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Diverse, Small, Private Colleges With Lowest Cost
Diverse, Small, Private Colleges With Lowest Cost - Complete List
Rank | College | Typical Cost | Diversity Score | # Students |
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1 | Berea College | $2,862 | 0.617 | 1,616 |
2 | Bellevue University | $6,349 | 0.686 | 4,708 |
3 | Southwestern Christian University | $10,403 | 0.706 | 636 |
4 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | $12,319 | 0.718 | 2,419 |
5 | Grace Bible College | $13,499 | 0.616 | 945 |
6 | Gallaudet University | $13,597 | 0.670 | 1,082 |
7 | National Louis University | $13,650 | 0.652 | 901 |
8 | Wayland Baptist University | $14,453 | 0.717 | 1,073 |
9 | Wilmington University | $14,471 | 0.621 | 3,425 |
10 | Saint Peter's University | $14,734 | 0.726 | 2,385 |
11 | St Francis College | $14,830 | 0.745 | 2,343 |
12 | University of Mount Olive | $15,063 | 0.626 | 1,447 |
13 | Park University | $15,418 | 0.694 | 3,931 |
14 | Saint Xavier University | $15,448 | 0.674 | 2,601 |
15 | Goldey-Beacom College | $15,718 | 0.723 | 575 |
16 | Mercy College | $16,060 | 0.734 | 5,182 |
17 | Point University | $16,174 | 0.653 | 1,366 |
18 | Harvard University | $16,205 | 0.753 | 7,151 |
19 | Mid-America Christian University | $16,241 | 0.633 | 1,832 |
20 | Mount Mary University | $16,576 | 0.684 | 677 |
21 | Christian Brothers University | $16,660 | 0.733 | 1,341 |
22 | Stanford University | $16,695 | 0.778 | 7,034 |
23 | Rosemont College | $16,742 | 0.683 | 523 |
24 | University of the Ozarks | $16,895 | 0.611 | 668 |
25 | Salem College | $17,013 | 0.638 | 719 |
26 | College of Mount Saint Vincent | $17,244 | 0.734 | 1,589 |
27 | Cardinal Stritch University | $17,289 | 0.708 | 1,205 |
28 | Warner University | $17,309 | 0.670 | 835 |
29 | Hallmark University | $17,377 | 0.674 | 913 |
30 | Erskine College | $17,624 | 0.610 | 602 |
31 | Ferrum College | $17,670 | 0.628 | 1,271 |
32 | Felician University | $17,726 | 0.758 | 1,433 |
33 | Princeton University | $17,732 | 0.732 | 5,251 |
34 | North Carolina Wesleyan College | $17,814 | 0.691 | 1,785 |
35 | Goodwin College | $17,832 | 0.642 | 501 |
36 | Moody Bible Institute | $17,942 | 0.616 | 2,276 |
37 | Nyack College | $17,987 | 0.762 | 1,179 |
38 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | $18,016 | 0.769 | 2,336 |
39 | College of Saint Elizabeth | $18,023 | 0.731 | 573 |
40 | Pomona College | $18,140 | 0.780 | 1,556 |
41 | Williams College | $18,167 | 0.667 | 2,058 |
42 | Dominican University | $18,219 | 0.623 | 2,105 |
43 | Fresno Pacific University | $18,245 | 0.653 | 2,075 |
44 | Yale University | $18,319 | 0.722 | 5,469 |
45 | Newberry College | $18,327 | 0.605 | 1,052 |
46 | Aurora University | $18,329 | 0.626 | 3,302 |
47 | Belhaven University | $18,486 | 0.668 | 1,331 |
48 | Mary Baldwin University | $18,543 | 0.669 | 866 |
49 | Adventist University of Health Sciences | $18,603 | 0.735 | 565 |
50 | Ohio Christian University | $18,640 | 0.639 | 2,481 |
51 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | $18,660 | 0.785 | 1,370 |
52 | Bloomfield College | $18,718 | 0.656 | 1,793 |
53 | St Thomas University | $18,778 | 0.704 | 811 |
54 | Remington College-Dallas Campus | $18,844 | 0.660 | 927 |
55 | Alverno College | $18,861 | 0.654 | 1,080 |
56 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide | $19,002 | 0.622 | 2,585 |
57 | Hodges University | $19,017 | 0.640 | 893 |
58 | Caldwell University | $19,041 | 0.765 | 1,446 |
