,000
Average loan amount: $26,300
Six-year graduation rate: 65 percent
20-year net ROI: $768,000
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Total four-year cost: $225,000
Average loan amount: $45,500
Six-year graduation rate: 72 percent
20-year net ROI: $844,000
Iowa State University (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $75,400
Average loan amount: $27,500
Six-year graduation rate: 69 percent
20-year net ROI: $485,000
Ottawa University
Total four-year cost: $143,000
Average loan amount: $29,800
Six-year graduation rate: 31 percent
20-year net ROI: $470,000
Thomas More College
Total four-year cost: $153,000
Average loan amount: $30,000
Six-year graduation rate: 46 percent
20-year net ROI: $456,000
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Medical College
Total four-year cost: $88,500
Average loan amount: $26,000
Six-year graduation rate: 67
20-year net ROI: $488,000
Colby College
Total four-year cost: $233,000
Average loan amount: $30,600
Six-year graduation rate: 90 percent
20-year net ROI: $617,000
Johns Hopkins University
Total four-year cost: $241,000
Average loan amount: $25,800
Six-year graduation rate: 93 percent
20-year net ROI: $733,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Total four-year cost: $232,000
Average loan amount: $32,200
Six-year graduation rate: 91 percent
20-year net ROI: $1.1 million
Kettering University
Total four-year cost: $199,000
Average loan amount: $41,700
Six-year graduation rate: 57
20-year net ROI: $855,000
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $100,000
Average loan amount: $28,300
Six-year graduation rate: 78 percent
20-year net ROI: $516,000
Mississippi State University
Total four-year cost: $85,200
Average loan amount: $26,900
Six-year graduation rate: 60
20-year net ROI: $409,000
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Total four-year cost: $87,500
Average loan amount: $27,500
Six-year graduation rate: 63 percent
20-year net ROI: $790,000
Montana Tech of the University of Montana
Total four-year cost: $73,900
Average loan amount: $22,400
Six-year graduation rate: 44 percent
20-year net ROI: $651,000
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Total four-year cost: $86,900
Average loan amount: $24,000
Six-year graduation rate: 67 percent
20-year net ROI: $414,000
University of Nevada – Reno
Total four-year cost: $89,700
Average loan amount: $34,800
Six-year graduation rate: 55 percent
20-year net ROI: $295,000
Dartmouth
Total four-year cost: $248,000
Average loan amount: $23,200
Six-year graduation rate: 95 percent
20-year net ROI: $848,000
Princeton University
Total four-year cost: $224,000
Average loan amount: $14,100
Six-year graduation rate: 97 percent
20-year net ROI: $966,000
New Mexico State University – Main Campus (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $75,700
Average loan amount: $20,000
Six-year graduation rate: 46 percent
20-year net ROI: $441,000
SUNY – Maritime College (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $89,000
Average loan amount: $32,000
Six-year graduation rate: 47 percent
20-year net ROI: $967,000
Duke University
Total four-year cost: $243,000
Average loan amount: $24,000
Six-year graduation rate: 95 percent
20-year net ROI: $751,000
North Dakota State University (in state)
Total four-year cost: $76,900
Average loan amount: $34,400
Six-year graduation rate: 56 percent
20-year net ROI: $456,000
Case Western Reserve University
Total four-year cost: $228,000
Average loan amount: $26,400
Six-year graduation rate: 81 percent
20-year net ROI: $672,000
University of Oklahoma (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $93,200
Average loan amount: $30,200
Six-year graduation rate: 67 percent
20-year net ROI: $451,000
Oregon Institute of Technology
Total four-year cost: $83,600
Average loan amount: $24,700
Six-year graduation rate: 47 percent
20-year net ROI: $652,000
University of Pennsylvania
Total four-year cost: $243,000
Average loan amount: $25,400
Six-year graduation rate: 96 percent
20-year net ROI: $910,000
Brown University
Total four-year cost: $237,000
Average loan amount: $28,500
Six-year graduation rate: 96 percent
20-year net ROI: $804,000
Clemson University (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $112,000
Average loan amount: $30,500
Six-year graduation rate: 82 percent
20-year net ROI: $531,000
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $85,700
Average loan amount: $29,200
Six-year graduation rate: 54 percent
20-year net ROI: $735,000
Vanderbilt University
Total four-year cost: $242,000
Average loan amount: $29,600
Six-year graduation rate: 93 percent
20-year net ROI: $699,000
Rice University
Total four-year cost: $213,000
Average loan amount: $30,400
Six-year graduation rate: 91 percent
20-year net ROI: $836,000
Bringham Young University
Total four-year cost: $69,400
Average loan amount: $20,200
Six-year graduation rate: 79 percent
20-year net ROI: $642,000
University of Vermont (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $115,000
Average loan amount: $33,100
Six-year graduation rate: 76 percent
20-year net ROI: $443,000
Washington and Lee University
Total four-year cost: $230,000
Average loan amount: $33,800
Six-year graduation rate: 88 percent
20-year net ROI: $769,000
University of Washington – Bothell Campus (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $106,000
Average loan amount: $20,600
Six-year graduation rate: 67 percent
20-year net ROI: $701,000
West Virginia University Institute of Technology (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $68,200
Average loan amount: $24,300
Six-year graduation rate: 19 percent
20-year net ROI: $594,000
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Total four-year cost: $184,000
Average loan amount: $32,100
Six-year graduation rate: 56 percent
20-year net ROI: $666,000
University of Wyoming (in-state)
Total four-year cost: $71,700
Average loan amount: $26,700
Six-year graduation rate: 54 percent
20-year net ROI: $469,000
Georgetown University
Total four-year cost: $245,000
Average loan amount: $25,100
Six-year graduation rate: 95 percent
20-year net ROI: $723,000