Largest colleges
Undergraduate enrollment. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
| # | College | State | Net price / yr | Acceptance | Grad rate | Earnings after 10 yrs | Undergrads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern New Hampshire University | NH | $36,764 | 100% | 42% | $56,870 | 163,164 |
| 2 | Western Governors University | UT | $12,748 | — | 50% | $76,999 | 155,088 |
| 3 | University of Phoenix-Arizona | AZ | $13,916 | — | 21% | $43,584 | 85,991 |
| 4 | Grand Canyon University | AZ | $21,509 | 79% | 54% | $50,609 | 73,371 |
| 5 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | $14,694 | 90% | 67% | $69,111 | 64,674 |
| 6 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | $21,527 | 57% | 85% | $78,159 | 59,615 |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | FL | $11,516 | 40% | 78% | $63,483 | 59,146 |
| 8 | Ivy Tech Community College | IN | $5,673 | — | 43% | $40,802 | 58,267 |
| 9 | Arizona State University Digital Immersion | AZ | $11,594 | 67% | — | $69,111 | 53,782 |
| 10 | Liberty University | VA | $29,235 | 99% | 64% | $46,945 | 50,012 |
| 11 | University of Maryland Global Campus | MD | $23,144 | — | 34% | $68,110 | 49,664 |
| 12 | Miami Dade College | FL | $3,814 | — | 47% | $45,444 | 46,182 |
| 13 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | $17,269 | 61% | 87% | $67,080 | 45,638 |
| 14 | Lone Star College System | TX | $15,874 | — | 19% | $44,187 | 45,188 |
| 15 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | $14,851 | 50% | 84% | $80,082 | 44,503 |
| 16 | Brigham Young University-Idaho | ID | $6,560 | 96% | 52% | $56,190 | 44,397 |
| 17 | Dallas College | TX | $16,414 | — | 24% | $44,572 | 43,869 |
| 18 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | $18,554 | 27% | 89% | $81,694 | 42,855 |
| 19 | University of Arizona | AZ | $17,125 | 86% | 71% | $67,414 | 42,537 |
| 20 | Tarrant County College District | TX | $3,775 | — | 30% | $45,883 | 42,300 |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | $33,675 | 61% | 85% | $71,762 | 42,284 |
| 22 | Kennesaw State University | GA | $16,325 | 69% | 50% | $62,766 | 41,254 |
| 23 | Michigan State University | MI | $21,322 | 85% | 80% | $74,168 | 40,922 |
| 24 | Houston City College | TX | $4,575 | — | 17% | $42,369 | 40,503 |
| 25 | American Public University System | WV | $11,116 | — | 60% | $41,320 | 40,074 |
| 26 | Florida International University | FL | $11,462 | 55% | 78% | $65,722 | 39,508 |
| 27 | Valencia College | FL | $9,264 | — | 50% | $45,388 | 39,486 |
| 28 | California State University-Fullerton | CA | $5,115 | 91% | 68% | $69,015 | 38,546 |
| 29 | University of Houston | TX | $11,439 | 74% | 66% | $68,423 | 38,380 |
| 30 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | $16,003 | 78% | 80% | $70,105 | 37,806 |
| 31 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | $24,897 | 58% | 84% | $80,490 | 37,751 |
| 32 | University of South Florida | FL | $8,648 | 43% | 78% | $63,660 | 37,207 |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | $16,600 | 45% | 90% | $80,330 | 36,902 |
| 34 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | $13,042 | 42% | 86% | $87,599 | 36,258 |
| 35 | Texas State University | TX | $16,660 | 89% | 55% | $60,523 | 36,177 |
| 36 | California State University-Long Beach | CA | $9,426 | 46% | 70% | $69,554 | 35,924 |
| 37 | University of Florida | FL | $5,969 | 24% | 92% | $78,456 | 35,629 |
| 38 | San Diego State University | CA | $13,243 | 36% | 78% | $73,494 | 35,377 |
| 39 | University of California-San Diego | CA | $14,794 | 27% | 86% | $96,197 | 34,948 |
| 40 | University of North Texas | TX | $15,358 | 72% | 63% | $59,434 | 34,341 |
| 41 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | $14,362 | 16% | 93% | $92,832 | 34,177 |
| 42 | Connecticut State Community College | CT | $9,195 | — | 25% | $46,642 | 33,645 |
| 43 | University of California-Los Angeles | CA | $14,659 | 9.0% | 93% | $88,581 | 33,475 |
| 44 | The University of Alabama | AL | $20,202 | 77% | 74% | $66,081 | 33,227 |
| 45 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | $14,538 | 11% | 94% | $100,212 | 33,068 |
| 46 | Northern Virginia Community College | VA | $5,880 | — | 35% | $56,892 | 33,048 |
| 47 | Brigham Young University | UT | $13,397 | 68% | 81% | $80,228 | 32,952 |
| 48 | California State University-Northridge | CA | $6,346 | 93% | 57% | $63,721 | 32,691 |
