Best Value Colleges

Colleges offering the best return on investment, weighing graduation outcomes and earnings against costs.

Showing 101–150 of 3,663 colleges

Overall Best Value Top Earnings Most Selective Graduation Rate Best Public Best Private Largest

Rank	College	Location	Type	Value Score	Composite
101	Bowdoin College	Brunswick, Maine	Private nonprofit	68.3	81.3
102	Colgate University	Hamilton, New York	Private nonprofit	68.2	79.6
103	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Private nonprofit	68.0	82.3
104	United States Coast Guard Academy	New London, Connecticut	Public	67.9	71.3
105	California State University Maritime Academy	Vallejo, California	Public	67.9	50.9
106	Washington University in St Louis	St. Louis, Missouri	Private nonprofit	67.8	80.8
107	Swarthmore College	Swarthmore, Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	67.5	80.5
108	United States Military Academy	West Point, New York	Public	67.5	73.7
109	University of Dayton	Dayton, Ohio	Private nonprofit	67.5	61.1
110	Minerva University	San Francisco, California	Private nonprofit	67.4	76.3
111	Touro University California	Vallejo, California	Private nonprofit	67.4	62.2
112	Touro University Nevada	Henderson, Nevada	Private nonprofit	67.4	62.2
113	Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel	Lakewood, New Jersey	Private nonprofit	67.3	66.1
114	Bryant University	Smithfield, Rhode Island	Private nonprofit	67.3	63.7
115	Virginia Military Institute	Lexington, Virginia	Public	67.2	55.6
116	Hillsdale College	Hillsdale, Michigan	Private nonprofit	67.1	71.7
117	Contra Costa Medical Career College	Antioch, California	Private for-profit	67.1	63.7
118	Weill Medical College of Cornell University	New York, New York	Private nonprofit	67.0	61.9
119	Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Private nonprofit	67.0	58.8
120	Yeshiva University	New York, New York	Private nonprofit	66.8	60.2
121	Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago, Illinois	Private nonprofit	66.7	61.7
122	University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Public	66.4	72.7
123	University of Scranton	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	66.4	54.4
124	Tufts University	Medford, Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	66.3	80.1
125	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Public	66.3	78.1
126	West Coast University-Los Angeles	North Hollywood, California	Private for-profit	66.3	61.4
127	West Coast University-Texas	Richardson, Texas	Private for-profit	66.3	61.4
128	West Coast University-Miami	Doral, Florida	Private for-profit	66.3	61.4
129	West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies	Los Angeles, California	Private for-profit	66.3	61.4
130	Trinity College	Hartford, Connecticut	Private nonprofit	66.1	72.4
131	SUNY Maritime College	Throggs Neck, New York	Public	66.1	59.0
132	Smith College	Northampton, Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	66.0	71.2
133	Rensselaer at Hartford	Hartford, Connecticut	Private nonprofit	66.0	61.2
134	Macalester College	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Private nonprofit	65.9	69.1
135	Institute of Medical Careers	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Private for-profit	65.8	62.7
136	Emory University-Oxford College	Oxford, Georgia	Private nonprofit	65.7	77.8
137	Fairfield University	Fairfield, Connecticut	Private nonprofit	65.7	69.2
138	Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing	Medford, Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	65.7	61.0
139	Unitek College	Fremont, California	Private for-profit	65.6	62.0
140	Creighton University	Omaha, Nebraska	Private nonprofit	65.6	56.9
141	Ohio Northern University	Ada, Ohio	Private nonprofit	65.6	56.3
142	Providence College	Providence, Rhode Island	Private nonprofit	65.5	68.7
143	Oregon Health & Science University	Portland, Oregon	Public	65.5	60.9
144	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott	Prescott, Arizona	Private nonprofit	65.5	55.6
145	Centre College	Danville, Kentucky	Private nonprofit	65.4	61.7
146	California Northstate University	Elk Grove, California	Private for-profit	65.4	53.7
147	Skidmore College	Saratoga Springs, New York	Private nonprofit	65.2	69.6
148	Furman University	Greenville, South Carolina	Private nonprofit	65.2	61.9
149	Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans, Louisiana	Private nonprofit	65.1	71.9
150	University of Rochester	Rochester, New York	Private nonprofit	65.1	70.0

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