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Lowest Cost Public Colleges With High Diversity
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Rank | College | Typical Cost | Diversity Score | Acceptance Rate | # Students |
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1 | California State University-Bakersfield | $6,143 | 0.636 | 67.8% | 7,066 |
2 | California State University-Fresno | $6,177 | 0.676 | 53.5% | 18,843 |
3 | University of Houston-Downtown | $6,450 | 0.706 | 82.9% | 6,329 |
4 | University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus | $6,463 | 0.685 | 58.2% | 1,803 |
5 | California State University-Northridge | $6,574 | 0.709 | 48.2% | 29,104 |
6 | East Central University | $6,853 | 0.655 | 57.8% | 2,868 |
7 | University of North Texas at Dallas | $6,912 | 0.608 | 68.2% | 1,370 |
8 | Indiana University-Northwest | $7,374 | 0.630 | 75.8% | 2,776 |
9 | University of Connecticut-Stamford | $7,380 | 0.747 | 57.4% | 1,194 |
10 | CUNY New York City College of Technology | $7,498 | 0.744 | 74.5% | 10,912 |
11 | CUNY York College | $7,528 | 0.738 | 41.0% | 5,066 |
12 | California State University-Stanislaus | $7,557 | 0.664 | 74.3% | 7,217 |
13 | California State University-Fullerton | $8,170 | 0.727 | 48.2% | 27,994 |
14 | University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma | $8,221 | 0.624 | 48.8% | 714 |
15 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | $8,274 | 0.625 | 88.6% | 1,659 |
16 | Northeastern State University | $8,365 | 0.703 | 93.7% | 4,862 |
17 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | $8,482 | 0.652 | 77.3% | 2,409 |
18 | University of Hawaii-West Oahu | $8,522 | 0.737 | 68.1% | 1,566 |
19 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | $8,530 | 0.673 | 33.8% | 9,831 |
20 | University of Washington-Tacoma Campus | $8,539 | 0.755 | 83.8% | 3,761 |
21 | CUNY City College | $8,547 | 0.751 | 45.4% | 10,067 |
22 | Farmingdale State College | $8,687 | 0.603 | 58.0% | 6,942 |
23 | Arizona State University-West | $8,692 | 0.670 | 77.9% | 2,698 |
24 | CUNY Queens College | $8,704 | 0.753 | 41.3% | 11,693 |
25 | University of Alaska Southeast | $8,719 | 0.657 | 49.0% | 659 |
26 | Northwestern Oklahoma State University | $8,778 | 0.612 | 43.8% | 1,424 |
27 | Texas Woman's University | $8,881 | 0.730 | 85.9% | 7,014 |
28 | Southern Oregon University | $8,939 | 0.600 | 78.2% | 3,670 |
29 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus | $8,940 | 0.755 | 80.3% | 4,426 |
30 | California State University-San Marcos | $8,985 | 0.711 | 51.8% | 10,469 |
31 | Texas A & M University-Commerce | $9,032 | 0.703 | 46.1% | 6,015 |
32 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | $9,097 | 0.667 | 73.5% | 3,189 |
33 | California State University-Sacramento | $9,127 | 0.771 | 71.9% | 23,234 |
34 | University of New Orleans | $9,428 | 0.684 | 60.0% | 4,684 |
35 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | $9,510 | 0.760 | 30.7% | 11,288 |
36 | West Virginia State University | $9,613 | 0.621 | 96.3% | 1,797 |
37 | CUNY Brooklyn College | $9,771 | 0.767 | 37.5% | 10,198 |
38 | Midwestern State University | $9,777 | 0.694 | 74.5% | 4,122 |
39 | California State University-Long Beach | $9,867 | 0.742 | 31.9% | 27,953 |
40 | SUNY College at Old Westbury | $10,050 | 0.759 | 68.6% | 3,633 |
41 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | $10,068 | 0.735 | 45.3% | 28,380 |
42 | CUNY Hunter College | $10,201 | 0.759 | 37.9% | 12,223 |
43 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | $10,213 | 0.610 | 59.6% | 9,874 |
44 | The University of Texas at Dallas | $10,254 | 0.741 | 68.0% | 14,323 |
45 | Troy University | $10,283 | 0.603 | 91.2% | 9,350 |
46 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | $10,403 | 0.662 | 73.9% | 14,116 |
47 | University of North Texas | $10,424 | 0.713 | 71.8% | 25,486 |
48 | Fashion Institute of Technology | $10,430 | 0.713 | 40.4% | 7,395 |
49 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | $10,481 | 0.656 | 57.3% | 2,590 |
50 | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | $10,566 | 0.713 | 73.6% | 4,510 |
51 | College of Staten Island CUNY | $10,627 | 0.715 | 99.2% | 9,585 |
52 | California State University-East Bay | $10,758 | 0.784 | 69.8% | 11,578 |
53 | Rutgers University-Newark | $10,771 | 0.784 | 65.3% | 6,680 |
54 | Angelo State University | $10,943 | 0.637 | 74.4% | 5,169 |
55 | University of Houston-Victoria | $10,995 | 0.691 | 48.1% | 1,586 |