| 49 | Texas Tech University | TX | $19,890 | 73% | 70% | $67,143 | 32,394 |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Arlington | TX | $17,040 | 80% | 51% | $72,508 | 32,294 |
| 51 | University of California-Davis | CA | $14,318 | 42% | 86% | $86,999 | 32,253 |
| 52 | Florida State University | FL | $8,605 | 24% | 86% | $68,225 | 32,212 |
| 53 | University of Georgia | GA | $13,636 | 38% | 89% | $77,246 | 32,137 |
| 54 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | $13,663 | 39% | 85% | $83,105 | 31,942 |
| 55 | University of Colorado Boulder | CO | $23,708 | 78% | 74% | $77,574 | 31,939 |
| 56 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | $17,330 | 80% | 85% | $74,314 | 31,855 |
| 57 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VA | $25,808 | 55% | 86% | $88,716 | 30,923 |
| 58 | Purdue University Global | IN | $5,956 | — | 38% | $42,322 | 30,828 |
| 59 | University of Maryland-College Park | MD | $14,296 | 45% | 88% | $89,228 | 30,760 |
| 60 | Oregon State University | OR | $21,504 | 77% | 68% | $67,894 | 30,743 |
| 61 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | LA | $19,286 | 73% | 68% | $64,338 | 30,594 |
| 62 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | TX | $9,872 | 87% | 52% | $60,704 | 30,580 |
| 63 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | $18,314 | 42% | 74% | $65,090 | 30,418 |
| 64 | University of California-Irvine | CA | $13,866 | 29% | 87% | $83,432 | 30,197 |
| 65 | Austin Community College District | TX | $2,445 | — | 19% | $47,658 | 30,189 |
| 66 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | OH | $24,917 | 85% | 75% | $60,832 | 29,882 |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | SC | $22,197 | 60% | 79% | $69,024 | 29,820 |
| 68 | NUC University | PR | $11,921 | — | 52% | $30,056 | 28,918 |
| 69 | University of Arkansas | AR | $17,571 | 74% | 71% | $63,588 | 28,677 |
| 70 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | TX | $4,858 | 94% | 55% | $52,947 | 28,666 |
| 71 | New York University | NY | $35,737 | 9.2% | 88% | $90,957 | 28,663 |
| 72 | Utah Valley University | UT | $17,558 | — | 47% | $60,162 | 28,453 |
| 73 | California State University-Sacramento | CA | $11,186 | 94% | 54% | $69,014 | 28,350 |
| 74 | Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs | CO | $17,860 | — | 19% | $44,720 | 28,086 |
| 75 | DeVry University-Illinois | IL | $35,665 | 98% | 40% | $51,716 | 27,825 |
| 76 | East Los Angeles College | CA | $3,737 | — | — | $47,339 | 27,753 |
| 77 | George Mason University | VA | $14,697 | 87% | 66% | $79,923 | 27,752 |
| 78 | San Jose State University | CA | $14,241 | 85% | 68% | $83,493 | 27,601 |
| 79 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | $16,486 | 42% | 85% | $77,810 | 27,371 |
| 80 | University of Utah | UT | $27,314 | 86% | 66% | $72,729 | 27,264 |
| 81 | College of Southern Nevada | NV | $6,016 | — | 22% | $44,658 | 27,252 |
| 82 | Auburn University | AL | $25,424 | 46% | 82% | $73,273 | 26,816 |
| 83 | Georgia State University | GA | $12,365 | 55% | 51% | $51,903 | 26,623 |
| 84 | Collin County Community College District | TX | $10,747 | — | 21% | $50,928 | 26,449 |
| 85 | Mt San Antonio College | CA | $1,676 | — | 45% | $49,600 | 26,140 |
| 86 | Full Sail University | FL | $37,401 | — | 42% | $40,548 | 25,777 |
| 87 | American River College | CA | $5,730 | — | 39% | $44,544 | 25,621 |
| 88 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | $22,247 | 89% | 68% | $66,947 | 25,538 |
| 89 | Iowa State University | IA | $18,517 | 89% | 77% | $67,568 | 25,367 |
| 90 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | CA | $9,404 | 75% | 68% | $77,464 | 25,042 |
| 91 | Broward College | FL | $7,989 | — | 40% | $45,986 | 24,922 |
| 92 | University of Kentucky | KY | $18,868 | 93% | 72% | $63,924 | 24,763 |
| 93 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | NV | $11,062 | 96% | 52% | $62,536 | 24,622 |
| 94 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | NC | $15,142 | 80% | 68% | $63,486 | 24,453 |
| 95 | El Paso Community College | TX | $6,869 | — | 25% | $39,679 | 24,214 |
| 96 | University of Missouri-Columbia | MO | $21,142 | 78% | 77% | $69,958 | 23,929 |
| 97 | Florida Atlantic University | FL | $10,394 | 66% | 64% | $61,062 | 23,757 |
| 98 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | $22,857 | 60% | 81% | $80,486 | 23,671 |
| 99 | Clemson University | SC | $22,032 | 38% | 88% | $79,064 | 23,300 |
| 100 | University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | $16,807 | 33% | 84% | $82,568 | 23,113 |