2,400 colleges + 27 data points = 711 Best Colleges For Your Money
College is a great investment—if you choose the right school. Find your best college with rankings that combine educational quality, affordability, and alumni success.
1
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
1500/33 $65,300 $19,300 59% N/A $67,600
2
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY
1240/NA $31,400 $9,800 51% 8% $51,600
3
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
1380/31 $29,500 $17,000 32% 24% $61,200
4
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
1370/32 $37,200 $17,900 48% 1% $62,100
5
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
1330/30 $35,300 $14,900 52% 1% $53,300
5
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
1480/33 $68,100 $20,800 49% 1% $70,300
7
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
1160/26 $33,900 $15,800 62% N/A $52,000
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
1500/34 $67,800 $23,400 55% 1% $77,000
9
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
1210/28 $36,300 $18,200 60% 1% $53,000
10
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
1510/34 $68,600 $17,000 56% N/A $65,000
11
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA
1360/31 $31,200 $15,700 27% 2% $58,000
12
Rice University
Houston, TX
1470/33 $62,700 $24,300 37% 1% $63,100
13
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
1230/28 $28,500 $10,500 35% 2% $55,200
14
Yale University
New Haven, CT
1510/33 $70,100 $19,600 49% N/A $62,600
15
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
1510/33 $67,100 $24,800 45% 20% $57,900
16
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA
1400/32 $30,700 $13,800 38% 25% $65,600
16
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA
1390/32 $65,700 $23,100 41% 10% $53,200
18
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
1270/29 $21,800 $15,800 33% 39% $49,800
19
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
1550/35 $67,000 $25,100 52% 1% $79,800
20
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
1320/NA $26,500 $15,900 34% 3% $55,700
21
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
1480/33 $73,400 $19,100 48% 1% $62,500
22
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
1390/29 $31,400 $18,200 38% 5% $57,700
23
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
1220/NA $26,200 $19,900 31% 15% $57,400
24
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ
1220/27 $34,600 $21,800 20% 13% $52,100
25
Williams College
Williamstown, MA
1460/33 $70,700 $23,300 48% N/A $54,000
26
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, MA
1110/23 $24,800 $14,800 31% 1% $59,300
27
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
1460/33 $71,100 $25,800 47% N/A $61,900
28
Amherst College
Amherst, MA
1450/32 $71,400 $18,200 57% N/A $49,000
29
University of California-Riverside
Riverside, CA
1130/25 $35,400 $14,400 76% 1% $47,000
30
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
1120/26 $27,500 $15,800 35% 13% $50,400
31
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
1290/29 $27,800 $18,800 33% 12% $53,900
32
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
1460/32 $71,400 $23,100 49% N/A $62,000
33
SUNY at Binghamton
Vestal, NY
1290/29 $27,000 $17,400 40% 3% $51,700
34
Brown University
Providence, RI
1440/32 $69,800 $24,800 44% N/A $60,600
34
Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
1200/27 $26,200 $14,800 39% 3% $55,000
36
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
1240/29 $37,200 $17,500 57% 1% $50,600
37
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
1240/28 $30,900 $20,400 41% 20% $55,200
37
Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
1210/27 $24,300 $12,600 28% 16% $57,800
37
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
1450/32 $68,700 $23,300 52% N/A $56,700
40
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
1430/33 $69,200 $28,800 42% 24% $60,800
41
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, VA
1160/26 $30,700 $16,400 44% 24% $55,600
42
California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
1060/23 $24,200 $10,400 61% 20% $45,500
43
CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
1090/NA $29,300 $9,800 75% 22% $43,800
44
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
1390/32 $69,400 $23,700 48% N/A $54,100
45
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
1290/29 $26,000 $17,300 36% 3% $51,200
46
Union College
Schenectady, NY
NA/NA $69,600 $40,300 49% 5% $54,300
46
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
1140/26 $26,000 $18,000 21% 4% $49,900
48
Martin Luther College
New Ulm, MN
NA/25 $25,400 $19,100 73% 3% $36,000
49
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
1220/NA $32,100 $17,100 39% 9% $52,200
50
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
1250/28 $23,600 $14,700 44% 6% $52,500
College is a great investment—if you choose the right school. Find your best college with rankings that combine educational quality, affordability, and alumni success.
