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Debt at Grad. 1 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 17,628 75/80 35% 14 71% 83% $13,731 $4,960 $30,629 $21,858 100% $14,912 2 4 University of Florida FL 35,189 63/69 42% 22 53.5% 81% $11,888 $6,486 $28,733 $23,331 83% $14,988 3 8 University of Virginia VA 15,078 75/80 35% 15 84.1% 93.1% $18,460 $4,284 $38,760 $24,584 100% $16,847 4 14 University of Georgia GA 25,335 61/62 55% 18 48.2% 78% $14,458 $7,918 $30,770 $24,230 75% $14,420 5 9 College of William and Mary VA 5,792 85/84 34% 11 83.1% 90.7% $19,156 $6,272 $38,236 $25,352 86% $15,602 6 2 SUNY Geneseo NY 5,395 86/89 36% 19 63.3% 79.1% $15,528 $12,092 $21,788 $18,352 85% $18,300 7 1 SUNY Binghamton NY 11,515 63/80 39% 20 67% 78.7% $16,000 $10,750 $22,260 $17,010 79% $14,530 8 49 New College of Florida FL 767 92/66 57% 10 43.3% 56.7% $12,391 $4,222 $32,029 $23,860 96% $11,720 9 13 University of Maryland, College Park MD 25,813 65/76 47% 18 58.4% 79.8% $17,848 $12,414 $32,087 $26,653 54% $18,958 10 7 University of California, San Diego CA 22,048 55/76 40% 19 53.1% 85.9% $20,372 $9,367 $32,918 $21,913 82% $15,904 11 32 University of Washington WA 28,570 48/60 65% 12 48.3% 75.4% $16,477 $7,677 $32,894 $24,094 85% $16,100 12 11 University of California, Berkeley CA 24,636 73/82 23% 15 60.9% 88.1% $23,418 $11,552 $44,026 $32,160 88% $14,453 13 17 University of California, Los Angeles CA 25,928 66/76 24% 16 66.1% 89.8% $21,995 $10,659 $42,603 $31,267 81% $16,220 14 15 University of Wisconsin - Madison WI 30,618 92 56% 13 47% 80.1% $16,258 $12,939 $30,508 $27,189 84% $21,018 15 24 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. VA 23,041 44/62 67% 17 51.7% 79.2% $14,698 $9,847 $27,325 $22,474 68% $20,209 16 54 Georgia Institute of Technology GA 12,565 73/93 63% 14 33.1% 77.7% $14,734 $9,543 $33,876 $28,685 67% $21,436 17 33 Florida State University FL 31,595 44/48 55% 24 47.6% 68.7% $13,394 $9,775 $27,838 $24,219 74% $13,855 18 19 North Carolina State University NC 24,145 35/55 60% 16 37% 69.5% $14,186 $6,504 $26,484 $18,802 81% $14,930 19 31 University of Texas at Austin TX 37,459 55/68 51% 18 47.2% 77.8% $17,739 $11,439 $39,155 $32,855 90% $16,800 20 5 Truman State University MO 5,608 85 81% 16 45.7% 70% $14,097 $11,079 $18,948 $15,930 80% $17,091 21 42 University of California, Irvine CA 21,696 38/60 56% 19 51.3% 79.6% $20,401 $9,668 $41,009 $30,276 82% $13,383 22 18 University of Delaware DE 16,272 44/56 56% 12 63.9% 77.5% $17,924 $12,688 $30,404 $25,168 79% $17,200 23 16 University of Mary Washington VA 4,271 58/43 71% 15 67.9% 75.8% $14,814 $9,814 $25,982 $20,982 56% $12,665 24 6 College of New Jersey NJ 6,205 59/68 47% 13 64.8% 83% $22,920 $13,434 $31,027 $21,541 55% $19,459 25 35 University of North Carolina at Wilmington NC 10,753 27/37 58% 17 42.8% 65.1% $12,832 $8,554 $22,999 $18,721 88% $16,350 26 28 University of Michigan MI 26,083 93 50% 15 70.4% 