59 | Amherst College | $19,055 | 0.750 | 1,849 |
60 | Schreiner University | $19,166 | 0.625 | 1,075 |
61 | Cedar Crest College | $19,231 | 0.643 | 884 |
62 | Remington College-North Houston Campus | $19,288 | 0.613 | 563 |
63 | Eastern Nazarene College | $19,349 | 0.655 | 656 |
64 | Washington Adventist University | $19,420 | 0.732 | 698 |
65 | University of Saint Mary | $19,455 | 0.619 | 648 |
66 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | $19,499 | 0.616 | 1,416 |
67 | Pfeiffer University | $19,543 | 0.605 | 739 |
68 | Swarthmore College | $19,641 | 0.751 | 1,542 |
69 | Brenau University | $19,650 | 0.652 | 1,038 |
70 | Dominican College of Blauvelt | $19,742 | 0.740 | 1,330 |
71 | Texas Wesleyan University | $19,804 | 0.767 | 1,488 |
72 | Indiana Institute of Technology | $19,861 | 0.714 | 4,302 |
73 | Avila University | $19,871 | 0.647 | 1,122 |
74 | Southwestern Adventist University | $19,947 | 0.705 | 670 |
75 | Duke University | $19,950 | 0.717 | 6,577 |
76 | Howard Payne University | $19,951 | 0.613 | 959 |
77 | Concordia University-Chicago | $19,980 | 0.634 | 1,357 |
78 | Wellesley College | $20,013 | 0.769 | 2,347 |
79 | Benedictine University | $20,017 | 0.729 | 2,708 |
80 | Missouri Valley College | $20,065 | 0.701 | 1,329 |
81 | North Park University | $20,076 | 0.705 | 1,884 |
82 | Hope International University | $20,087 | 0.708 | 726 |
83 | Central Christian College of Kansas | $20,139 | 0.633 | 791 |
84 | Concordia College-New York | $20,327 | 0.776 | 813 |
85 | American International College | $20,362 | 0.739 | 1,347 |
86 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | $20,418 | 0.689 | 515 |
87 | Wesleyan University | $20,490 | 0.656 | 2,918 |
88 | Simpson University | $20,574 | 0.609 | 741 |
89 | Mercer University | $20,692 | 0.656 | 4,035 |
90 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | $20,823 | 0.655 | 1,131 |
91 | Union College | $20,863 | 0.675 | 698 |
92 | William Penn University | $20,897 | 0.625 | 1,121 |
93 | Tiffin University | $20,972 | 0.718 | 1,762 |
94 | Oglethorpe University | $21,052 | 0.770 | 1,113 |
95 | Houston Baptist University | $21,065 | 0.770 | 2,161 |
96 | University of Dubuque | $21,069 | 0.617 | 1,679 |
97 | Haverford College | $21,144 | 0.623 | 1,268 |
98 | Dartmouth College | $21,177 | 0.705 | 4,270 |
99 | Robert Morris University Illinois | $21,209 | 0.711 | 2,253 |
100 | Barton College | $21,293 | 0.633 | 903 |
101 | Saint Leo University | $21,296 | 0.714 | 7,658 |
102 | Agnes Scott College | $21,315 | 0.765 | 917 |
103 | Concordia University-Texas | $21,343 | 0.681 | 1,292 |
104 | University of Valley Forge | $21,437 | 0.638 | 625 |
105 | University of the Incarnate Word | $21,462 | 0.615 | 4,532 |
106 | Barry University | $21,489 | 0.765 | 2,924 |
107 | McMurry University | $21,516 | 0.689 | 932 |
108 | University of St Thomas | $21,517 | 0.745 | 1,387 |
109 | Southern Adventist University | $21,540 | 0.720 | 2,113 |
110 | University of Mobile | $21,567 | 0.628 | 1,241 |
111 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $21,576 | 0.770 | 4,476 |
112 | Oral Roberts University | $21,595 | 0.699 | 2,603 |
113 | Saint Martin's University | $21,605 | 0.667 | 1,063 |
114 | Mercyhurst University | $21,648 | 0.605 | 2,402 |
115 | Remington College-Fort Worth Campus | $21,729 | 0.697 | 532 |
116 | Notre Dame College | $21,818 | 0.616 | 1,255 |
117 | Vanguard University of Southern California | $21,827 | 0.651 | 1,447 |
118 | Centenary University | $21,847 | 0.601 | 1,237 |
