Below are our rankings of America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges—our exclusive list of schools ranked according to how well they help non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices. The list is created by isolating the social mobility metrics from the main rankings of four-year institutions. Click here for detailed methodology, here for all of our other rankings, and here to download the full data set.

Rank	Name	8-year graduation rate	Pell/non-Pell grad rate gap	Number of Pell graduates	First-gen students	Median earnings 10 years after entering college	Predicted median earnings 10 yrs after entering college	Net price of attendance for families below $75,000 income	% repaying $1 in loan principal 5 yrs after leaving coll.
1	Harvard University (MA)	98%	-1%	261	23%	94034	72381	2433	69%
2	Yale University (CT)	96%	-1%	160	23%	81849	68407	5266	89%
3	Goddard College (VT)	64%	55%	3	N/A	26590	22846	19980	64%
4	MA Institute of Technology (MA)	93%	-5%	168	24%	97972	83438	5662	93%
5	Princeton University (NJ)	98%	-2%	160	26%	79380	70925	3233	87%
6	Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MA)*	74%	2%	38	20%	79848	68660	8233	85%
7	University of Pennsylvania (PA)	96%	-3%	344	18%	84385	71039	8366	90%
8	Bentley University (MA)	87%	-4%	128	16%	83133	66828	23242	95%
9	CUNY Baruch College (NY)*	68%	3%	434	50%	56973	62085	2789	71%
10	Rutgers University–Newark (NJ)*	71%	1%	326	33%	57442	49226	10340	74%
11	College of the Holy Cross (MA)	91%	1%	116	16%	67794	56579	14424	94%
12	Columbia Univ. in the City of NY (NY)	92%	-4%	194	23%	80525	71238	7188	81%
13	Maine Maritime Academy (ME)*	65%	-16%	43	21%	87852	63004	19914	88%
14	CUNY John Jay Col. of Crim. Just. (NY)*	48%	0%	543	49%	44444	40511	3285	53%
15	Penn State–Shenango (PA)*	42%	6%	13	29%	49789	37189	12364	76%
16	Amherst College (MA)	95%	-1%	79	20%	61559	57511	8904	87%
17	Cedar Crest College (PA)	59%	11%	39	45%	47250	39685	17768	69%
18	Colgate University (NY)	91%	1%	79	18%	63026	55240	11541	90%
19	Boricua College	48%	4%	45	50%	32944	23813	18003	44%
20	Thomas Jefferson University (PA)	72%	-15%	91	32%	86514	58430	21281	87%
21	Dartmouth College (NH)	96%	-3%	128	16%	72561	68004	9223	91%
22	SUNY Maritime College (NY)*	59%	-10%	40	22%	79604	59234	13319	78%
23	Cooper Un. Advance. of Science & Art (NY)	86%	4%	31	22%	58715	61087	9625	76%
24	Saint Francis University (PA)	67%	23%	67	26%	49936	45405	22203	81%
25	Williams College (MA)	96%	-2%	98	19%	56921	58346	5987	89%
26	Purdue Univ. Global–Lewiston (ME)*	39%	40%	2	53%	34313	28271	17099	28%
27	Rutgers University-Camden (NJ)*	67%	-7%	108	33%	57442	48167	10596	74%
28	CUNY Brooklyn College (NY)*	55%	-1%	362	46%	44908	45335	2532	57%
29	Wesleyan University (CT)	93%	0%	140	19%	51804	54271	9200	92%
30	Vassar College (NY)	91%	1%	140	14%	52833	54151	9542	93%
31	Trinity College (CT)	84%	7%	54	16%	61063	54273	11114	85%
32	SUNY at Albany (NY)*	68%	3%	591	30%	51805	47080	14294	77%
33	Towson University (MD)*	72%	-4%	379	29%	50986	42524	13001	74%
34	Boston College (MA)	92%	-1%	279	13%	71180	65659	12151	93%
35	CUNY Lehman College (NY)*	51%	-5%	191	51%	42434	43130	2276	55%
36	Barnard College (NY)	92%	1%	108	17%	58241	55996	10175	94%
37	Hamilton College (NY)	92%	-1%	69	14%	59336	55995	10240	94%