1
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
1500/33 $65,300 $19,300 59% N/A $67,600
2
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY
1240/NA $31,400 $9,800 51% 8% $51,600
3
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
1380/31 $29,500 $17,000 32% 24% $61,200
4
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
1370/32 $37,200 $17,900 48% 1% $62,100
5
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
1330/30 $35,300 $14,900 52% 1% $53,300
5
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
1480/33 $68,100 $20,800 49% 1% $70,300
7
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
1160/26 $33,900 $15,800 62% N/A $52,000
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
1500/34 $67,800 $23,400 55% 1% $77,000
9
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
1210/28 $36,300 $18,200 60% 1% $53,000
10
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
1510/34 $68,600 $17,000 56% N/A $65,000
11
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA
1360/31 $31,200 $15,700 27% 2% $58,000
12
Rice University
Houston, TX
1470/33 $62,700 $24,300 37% 1% $63,100
13
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
1230/28 $28,500 $10,500 35% 2% $55,200
14
Yale University
New Haven, CT
1510/33 $70,100 $19,600 49% N/A $62,600
15
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
1510/33 $67,100 $24,800 45% 20% $57,900
16
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA
1400/32 $30,700 $13,800 38% 25% $65,600
16
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA
1390/32 $65,700 $23,100 41% 10% $53,200
18
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
1270/29 $21,800 $15,800 33% 39% $49,800
19
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
1550/35 $67,000 $25,100 52% 1% $79,800
20
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
1320/NA $26,500 $15,900 34% 3% $55,700
21
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
1480/33 $73,400 $19,100 48% 1% $62,500
22
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
1390/29 $31,400 $18,200 38% 5% $57,700
23
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
1220/NA $26,200 $19,900 31% 15% $57,400
24
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ
1220/27 $34,600 $21,800 20% 13% $52,100
25
Williams College
Williamstown, MA
1460/33 $70,700 $23,300 48% N/A $54,000
26
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, MA
1110/23 $24,800 $14,800 31% 1% $59,300
27
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
1460/33 $71,100 $25,800 47% N/A $61,900
28
Amherst College
Amherst, MA
1450/32 $71,400 $18,200 57% N/A $49,000
29
University of California-Riverside
Riverside, CA
1130/25 $35,400 $14,400 76% 1% $47,000
30
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
1120/26 $27,500 $15,800 35% 13% $50,400
31
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
1290/29 $27,800 $18,800 33% 12% $53,900
32
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
1460/32 $71,400 $23,100 49% N/A $62,000
33
SUNY at Binghamton
Vestal, NY
1290/29 $27,000 $17,400 40% 3% $51,700
34
Brown University
Providence, RI
1440/32 $69,800 $24,800 44% N/A $60,600
34
Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
1200/27 $26,200 $14,800 39% 3% $55,000
36
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
1240/29 $37,200 $17,500 57% 1% $50,600
37
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
1240/28 $30,900 $20,400 41% 20% $55,200
37
Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
1210/27 $24,300 $12,600 28% 16% $57,800
37
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
1450/32 $68,700 $23,300 52% N/A $56,700
40
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
1430/33 $69,200 $28,800 42% 24% $60,800
41
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, VA
1160/26 $30,700 $16,400 44% 24% $55,600
42
California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
1060/23 $24,200 $10,400 61% 20% $45,500
43
CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
1090/NA $29,300 $9,800 75% 22% $43,800
44
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
1390/32 $69,400 $23,700 48% N/A $54,100
45
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
1290/29 $26,000 $17,300 36% 3% $51,200
46
Union College
Schenectady, NY
NA/NA $69,600 $40,300 49% 5% $54,300
46
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
1140/26 $26,000 $18,000 21% 4% $49,900
48
Martin Luther College
New Ulm, MN
NA/25 $25,400 $19,100 73% 3% $36,000
49
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
1220/NA $32,100 $17,100 39% 9% $52,200
50
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
1250/28 $23,600 $14,700 44% 6% $52,500
