Lowest Cost Public Colleges With High Diversity

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Lowest Cost Public Colleges With High Diversity

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Rank College Typical Cost Diversity Score Acceptance Rate # Students
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