38	Frostburg State University (MD)*	54%	-1%	145	36%	44930	38912	11753	67%
39	Fairfield University (CT)	80%	0%	136	17%	71603	56533	28301	88%
40	Montclair State University (NJ)*	69%	-4%	604	39%	49967	41507	17434	71%
41	CUNY Hunter College (NY)*	53%	3%	557	45%	46726	48563	2506	61%
42	Lafayette College (PA)	90%	-1%	61	13%	69757	59108	13695	91%
43	Bowdoin College (ME)	94%	-1%	59	16%	61037	58439	9133	90%
44	CUNY York College (NY)*	38%	-4%	211	49%	40395	41242	4067	51%
45	Lehigh University (PA)	89%	-5%	156	17%	80238	68820	16056	92%
46	Franklin and Marshall College (PA)	87%	1%	83	18%	56197	52589	13340	90%
47	Lancaster Bible College (PA)	67%	-4%	28	39%	33095	35367	18207	78%
48	University of Baltimore (MD)*	55%	5%	38	42%	57727	47983	19262	53%
49	St. Joseph's Coll.–Long Island (NY)	69%	-3%	78	N/A	N/A	47998	16932	N/A
50	Lycoming College (PA)	65%	2%	86	34%	45910	43007	14834	80%
51	Syracuse University (NY)	81%	-3%	693	19%	60253	50098	21996	86%
52	St. Joseph's College–New York (NY)	63%	-6%	68	38%	52609	45670	14035	68%
53	Bay Path University (MA)	66%	-11%	40	50%	42475	36705	19041	63%
54	Middlebury College (VT)	95%	-1%	62	19%	57478	56892	9422	88%
55	Brown University (RI)	97%	-3%	226	17%	64731	68148	9225	91%
56	University of Maine–Farmington (ME)*	57%	-11%	106	34%	35080	31962	12148	73%
57	Buffalo State College (NY)*	54%	-4%	318	34%	39649	35210	11087	64%
58	Penn State–Schuylkill (PA)*	47%	-10%	57	29%	49789	39596	13675	76%
59	Wellesley College (MA)	93%	-3%	94	15%	60364	59068	8847	92%
60	Wagner College (NY)	68%	14%	80	27%	56772	52136	24445	86%
61	Cornell University (NY)	95%	-2%	473	15%	75848	73023	12105	89%
62	Union College (NY)	87%	0%	75	12%	65558	58052	14405	89%
63	Tufts University (MA)	93%	-1%	128	14%	70497	69460	11944	93%
64	Dickinson College (PA)	84%	11%	63	12%	56314	52788	14492	89%
65	New Jersey City University (NJ)*	48%	1%	183	51%	43093	42392	11629	55%
66	Penn State–Hazleton (PA)*	56%	-5%	96	29%	49789	44563	16606	76%
67	Loyola University Maryland (MD)	82%	-1%	124	14%	66656	55549	27113	86%
68	Penn State–Lehigh Valley (PA)*	58%	9%	57	29%	49789	53606	12994	76%
69	State Univ. of NY–New Paltz (NY)*	75%	-3%	241	31%	45030	45167	12508	77%
70	McDaniel College (MD)	69%	-9%	89	26%	49035	46709	15461	86%
71	Univ. of NH–Manchester (NH)*	61%	-2%	5	18%	49915	45438	12608	87%
72	Bates College (ME)	88%	1%	47	14%	56630	56471	9326	95%
73	CUNY Queens College (NY)*	58%	-3%	353	47%	48712	51173	2895	61%
74	Villanova University (PA)	90%	3%	206	13%	77013	67906	25493	92%
75	Penn State–Altoona (PA)*	68%	-14%	235	29%	49789	46401	20141	76%
76	Susquehanna University (PA)	74%	-2%	99	22%	53284	46097	19562	88%
77	Rhode Island College (RI)*	52%	-7%	195	44%	40870	39068	8591	67%
78	Haverford College (PA)	92%	-2%	45	16%	59071	58491	11864	92%
79	SUNY College at Cortland (NY)*	73%	-7%	205	28%	46762	42916	14793	79%
80	Connecticut College (CT)	84%	10%	64	14%	54448	53161	18815	92%
81	Manhattan College (NY)	73%	-11%	162	27%	64490	54997	26582	87%
82	SUNY Fredonia (NY)*	67%	-8%	205	24%	41212	37250	13033	77%
83	Penn State Fayette–Eberly (PA)*	55%	-10%	20	29%	49789	45910	12192	76%
84	SUNY College at Brockport (NY)*	69%	-5%	251	30%	42579	41441	12698	69%
85	St. Francis College (NY)	52%	-5%	130	41%	46752	42682	15882	59%
