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College Cost Finder

What 6,196 U.S. colleges really cost after financial aid, how hard they are to get into, and what their graduates earn.

Popular colleges

Harvard UniversityStanford UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of California-Los AngelesUniversity of Michigan-Ann ArborOhio State University-Main CampusNew York UniversityUniversity of FloridaPennsylvania State University-Main CampusArizona State University Campus ImmersionUniversity of Southern CaliforniaTexas A&M University-College StationUniversity of Washington-Seattle CampusGeorgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusPurdue University-Main CampusUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonBoston UniversityUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillCornell UniversityYale UniversityPrinceton UniversityColumbia University in the City of New YorkDuke University

Rankings

Highest-earning collegesCheapest four-year collegesHardest colleges to get intoBest value collegesHighest graduation ratesLargest collegesEarnings by major

Colleges by state

AlabamaAlaskaAmerican SamoaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaGuamHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarshall IslandsMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMicronesiaMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNorthern Mariana IslandsOhioOklahomaOregonPalauPennsylvaniaPuerto RicoRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasU.S. Virgin IslandsUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming

Sticker price vs. net price

The cost of attendance is the full yearly price: tuition, fees, housing, food, books and other expenses. Most students pay less. The net price is what the average student pays after grants and scholarships — and it depends a lot on family income, so every college page shows the net price for five income levels.

  • Acceptance rate — the share of applicants admitted.
  • Graduation rate — the share of full-time students who finish within 150% of normal time (six years for a bachelor's).
  • Earnings — median earnings of former students who received federal aid, 10 years after they first enrolled.

All figures come from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (released October 2026).