56 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | $11,230 | 0.656 | 57.8% | 15,926 |
57 | Florida Atlantic University | $11,303 | 0.705 | 59.8% | 16,252 |
58 | California State University-Monterey Bay | $11,390 | 0.702 | 35.2% | 6,226 |
59 | University of South Florida-Main Campus | $11,398 | 0.700 | 46.6% | 24,013 |
60 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | $11,432 | 0.777 | 82.8% | 18,322 |
61 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | $11,567 | 0.626 | 61.8% | 5,231 |
62 | University of Illinois at Chicago | $11,571 | 0.747 | 73.6% | 16,517 |
63 | University of Minnesota-Morris | $11,589 | 0.600 | 58.1% | 1,646 |
64 | Columbus State University | $11,596 | 0.613 | 53.2% | 4,834 |
65 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | $11,628 | 0.667 | 64.7% | 2,693 |
66 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | $11,697 | 0.796 | 69.1% | 2,440 |
67 | Lamar University | $11,755 | 0.680 | 76.2% | 6,161 |
68 | New Jersey City University | $11,854 | 0.742 | 85.1% | 5,166 |
69 | University of Alaska Anchorage | $11,860 | 0.645 | 82.8% | 7,079 |
70 | Wayne State University | $11,910 | 0.606 | 81.5% | 12,003 |
71 | The University of Texas at Arlington | $11,952 | 0.770 | 69.8% | 16,679 |
72 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | $11,966 | 0.793 | 68.5% | 9,283 |
73 | Stephen F Austin State University | $11,987 | 0.607 | 62.4% | 9,592 |
74 | University of Central Oklahoma | $12,008 | 0.661 | 75.0% | 10,546 |
75 | Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi | $12,025 | 0.626 | 64.7% | 8,251 |
76 | SUNY Buffalo State | $12,046 | 0.670 | 64.1% | 7,598 |
77 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $12,084 | 0.609 | 62.0% | 20,263 |
78 | Metropolitan State University of Denver | $12,104 | 0.604 | 63.9% | 12,483 |
79 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | $12,107 | 0.643 | 76.4% | 20,222 |
80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | $12,268 | 0.723 | 82.4% | 3,143 |
81 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | $12,317 | 0.682 | 89.8% | 4,785 |
82 | Sam Houston State University | $12,365 | 0.661 | 71.9% | 14,497 |
83 | Arizona State University-Polytechnic | $12,370 | 0.653 | 76.1% | 3,354 |
84 | The University of Texas at Tyler | $12,492 | 0.604 | 69.3% | 4,806 |
85 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | $12,598 | 0.730 | 59.2% | 21,148 |
86 | Texas State University | $12,647 | 0.638 | 71.1% | 28,180 |
87 | Nevada State College | $12,771 | 0.746 | 76.1% | 1,539 |
88 | University of California-Merced | $12,805 | 0.670 | 74.2% | 6,741 |
89 | University of California-Riverside | $12,841 | 0.702 | 66.3% | 19,544 |
90 | Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix | $12,876 | 0.654 | 76.7% | 8,238 |
91 | Colorado State University-Pueblo | $12,887 | 0.657 | 96.4% | 3,436 |
92 | Rutgers University-Camden | $12,894 | 0.667 | 57.5% | 4,056 |
93 | University of South Alabama | $12,963 | 0.620 | 80.5% | 9,604 |
94 | Arizona State University-Tempe | $13,007 | 0.684 | 82.5% | 38,946 |
95 | Humboldt State University | $13,147 | 0.676 | 77.1% | 7,501 |
96 | Augusta University | $13,180 | 0.642 | 77.2% | 4,133 |
97 | Frostburg State University | $13,208 | 0.620 | 62.7% | 4,141 |
98 | San Francisco State University | $13,250 | 0.774 | 68.2% | 21,515 |
99 | University of Memphis | $13,291 | 0.618 | 56.7% | 12,412 |
100 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | $13,331 | 0.639 | 23.5% | 1,388 |
101 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | $13,340 | 0.693 | 25.8% | 13,815 |
102 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | $13,520 | 0.742 | 85.0% | 10,871 |
103 | University of West Alabama | $13,545 | 0.627 | 53.1% | 1,722 |
104 | Stony Brook University | $13,615 | 0.779 | 40.7% | 15,858 |
105 | California State University-Chico | $13,645 | 0.691 | 65.2% | 15,246 |
106 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | $13,751 | 0.701 | 60.5% | 8,530 |
107 | San Jose State University | $13,777 | 0.756 | 53.4% | 21,613 |
108 | University of California-Irvine | $13,780 | 0.751 | 40.6% | 26,889 |
109 | Adams State University | $13,888 | 0.657 | 98.6% | 1,625 |
110 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | $13,983 | 0.610 | 51.3% | 2,574 |
111 | Central Washington University | $14,080 | 0.631 | 79.7% | 9,482 |
112 | Wichita State University | $14,175 | 0.608 | 86.2% | 8,687 |