86	Stockton University (NJ)*	73%	-7%	223	40%	47996	48330	15733	70%
87	Notre Dame of MD University (MD)	63%	-5%	32	41%	49912	40606	20148	61%
88	Penn State–Scranton (PA)*	50%	-4%	46	29%	49789	46307	13363	76%
89	Farmingdale State College (NY)*	52%	-10%	45	39%	49975	51339	6167	71%
90	Providence College (RI)	83%	-6%	121	15%	62086	54084	23978	87%
91	College of New Jersey (NJ)*	86%	-7%	206	21%	58095	55855	17287	87%
92	Northern Vermont University (VT)*	45%	0%	72	44%	32738	31626	13340	67%
93	Rutgers University–New Brunswick (NJ)*	82%	-4%	1391	33%	57442	61526	14531	74%
94	Westfield State University (MA)*	67%	-9%	186	30%	45222	42867	13696	78%
95	SUNY Oswego (NY)*	64%	-5%	291	28%	42941	42917	12341	75%
96	Gettysburg College (PA)	85%	2%	83	14%	55160	53622	15645	93%
97	Kean University (NJ)*	63%	-7%	331	46%	46840	44852	16293	58%
98	SUNY–Binghamton (NY)*	82%	-4%	489	25%	60637	60560	13839	80%
99	College of Saint Elizabeth (NJ)	60%	-22%	47	48%	44641	37828	16716	66%
100	William Paterson University (NJ)*	58%	-8%	263	44%	45629	43914	14757	65%
101	University of Pittsburgh–Bradford (PA)*	49%	-7%	49	21%	52188	42593	16199	80%
102	Salisbury University (MD)*	69%	-9%	135	29%	49163	45845	14277	75%
103	Holy Family University (PA)	59%	-17%	58	48%	51070	45657	12032	72%
104	SUNY College–Old Westbury (NY)*	54%	6%	108	38%	44726	45117	9066	53%
105	E. Stroudsburg University of PA (PA)*	58%	-8%	177	39%	44552	43208	15304	76%
106	St. Mary's College of Maryland (MD)*	78%	-4%	51	21%	50353	49461	12554	87%
107	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)	83%	-4%	157	13%	81517	73640	24015	94%
108	La Salle University (PA)	65%	-13%	214	37%	55510	45896	24281	72%
109	Waynesburg University (PA)	61%	-2%	90	29%	45617	42008	16192	78%
110	University of Connecticut (CT)*	82%	-8%	449	26%	57231	57920	14315	85%
111	Siena College (NY)	76%	-3%	129	20%	56424	53764	21506	87%
112	SUNY College at Oneonta (NY)*	72%	-10%	203	26%	43466	42165	12485	82%
113	Stony Brook University (NY)*	72%	3%	674	35%	57073	64928	11179	77%
114	University of Maine–Presque Isle (ME)*	51%	-7%	24	38%	30748	28624	8887	57%
115	Penn State–Abington (PA)*	53%	-12%	174	29%	49789	51539	13436	76%
116	SUNY–Geneseo (NY)*	79%	-9%	154	19%	48222	48309	14569	86%
117	University of MD–College Park (MD)*	82%	-8%	458	22%	62998	63575	11966	83%
118	Bucknell University (PA)	89%	-3%	78	12%	70151	59996	22502	94%
119	Colby College (ME)	92%	-2%	50	10%	56268	57566	7841	92%
120	Allegheny College (PA)	76%	-5%	120	18%	50537	47487	18433	85%
121	Fairleigh Dickinson U.–Metro. (NJ)	50%	-9%	117	42%	49019	44343	13267	69%
122	Swarthmore College (PA)	95%	-1%	53	22%	53630	60880	9013	90%
123	Albertus Magnus College (CT)	65%	-10%	37	51%	52604	44099	24611	52%
124	Clarkson University (NY)	74%	-2%	179	15%	71193	63604	22631	90%
125	Fitchburg State University (MA)*	58%	-5%	150	36%	43574	42882	13145	71%
126	College of Saint Rose (NY)	64%	-12%	120	29%	43943	38021	20133	76%
127	Saint Peter's University (NJ)	55%	-9%	116	45%	45812	43116	11584	52%
128	University of Maine–Fort Kent (ME)*	53%	-6%	25	43%	33315	38915	10941	69%
129	SUNY Plattsburgh (NY)*	65%	-8%	200	32%	41581	42306	10628	68%
130	Rosemont College (PA)	48%	-2%	28	38%	46729	41178	19251	60%
131	University of Rochester (NY)	88%	1%	244	18%	59577	64378	17953	84%
