The Best Colleges With Tuition Under $20K
You, as a parent, want the best education possible for your child. Or, if you're a student, you might be dreaming about an Ivy League college or one of the most prestigious private campuses offering a world-class education.
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But then there's the sticker shock. Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology both cost about $58,000 a year for tuition and fees - room and board not included. At Vanderbilt University, it's $60,000-plus.
A great college education doesn't need to put you hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, though. GOBankingRates examined the 2022 Best National University Rankings list from U.S. News & World Report to identify the 25 highest-ranking schools with tuition and fees for the 2022-23 school year below $20,000. The list includes some of the nation's elite public universities, and all of them fall into the top 70 of the publication's rankings.
University of California -- Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $13,804
4-year graduation rate: 83%
6-year graduation rate: 92%
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University of California -- Berkeley
Location: Berkeley, California
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $14,796
4-year graduation rate: 79%
6-year graduation rate: 93%
University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $16,178
4-year graduation rate: 81%
6-year graduation rate: 94%
University of Virginia
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $14,878
4-year graduation rate: 89%
6-year graduation rate: 94%
University of California -- Santa Barbara
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $13,104
4-year graduation rate: 70%
6-year graduation rate: 85%
University of Florida
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $6,380
4-year graduation rate: 72%
6-year graduation rate: 91%
University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $7,020
4-year graduation rate: 84%
6-year graduation rate: 90%
University of California -- San Diego
Location: La Jolla, California
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $17,361
4-year graduation rate: 73%
6-year graduation rate: 89%
University of California -- Irvine
Location: Irvine, California
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $16,245
4-year graduation rate: 68%
6-year graduation rate: 84%
Georgia Tech
Location: Atlanta
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $11,764
4-year graduation rate: 51%
6-year graduation rate: 92%
University of California -- Davis
Location: Davis, California
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $15,274
4-year graduation rate: 62%
6-year graduation rate: 87%
University of Texas -- Austin
Location: Austin, Texas
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $13,576
4-year graduation rate: 70%
6-year graduation rate: 88%
University of Wisconsin -- Madison
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $10,722
4-year graduation rate: 69%
6-year graduation rate: 89%
University of Illinois -- Urbana-Champaign
Location: Champaign, Illinois
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $19,731
4-year graduation rate: 71%
6-year graduation rate: 85%
University of Georgia
Location: Athens, Georgia
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $12,080
4-year graduation rate: 68%
6-year graduation rate: 87%
Ohio State University
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $12,485
4-year graduation rate: 67%
6-year graduation rate: 88%
Purdue University
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $9,992
4-year graduation rate: 60%
6-year graduation rate: 83%
Florida State University
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $5,666
4-year graduation rate: 70%
6-year graduation rate: 83%
University of Maryland
Location: College Park, Maryland
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $11,233
4-year graduation rate: 72%
6-year graduation rate: 88%
University of Pittsburgh
Location: Pittsburgh
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $19,760
4-year graduation rate: 69%
6-year graduation rate: 84%
University of Washington
Location: Seattle
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $12,076
4-year graduation rate: 71%
6-year graduation rate: 84%
Penn State University
Location: University Park, Pennsylvania
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $18,898
4-year graduation rate: 55%
6-year graduation rate: 73%
Rutgers University -- New Brunswick
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $16,263
4-year graduation rate: 68%
6-year graduation rate: 84%
University of Connecticut
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $19,434
4-year graduation rate: 72%
6-year graduation rate: 83%
Indiana University -- Bloomington
Location: Bloomington, Indiana
Tuition and fees for 2022-23: $11,446
4-year graduation rate: 69%
6-year graduation rate: 81%
Methodology: GOBankingRates examined the U.S. News & World Report's 2022 Best National University Rankings list and identified the 25 highest-ranking schools with tuition and fees for the 2022-23 school year below $20,000. Information on each school's location and enrollment were provided from U.S. News & World Report. Tuition and fees were sourced from each university's website and include mandatory all-student fees, but exclude fees such as housing, dining, transportation and other variable costs associated with attendance. Tuition rates for full-time freshmen were selected where variable estimates were provided. Supplemental data on each school's four- and six-year graduation rates for students pursuing bachelor's degrees who began in 2015 was sourced from the National Center for Education Statistic's College Navigator. All data was compiled on and up to date as of Aug. 3, 2022.
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