113 | University of California-Los Angeles | $14,236 | 0.778 | 18.0% | 30,343 |
114 | University of West Georgia | $14,285 | 0.613 | 59.1% | 9,084 |
115 | San Diego State University | $14,344 | 0.757 | 34.6% | 26,790 |
116 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | $14,446 | 0.615 | 54.6% | 4,476 |
117 | California State University-Channel Islands | $14,461 | 0.660 | 73.8% | 5,365 |
118 | Portland State University | $14,481 | 0.668 | 89.4% | 14,206 |
119 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York | $14,516 | 0.633 | 83.3% | 840 |
120 | Auburn University at Montgomery | $14,518 | 0.615 | 76.6% | 3,095 |
121 | Valdosta State University | $14,573 | 0.624 | 65.1% | 7,185 |
121 | Georgia State University | $14,573 | 0.739 | 58.8% | 19,208 |
123 | California State University Maritime Academy | $14,606 | 0.681 | 68.2% | 1,075 |
124 | Northern Arizona University | $14,678 | 0.601 | 78.0% | 21,494 |
125 | University of Florida | $14,761 | 0.630 | 45.9% | 31,014 |
126 | University of California-San Diego | $14,770 | 0.761 | 35.7% | 27,386 |
127 | Southern Connecticut State University | $14,960 | 0.634 | 63.5% | 6,830 |
128 | University of Nevada-Reno | $15,022 | 0.601 | 82.8% | 15,408 |
129 | SUNY at Albany | $15,114 | 0.713 | 54.4% | 12,421 |
130 | Montclair State University | $15,131 | 0.718 | 66.1% | 14,968 |
131 | University of California-Santa Barbara | $15,149 | 0.766 | 35.8% | 21,199 |
132 | Old Dominion University | $15,218 | 0.694 | 84.6% | 15,203 |
133 | Metropolitan State University | $15,231 | 0.686 | 100.0% | 2,844 |
134 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | $15,349 | 0.730 | 56.8% | 9,484 |
135 | University of Oregon | $15,355 | 0.615 | 77.9% | 18,330 |
136 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | $15,368 | 0.650 | 61.9% | 6,669 |
137 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | $15,406 | 0.767 | 59.3% | 6,180 |
138 | Northeastern Illinois University | $15,432 | 0.743 | 71.0% | 4,321 |
139 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | $15,530 | 0.711 | 75.6% | 7,499 |
140 | University of Central Florida | $15,533 | 0.658 | 50.0% | 38,508 |
141 | University of Houston | $15,571 | 0.771 | 58.5% | 25,818 |
142 | Towson University | $15,597 | 0.606 | 73.7% | 16,893 |
143 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | $15,614 | 0.741 | 56.9% | 34,020 |
144 | University of Maryland-College Park | $15,757 | 0.685 | 48.1% | 26,350 |
145 | University of Baltimore | $15,889 | 0.657 | 49.4% | 1,995 |
146 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | $15,945 | 0.616 | 29.9% | 15,476 |
147 | University at Buffalo | $15,987 | 0.707 | 59.4% | 18,824 |
148 | The University of Texas at Austin | $16,010 | 0.722 | 40.4% | 37,234 |
149 | University of California-Davis | $16,039 | 0.774 | 42.3% | 28,564 |
150 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | $16,092 | 0.607 | 58.1% | 8,971 |
151 | Governors State University | $16,143 | 0.701 | 41.3% | 1,926 |
152 | Kean University | $16,164 | 0.758 | 74.4% | 9,239 |
153 | Sonoma State University | $16,204 | 0.673 | 76.3% | 7,806 |
154 | University of California-Santa Cruz | $16,261 | 0.750 | 57.9% | 16,509 |
155 | University of Arizona | $16,466 | 0.659 | 78.6% | 29,149 |
156 | Binghamton University | $16,540 | 0.629 | 40.6% | 13,185 |
157 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | $16,683 | 0.714 | 60.1% | 32,540 |
158 | College of William and Mary | $16,734 | 0.617 | 36.5% | 6,209 |
159 | University of California-Berkeley | $17,160 | 0.758 | 16.9% | 28,108 |
160 | Kennesaw State University | $17,441 | 0.616 | 58.5% | 24,412 |
161 | Fort Lewis College | $17,918 | 0.664 | 92.1% | 3,178 |
162 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | $17,966 | 0.603 | 70.8% | 18,444 |
163 | George Mason University | $18,032 | 0.741 | 81.0% | 19,266 |
164 | SUNY at Purchase College | $18,123 | 0.662 | 43.5% | 3,673 |
165 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | $18,530 | 0.628 | 29.5% | 19,703 |
166 | Armstrong State University | $18,854 | 0.614 | 80.4% | 4,738 |
167 | University of Connecticut | $19,064 | 0.613 | 48.8% | 18,655 |
168 | Northern Illinois University | $19,782 | 0.636 | 51.8% | 12,343 |
169 | Virginia Commonwealth University | $20,544 | 0.713 | 81.2% | 20,264 |
170 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | $20,951 | 0.667 | 84.5% | 3,817 |
171 | Temple University | $21,237 | 0.641 | 52.2% | 26,277 |