119 | Vassar College | $21,933 | 0.625 | 2,405 |
120 | Andrews University | $22,012 | 0.814 | 1,371 |
121 | Rice University | $22,061 | 0.766 | 3,836 |
122 | Southwestern College | $22,112 | 0.674 | 513 |
123 | Lindenwood University | $22,183 | 0.653 | 6,794 |
124 | University of La Verne | $22,284 | 0.679 | 3,851 |
125 | Azusa Pacific University College | $22,318 | 0.703 | 606 |
126 | National University | $22,377 | 0.746 | 3,027 |
127 | University of Richmond | $22,400 | 0.632 | 3,078 |
128 | La Roche College | $22,426 | 0.606 | 1,151 |
129 | Arizona Christian University | $22,491 | 0.668 | 656 |
130 | St Catherine University | $22,519 | 0.614 | 2,038 |
131 | Earlham College | $22,567 | 0.686 | 1,025 |
132 | Neumann University | $22,621 | 0.641 | 1,608 |
133 | Barnard College | $22,815 | 0.680 | 2,461 |
134 | Newbury College | $22,831 | 0.739 | 675 |
135 | Eastern University | $22,877 | 0.648 | 1,760 |
136 | Columbia University in the City of New York | $22,973 | 0.778 | 7,552 |
137 | Austin College | $23,051 | 0.666 | 1,258 |
138 | Bethany College | $23,093 | 0.663 | 641 |
139 | Vanderbilt University | $23,150 | 0.687 | 6,817 |
140 | Franklin and Marshall College | $23,182 | 0.631 | 2,225 |
141 | Belmont Abbey College | $23,247 | 0.614 | 1,406 |
142 | Knox College | $23,301 | 0.703 | 1,327 |
143 | Herzing University-Madison | $23,303 | 0.698 | 788 |
144 | William Peace University | $23,345 | 0.667 | 880 |
145 | La Sierra University | $23,414 | 0.710 | 1,780 |
146 | Wesley College | $23,619 | 0.652 | 1,305 |
147 | New York Institute of Technology | $23,647 | 0.821 | 3,172 |
148 | Johnson & Wales University-Denver | $23,765 | 0.640 | 1,170 |
149 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | $23,954 | 0.608 | 2,996 |
150 | Loyola University New Orleans | $24,119 | 0.672 | 2,338 |
151 | Bethany College | $24,236 | 0.663 | 640 |
152 | Gwynedd Mercy University | $24,254 | 0.664 | 1,886 |
153 | Smith College | $24,258 | 0.734 | 2,503 |
154 | CollegeAmerica-Phoenix | $24,322 | 0.703 | 580 |
155 | Augsburg University | $24,394 | 0.721 | 2,066 |
156 | Chestnut Hill College | $24,418 | 0.692 | 1,104 |
157 | Lake Forest College | $24,478 | 0.627 | 1,524 |
158 | Pacific Union College | $24,555 | 0.802 | 1,286 |
159 | Saint Edward's University | $24,603 | 0.680 | 3,610 |
160 | Judson University | $24,671 | 0.633 | 789 |
161 | Marymount University | $24,719 | 0.767 | 2,124 |
162 | University of Bridgeport | $24,733 | 0.769 | 2,140 |
163 | California College San Diego | $24,770 | 0.755 | 975 |
164 | Webber International University | $24,778 | 0.733 | 628 |
165 | Emory University | $24,804 | 0.747 | 6,714 |
166 | Johnson & Wales University-North Miami | $24,843 | 0.770 | 1,432 |
167 | Albright College | $24,888 | 0.682 | 2,284 |
168 | Everglades University | $24,926 | 0.634 | 2,089 |
169 | Cabrini University | $24,958 | 0.600 | 1,384 |
170 | Bacone College | $25,029 | 0.795 | 935 |
171 | Drew University | $25,167 | 0.683 | 1,476 |
172 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | $25,257 | 0.633 | 2,400 |
173 | Brown University | $25,264 | 0.747 | 6,565 |
174 | Nova Southeastern University | $25,344 | 0.768 | 3,051 |
175 | Albertus Magnus College | $25,375 | 0.712 | 1,034 |
176 | Manhattanville College | $25,450 | 0.725 | 1,701 |
177 | Southwestern Assemblies of God University | $25,466 | 0.612 | 1,506 |
178 | Campbell University | $25,483 | 0.621 | 3,737 |
179 | Pitzer College | $25,521 | 0.722 | 1,029 |