132	University of Delaware (DE)*	79%	-8%	359	18%	56838	53056	12291	83%
133	Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)	86%	-3%	124	14%	84329	74190	31347	93%
134	Castleton University (VT)*	55%	-8%	73	35%	37019	40020	14390	80%
135	Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)	83%	3%	111	18%	88544	78790	27903	91%
136	Keuka College (NY)	62%	-12%	59	39%	43359	38061	21178	70%
137	Keene State College (NH)*	65%	-8%	169	23%	41888	43876	15827	81%
138	West Chester University (PA)*	71%	-12%	340	29%	48054	47122	18205	82%
139	Carnegie Mellon University (PA)	90%	-6%	170	9%	82199	74669	16670	93%
140	Bryn Mawr College (PA)	84%	-1%	50	15%	54905	49761	15191	86%
141	Univ. of Massachusetts–Boston (MA)*	52%	-1%	256	42%	48055	50429	10386	63%
142	Houghton College (NY)	73%	-10%	69	16%	40577	35827	20200	84%
143	Mount Holyoke College (MA)	83%	-1%	72	18%	47222	45957	15324	82%
144	Penn State–York (PA)*	53%	-8%	49	29%	49789	49594	13548	76%
145	Temple University (PA)*	72%	-3%	801	30%	49783	49966	19389	75%
146	Rowan University (NJ)*	73%	-16%	268	35%	50549	43260	18416	73%
147	Bloomsburg University of PA (PA)*	63%	-13%	295	35%	44967	43372	16140	77%
148	Drew University (NJ)	65%	-7%	78	25%	52342	45060	18538	81%
149	Centenary University (NJ)	66%	-9%	48	40%	44463	44982	14662	69%
150	New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJ)*	69%	-6%	218	34%	67685	68146	15143	75%
151	University at Buffalo (NY)*	72%	-6%	729	28%	51343	53092	13763	74%
152	Penn State–Berks (PA)*	61%	-13%	126	29%	49789	48725	19249	76%
153	Central Connecticut State Univ. (CT)*	58%	-9%	207	39%	47024	46879	14324	69%
154	CUNY City College (NY)*	49%	-2%	467	45%	46943	48109	3235	57%
155	Carlow University (PA)	56%	-9%	60	37%	39897	36380	15684	65%
156	Cazenovia College (NY)	55%	-11%	65	31%	34996	29502	21256	71%
157	Albright College (PA)	57%	-8%	103	39%	46701	43307	20186	77%
158	College of Our Lady of the Elms (MA)	74%	-19%	51	38%	46014	42360	19007	68%
159	Elmira College (NY)	54%	-3%	86	27%	44573	39056	22028	77%
160	Smith College (MA)	88%	1%	123	16%	46117	50929	11734	81%
161	CUNY College of Staten Island (NY)*	36%	-6%	153	49%	41629	42428	5166	52%
162	Framingham State University (MA)*	58%	-3%	141	33%	46396	47580	16003	80%
163	Gwynedd Mercy University (PA)	55%	-8%	14	43%	54179	47959	20316	72%
164	Skidmore College (NY)	88%	5%	81	15%	47547	54544	12252	91%
165	Stonehill College (MA)	83%	-8%	75	18%	60582	51657	24703	89%
166	CA University of Pennsylvania (PA)*	57%	-8%	142	37%	40556	39045	17211	68%
167	St. Thomas Aquinas College (NY)	63%	-4%	56	32%	46972	46073	16468	74%
168	Mansfield University of PA (PA)*	53%	-3%	104	39%	38770	37294	17197	70%
169	Concordia College–New York (NY)	58%	-3%	32	43%	46402	45898	15091	62%
170	University of Scranton (PA)	79%	-9%	143	20%	57620	51190	26677	86%
171	Eastern University (PA)	63%	-10%	64	38%	42308	41871	19729	68%
172	Bridgewater State University (MA)*	61%	-8%	247	34%	44713	44341	15613	69%
173	Penn State–Greater Allegheny (PA)*	42%	-23%	39	29%	49789	43035	14207	76%
174	Manhattanville College (NY)	58%	-6%	125	31%	47334	45393	18986	77%
175	Muhlenberg College (PA)	84%	-4%	41	16%	58192	52587	17926	87%
176	Hilbert College (NY)	52%	-23%	47	36%	41991	34273	14049	60%
177	Penn State–Harrisburg (PA)*	71%	-8%	104	29%	49789	52403	18720	76%