86.9% $20,675 $12,889 $42,707 $34,921 90% $23,754 27 25 Ohio State University OH 39,209 52/66 59% 13 39.9% 71.2% $18,069 $11,589 $31,308 $24,828 64% $19,978 28 34 James Madison University VA 16,414 27/33 64% 16 64.3% 81.2% $15,298 $8,879 $26,792 $20,373 50% $16,546 29 27 Appalachian State University NC 13,997 29/34 65% 17 37.1% 62.5% $11,193 $6,482 $21,252 $16,541 76% $14,838 30 22 University of Pittsburgh PA 17,208 60/69 56% 16 54.6% 75.1% $23,272 $16,007 $32,920 $25,655 77% NA 31 37 University of California, Santa Barbara CA 18,415 51/56 54% 17 61.3% 79.8% $22,420 $11,316 $43,028 $31,924 80% $15,808 32 21 St. Mary's College of Maryland MD 1,980 62/58 55% 12 75.2% 82.7% $22,829 $18,829 $33,679 $29,679 62% $17,125 33 40 University of Connecticut CT 16,348 44/56 49% 17 54.1% 74.5% $19,438 $13,304 $34,150 $28,016 68% $20,658 34 23 Clemson University SC 14,096 54/69 50% 14 46.1% 78.3% $16,964 $12,061 $28,894 $23,991 61% NA 35 29 Pennsylvania State Univ. at University Park PA 36,815 43/60 51% 17 55.7% 84.9% $21,922 $16,447 $33,156 $27,681 67% $26,300 36 58 Texas A&M University TX 37,357 42/59 76% 19 38.4% 77.7% $17,044 $9,111 $31,384 $23,451 85% $19,940 37 36 New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Tech. NM 1,327 70 55% 11 15.9% 43.2% $10,347 $5,297 $18,539 $13,489 94% $6,744 38 30 University of Wisconsin - La Crosse WI 8,521 66 65% 23 27.8% 67% $12,368 $7,751 $19,941 $15,324 73% $12,145 39 12 Stony Brook University (SUNY) NY 15,519 37/59 43% 18 39% 59% $15,841 $10,302 $22,101 $16,562 64% $16,096 40 77 Indiana University, Bloomington IN 30,394 34/43 70% 18 50.3% 71.9% $16,159 $9,443 $32,697 $25,981 68% $19,763 41 45 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IL 30,895 89 71% 17 62.6% 81.9% $22,204 $15,025 $35,988 $28,809 72% $17,057 42 87 University of Central Florida FL 41,320 37/48 50% 29 31.2% 59.1% $13,445 $10,008 $28,925 $25,488 56% $13,373 43 71 University of North Carolina at Asheville NC 3,663 47/35 76% 13 33.3% 53.9% $11,725 $7,130 $23,055 $18,460 83% $15,972 44 60 University of Alabama AL 21,081 51 64% 19 38.6% 64.2% $13,830 $9,545 $25,430 $21,145 64% $17,146 45 10 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities MN 32,294 75 57% 15 32.5% 60.7% $19,012 $11,416 $23,012 $15,416 85% $24,995 46 80 George Mason University VA 18,589 29/31 56% 15 39.5% 59.4% $15,772 $10,428 $30,736 $25,392 66% $16,705 47 51 Louisiana State University LA 23,393 67 73% 20 26.1% 59.8% $13,824 $8,594 $22,538 $17,308 58% $16,354 48 53 Miami University OH 14,555 79 75% 15 66.9% 79.8% $22,226 $16,954 $36,017 $30,745 65% $26,378 49 43 Rutgers, State Univ. of N.J., New Brunswick NJ 26,829 42/58 56% 14 47.3% 73.1% $23,203 $14,396 $33,151 $24,344 69% $16,609 50 64 University of California, Davis CA 23,499 38/54 59% 19 42.6% 79.1% $22,167 $11,755 $42,188 $31,776 76% $14,372 51 68 University of Vermont VT 10,504 45/45 70% 16 55.9% 71.8% $21,014 $9,281 $36,898 $25,165 76% $25,036 52 78 