Rankings

Most affordable college states

Average reported net price from College Scorecard institutions.

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FRED

Live series

Labor and GDP

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Census

ACS data

Income and housing

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BEA

Regional data

State accounts

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USAspending

FY awards

Federal flows

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Rank	Place	Value	Detail
1	West Virginia	$10,725	62 institutions with net price data
2	New Mexico	$11,338	40 institutions with net price data
3	Wyoming	$11,778	11 institutions with net price data
4	North Dakota	$12,635	24 institutions with net price data
5	Montana	$12,818	26 institutions with net price data
6	North Carolina	$12,961	100 institutions with net price data
7	Oklahoma	$13,119	84 institutions with net price data
8	Mississippi	$13,508	49 institutions with net price data
9	Arkansas	$13,950	71 institutions with net price data
10	Michigan	$14,350	90 institutions with net price data
11	Texas	$14,663	90 institutions with net price data
12	Delaware	$15,117	12 institutions with net price data
13	Alabama	$15,148	65 institutions with net price data
14	Tennessee	$15,187	93 institutions with net price data
15	Illinois	$15,237	83 institutions with net price data
16	Kentucky	$15,518	79 institutions with net price data
17	Alaska	$15,913	10 institutions with net price data
18	Florida	$16,037	93 institutions with net price data
19	South Carolina	$16,144	82 institutions with net price data
20	California	$16,213	86 institutions with net price data
21	Kansas	$16,433	72 institutions with net price data
22	Virginia	$16,625	85 institutions with net price data
23	Louisiana	$16,836	94 institutions with net price data
24	South Dakota	$17,151	21 institutions with net price data
25	Nebraska	$17,266	35 institutions with net price data