180 | Virginia Wesleyan University | $25,607 | 0.672 | 1,319 |
181 | Whittier College | $25,638 | 0.668 | 1,579 |
182 | St. Andrews University | $25,682 | 0.722 | 613 |
183 | Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | $25,803 | 0.655 | 2,063 |
184 | Illinois Institute of Technology | $25,847 | 0.777 | 2,712 |
185 | California Baptist University | $25,875 | 0.706 | 5,885 |
186 | LIU Brooklyn | $25,952 | 0.809 | 3,749 |
187 | Concordia University-Irvine | $26,180 | 0.697 | 1,777 |
188 | Fisher College | $26,224 | 0.754 | 1,171 |
189 | Stevens-Henager College | $26,230 | 0.672 | 790 |
190 | Independence University | $26,240 | 0.656 | 6,047 |
191 | St. Louis College of Pharmacy | $26,252 | 0.603 | 528 |
192 | Clark University | $26,350 | 0.631 | 2,223 |
193 | Queens University of Charlotte | $26,386 | 0.624 | 1,307 |
194 | Regis University | $26,505 | 0.607 | 2,362 |
195 | Guilford College | $26,606 | 0.607 | 1,560 |
196 | Georgetown University | $26,625 | 0.649 | 7,056 |
197 | La Salle University | $26,772 | 0.653 | 3,181 |
198 | California Institute of Technology | $26,839 | 0.709 | 979 |
199 | Columbia College | $27,020 | 0.623 | 6,378 |
200 | Iona College | $27,021 | 0.621 | 3,069 |
201 | Life University | $27,123 | 0.681 | 531 |
202 | Mount Holyoke College | $27,234 | 0.706 | 2,162 |
203 | Hawaii Pacific University | $27,245 | 0.811 | 2,553 |
204 | University of Tulsa | $27,264 | 0.612 | 3,259 |
205 | Johns Hopkins University | $27,352 | 0.767 | 5,621 |
206 | Marymount California University | $27,412 | 0.749 | 882 |
207 | Roosevelt University | $27,418 | 0.708 | 2,268 |
208 | Babson College | $27,453 | 0.749 | 2,283 |
209 | Mitchell College | $27,489 | 0.653 | 537 |
210 | New England College | $27,640 | 0.648 | 1,741 |
211 | Mills College | $27,647 | 0.706 | 775 |
212 | Stevenson University | $27,686 | 0.604 | 3,065 |
213 | LIU Post | $27,757 | 0.717 | 2,874 |
214 | San Diego Christian College | $27,770 | 0.683 | 518 |
215 | Regis College | $27,777 | 0.654 | 964 |
216 | Reed College | $27,805 | 0.612 | 1,379 |
217 | Seton Hall University | $27,864 | 0.690 | 5,494 |
218 | Kalamazoo College | $27,958 | 0.629 | 1,437 |
219 | Tufts University | $28,076 | 0.640 | 5,435 |
220 | Adelphi University | $28,095 | 0.670 | 4,742 |
221 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | $28,227 | 0.650 | 7,899 |
222 | Dean College | $28,244 | 0.671 | 1,132 |
223 | Shenandoah University | $28,310 | 0.630 | 2,016 |
224 | Linfield College-McMinnville Campus | $28,389 | 0.604 | 1,602 |
225 | Azusa Pacific University | $28,506 | 0.705 | 5,259 |
226 | Trinity University | $28,569 | 0.637 | 2,250 |
227 | Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) | $28,596 | 0.621 | 2,331 |
228 | Washington University in St Louis | $28,824 | 0.668 | 6,915 |
229 | Notre Dame de Namur University | $28,873 | 0.738 | 740 |
230 | Jacksonville University | $29,004 | 0.708 | 2,113 |
231 | California Lutheran University | $29,038 | 0.674 | 2,768 |
232 | Wheelock College | $29,133 | 0.620 | 713 |
233 | Seattle Pacific University | $29,174 | 0.615 | 2,998 |
234 | University of Saint Joseph | $29,251 | 0.625 | 726 |
235 | Northwestern University | $29,326 | 0.708 | 8,298 |
236 | Bard College | $29,356 | 0.605 | 1,897 |
237 | The University of Tampa | $29,372 | 0.600 | 7,124 |
238 | Menlo College | $29,439 | 0.814 | 761 |
239 | Columbia College Chicago | $29,530 | 0.646 | 7,142 |
240 | Grinnell College | $30,010 | 0.674 | 1,658 |
241 | Pacific University | $30,130 | 0.674 | 1,857 |