University of Iowa IA 20,907 66 83% 15 39.6% 65.9% $15,257 $10,335 $29,371 $24,449 97% $22,181 53 50 West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA 11,109 15/19 48% 17 34.5% 63.5% $14,907 $10,471 $23,037 $18,601 58% $16,664 54 41 SUNY Oneonta NY 5,688 23/29 38% 17 41% 59.5% $14,716 $10,876 $20,976 $17,136 63% $19,967 55 57 University of Arkansas AR 14,948 68 62% 17 32.8% 58% $14,830 $9,189 $23,708 $18,067 72% $19,248 56 66 Western Washington University WA 13,099 32/30 73% 19 26.4% 60.8% $13,344 $6,430 $24,418 $17,504 88% $15,280 57 75 Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology IA 21,004 59 89% 16 31.9% 65.7% $14,053 $9,137 $25,043 $20,127 82% $31,501 58 20 Cal. Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo CA 18,842 37/60 45% 20 22.6% 68.2% $15,865 $13,870 $21,289 $19,294 63% NA 59 26 University at Buffalo (SUNY) NY 18,779 30/50 52% 16 39.1% 63.3% $16,784 $13,559 $23,044 $19,819 70% $18,188 60 73 University of South Carolina SC 18,827 41/53 59% 16 40.4% 62.8% $17,092 $13,169 $31,162 $27,239 72% $21,129 61 79 Michigan State University MI 36,072 66 74% 17 43.7% 74.1% $18,184 $11,806 $33,642 $27,264 73% $21,175 62 59 Missouri University of Science and Technology MO 4,753 84 67% 15 20.9% 60.9% $16,433 $11,793 $27,524 $22,884 46% $9,587 63 83 Purdue University IN 31,186 30/48 79% 14 36.9% 70.2% $16,820 $9,790 $32,294 $25,264 93% $21,636 64 74 University of Tennessee TN 21,369 75 71% 15 29.4% 57.8% $14,190 $11,372 $27,030 $24,212 73% $19,341 65 63 University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire WI 10,096 60 69% 19 18.4% 59.8% $11,873 $7,036 $19,447 $14,610 93% $18,466 66 38 Ramapo College of New Jersey NJ 5,393 35/42 49% 18 48.4% 64.8% $22,795 $15,505 $29,506 $22,216 74% $20,513 67 39 University at Albany (SUNY) NY 12,748 28/38 52% 19 49.8% 61.6% $16,865 $12,093 $23,125 $18,353 68% $13,842 68 55 Salisbury University MD 6,941 24/32 56% 18 45.4% 67.9% $15,490 $10,174 $23,792 $18,476 59% $17,669 69 85 University of Nebraska - Lincoln NE 18,053 60 62% 19 22.6% 63.4% $14,417 $8,728 $25,037 $19,348 85% $19,075 70 69 College of Charleston SC 9,923 48/57 65% 13 44.1% 59.5% $18,522 $15,649 $30,540 $27,667 66% $17,118 71 76 Oklahoma State University OK 18,368 60 88% 19 26.8% 57.6% $12,698 $8,510 $22,123 $17,935 73% $18,044 72 47 University of Massachusetts - Amherst MA 20,114 33/41 66% 17 49.3% 66.6% $19,346 $11,636 $29,424 $21,714 86% $12,062 73 65 University of Missouri - Columbia MO 21,654 67 86% 17 41% 67.2% $17,587 $10,774 $28,678 $21,865 87% $20,814 74 61 University of Oklahoma OK 19,693 73 89% 19 26.2% 62.5% $13,579 $9,547 $21,563 $17,531 85% $19,454 75 96 University of South Florida FL 34,898 26/32 50% 19 20.5% 49.3% $12,273 $7,389 $24,971 $20,087 25% $18,517 76 70 University of Texas at Dallas TX 9,266 54/68 56% 19 30.7% 55.2% $17,878 $13,349 $29,028 $24,499 75% $17,466 77 48 SUNY Fredonia NY 5,085 19/22 56% 16 48.7% 62.9% $15,455 $12,477 $21,715 $18,737 70% $23,435 78 46 SUNY New Paltz NY 6,224 26/29 36% 14 34.8% 63.1% $15,359 $12,999 $21,619 $19,259 66% $19,500 79 62 SUNY Plattsburgh NY 5,634 19/21 46% 17 30.2% 55.3% $14,622 $10,079 $20,882 $16,339 87% $21,855 80 82 University of New Hampshire NH 12,067 28/33 59% 18 53.2% 72.6% $21,752 $19,148 $35,232 $32,628 79% $25,145 81 88 Auburn University AL 19,812 63 69% 18 34.3% 63.4% $15,620 $10,856 $27,380 $22,616 44% $25,176 82 52 SUNY Brockport NY 6,926 25/16 42% 18 34.4% 58.9% $15,059 $11,251 $21,319 $17,511 77% $22,478 83 72 Mississippi State University MS 13,208 50 70% 15 27.1% 57.9% $13,484 $8,798 $20,836 $16,150 67% $20,828 84 91 University of Utah UT 21,421 52 82% 13 20.8% 56% $11,845 $7,357 $22,168 $17,680 58% $13,994 85 90 University of California, Santa Cruz CA 14,403 36/39 82% 19 45.7% 68.3% $22,434 $11,852 $42,018 $31,436 87% $14,932 86 86 University of Michigan - Dearborn MI 6,447 54 66% 16 13.7% 52.9% $9,301 $5,451 $19,407 $15,557 36% $18,001 87 95 University of Colorado at Boulder CO 26,155 72 82% 16 40.6% 67.4% $18,887 $13,303 $38,365 $32,781 89% $18,037 88 93 University of Oregon OR 16,674 29/32 87% 18 41.6% 66.9% $15,696 $10,940 $29,253 $24,497 71% $18,728 89 84 Washington State University WA 20,282 26/32 76% 14 33.1% 62.9% $16,555 $9,866 $27,591 $20,902 86% $18,754 90 81 Towson University MD 16,219 20/25 60% 18 37.9% 66.4% $16,560 $10,128 $27,106 $20,674 70% $11,844 91 98 Colorado State University CO 21,679 55 86% 17 35.6% 64.4% $15,280 $9,372 $30,996 $25,088 76% $18,912 92 94 Georgia Southern University GA 14,854 23/25 45% 19 16.5% 45.1% $12,848 $8,185 $22,430 $17,767 60% $18,618 93 92 Louisiana Tech University LA 8,356 44 66% 18 28.1% 48% $11,088 $5,403 $14,883 $9,198 63% $14,215 94 56 Illinois State University IL 17,703 57 67% 19 39.5% 65.1% $18,205 $9,993 $24,835 $16,623 80% $18,053 95 67 SUNY Cortland NY 6,040 20/11 44% 15 34% 55.2% $14,999 $11,227 $21,259 $17,487 73% NA 96 99 University of Arizona AZ 29,070 28/30 80% 18 31.1% 58.5% $14,354 $7,844 $27,488 $20,978 65% $18,241 97 97 Northern Arizona University AZ 15,569 21/22 75% 17 28.3% 48.1% $13,196 $7,864 $23,526 $18,194 67% $16,170 98 100 University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC 13,408 15/15 71% 16 27% 49.9% $11,985 $7,133 $23,479 $18,627 56% $16,708 99 89 Murray State University KY 8,354 43 85% 16 32.5% 50.7% $12,742 $10,557 $15,236 $13,051 87% $16,066 100 44 University of Minnesota, Morris MN 1,740 56 80% 12 40.2% 58.7% $17,616 $11,731 $17,616 $11,731 82% $15,490 Sort In-State 2009 Rank Out-of-State 2009 Rank Enrollment Student/Faculty Ratio 4-year Graduation Rate 6-year Graduation Rate In-State Total Costs In-State Costs After Aid Out-of-State Total Costs Out-of-State Costs After Aid % Met by Aid Average Debt at Graduation State Ascending Descending Select (hold down the Control key to select multiple states or schools). 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