242 | University of Hartford | $30,233 | 0.649 | 4,508 |
243 | Woodbury University | $30,399 | 0.753 | 969 |
244 | Suffolk University | $30,498 | 0.729 | 4,906 |
245 | Claremont McKenna College | $30,527 | 0.749 | 1,346 |
246 | Methodist University | $30,543 | 0.708 | 1,949 |
247 | Pace University-New York | $31,040 | 0.689 | 7,691 |
248 | University of Chicago | $31,068 | 0.740 | 5,967 |
249 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | $31,082 | 0.797 | 1,275 |
250 | Florida Institute of Technology | $31,582 | 0.681 | 3,286 |
251 | University of Portland | $31,736 | 0.609 | 3,708 |
252 | American University | $31,758 | 0.644 | 7,544 |
253 | Bryn Mawr College | $31,900 | 0.772 | 1,361 |
254 | Culinary Institute of America | $31,913 | 0.694 | 2,774 |
255 | Occidental College | $31,990 | 0.704 | 1,952 |
256 | Brandeis University | $32,148 | 0.714 | 3,591 |
257 | Hofstra University | $32,169 | 0.640 | 6,497 |
258 | Biola University | $32,273 | 0.690 | 3,947 |
259 | Manhattan College | $32,576 | 0.608 | 3,444 |
260 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | $32,731 | 0.648 | 5,017 |
261 | Sarah Lawrence College | $32,897 | 0.687 | 1,417 |
262 | Case Western Reserve University | $33,124 | 0.684 | 4,990 |
263 | University of the Pacific | $33,794 | 0.752 | 3,383 |
264 | The College of New Rochelle | $33,856 | 0.696 | 2,490 |
265 | University of Rochester | $34,170 | 0.714 | 6,170 |
266 | University of Redlands | $34,200 | 0.659 | 2,497 |
267 | Dominican University of California | $34,339 | 0.772 | 1,225 |
268 | Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | $34,754 | 0.792 | 863 |
269 | University of the Sciences | $34,796 | 0.673 | 1,325 |
270 | University of San Francisco | $35,054 | 0.799 | 6,450 |
271 | Carnegie Mellon University | $35,250 | 0.773 | 6,069 |
272 | College for Creative Studies | $35,274 | 0.627 | 1,143 |
273 | Harvey Mudd College | $35,460 | 0.777 | 829 |
274 | Seattle University | $35,627 | 0.722 | 4,463 |
275 | Saint Mary's College of California | $35,696 | 0.702 | 2,597 |
276 | Rollins College | $35,726 | 0.608 | 2,450 |
277 | Lynn University | $36,530 | 0.707 | 1,950 |
278 | MCPHS University | $37,422 | 0.740 | 3,591 |
279 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $37,434 | 0.641 | 6,246 |
280 | Santa Clara University | $37,657 | 0.695 | 5,353 |
281 | Scripps College | $37,860 | 0.674 | 1,030 |
282 | Fordham University | $38,008 | 0.608 | 8,763 |
283 | California College of the Arts | $38,276 | 0.773 | 1,444 |
284 | University of San Diego | $38,596 | 0.676 | 5,499 |
285 | Rhode Island School of Design | $39,389 | 0.766 | 1,999 |
286 | Otis College of Art and Design | $39,413 | 0.781 | 1,009 |
287 | American Musical and Dramatic Academy | $39,613 | 0.750 | 1,565 |
288 | Pepperdine University | $39,637 | 0.704 | 3,222 |
289 | Chapman University | $40,709 | 0.632 | 6,130 |
290 | Savannah College of Art and Design | $40,856 | 0.654 | 8,411 |
291 | Loyola Marymount University | $40,946 | 0.730 | 6,044 |
292 | Berklee College of Music | $41,296 | 0.734 | 4,875 |
293 | Maryland Institute College of Art | $41,889 | 0.721 | 1,654 |
294 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | $43,494 | 0.743 | 2,681 |
295 | Art Center College of Design | $43,814 | 0.750 | 1,649 |
296 | Pratt Institute-Main | $44,244 | 0.731 | 3,367 |
297 | Ringling College of Art and Design | $44,386 | 0.716 | 1,270 |
298 | The New School | $45,504 | 0.754 | 6,201 |
299 | California Institute of the Arts | $50,472 | 0.766 | 943 |