178	Berkeley Coll.–Woodland Park (NJ)°	37%	-12%	94	58%	39030	32843	20335	41%
179	Eastern Nazarene College (MA)	58%	-19%	30	34%	44070	40893	18251	69%
180	Slippery Rock University of PA (PA)*	66%	-11%	295	31%	40901	42231	15738	77%
181	Assumption College (MA)	71%	-5%	94	19%	55071	52099	24884	89%
182	Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)*	73%	-9%	132	32%	50062	52073	14858	76%
183	University of Pittsburgh–Johnstown (PA)*	48%	-3%	101	21%	52188	48645	17538	80%
184	Sage Colleges (NY)	66%	-12%	99	35%	42650	42190	16278	72%
185	Chestnut Hill College (PA)	59%	-8%	46	45%	42457	41016	21150	56%
186	Lebanon Valley College (PA)	74%	-14%	64	29%	46573	46402	22573	88%
187	Penn State–Beaver (PA)*	49%	-17%	35	29%	49789	45945	14031	76%
188	Duquesne University (PA)	77%	-6%	211	18%	57643	50568	24010	85%
189	Lock Haven University (PA)*	51%	-7%	231	38%	40899	40092	16609	72%
190	University of New Hampshire–Main (NH)*	78%	-7%	446	18%	49915	51539	18406	87%
191	Iona College (NY)	65%	-7%	143	31%	54883	51108	25024	76%
192	Peirce College (PA)	37%	-75%	0	57%	47595	35036	7632	42%
193	Eastern CT State University (CT)*	59%	-10%	121	33%	45598	43763	15065	73%
194	SUNY Potsdam (NY)*	55%	-8%	202	31%	38687	37974	11889	63%
195	Goucher College (MD)	65%	-2%	67	16%	48186	43533	19863	82%
196	Millersville University of PA (PA)*	63%	-12%	214	35%	44082	44426	18116	78%
197	Hood College (MD)	69%	-15%	48	31%	44372	46471	17541	79%
198	Penn State–Brandywine (PA)*	47%	-7%	54	29%	49789	46011	14190	76%
199	Ithaca College (NY)	77%	-7%	234	15%	52073	48838	25242	90%
200	Brandeis University (MA)	89%	-1%	150	16%	57866	64348	18073	86%
201	Bryant University (RI)	79%	-7%	95	18%	68054	61345	32548	89%
202	La Roche University (PA)	56%	-7%	52	35%	41365	41082	18052	73%
203	York College of Pennsylvania (PA)	60%	-11%	146	32%	49649	46688	18040	82%
204	Canisius College (NY)	69%	-14%	164	23%	47344	47075	16273	77%
205	Stevenson University (MD)	59%	-9%	156	33%	50866	46782	23020	73%
206	Philad. Biblical Univ.–Langhorne (PA)	62%	-9%	35	30%	34335	35728	15967	75%
207	Worcester State University (MA)*	58%	-8%	127	36%	47161	45686	16672	72%
208	Bryn Athyn College (PA)	51%	-5%	11	39%	N/A	35586	14983	72%
209	Penn State–Wilkes-Barre (PA)*	53%	-11%	31	29%	49789	53970	12355	76%
210	Felician University (NJ)	43%	-5%	75	48%	44038	42980	14920	58%
211	Moravian Coll./Moravian Theo. Sem. (PA)	71%	-8%	76	30%	50333	46765	23876	85%
212	Shippensburg University of PA (PA)*	58%	-11%	226	35%	45616	45702	18188	79%
213	Niagara University (NY)	65%	-12%	146	24%	42269	41563	15398	78%
214	Mount Aloysius College (PA)	49%	-8%	31	43%	39226	35884	20122	68%
215	Kutztown University (PA)*	58%	-13%	309	36%	42109	41860	17845	77%
216	Mount Saint Mary College (NY)	60%	-5%	73	36%	49772	47964	20372	73%
217	University of Southern Maine (ME)*	46%	-7%	108	33%	38731	41175	11074	72%
218	Alfred University (NY)	61%	-6%	120	24%	41568	42146	17467	78%
219	Rider University (NJ)	67%	-7%	166	30%	51125	48387	22598	77%
220	Westminster College (PA)	72%	-11%	94	25%	43884	44229	17960	85%
221	Monmouth University (NJ)	70%	-6%	163	31%	51230	50474	22226	75%
222	Washington & Jefferson College (PA)	76%	-7%	63	22%	52382	48724	21302	84%
223	Juniata College (PA)	76%	-7%	70	20%	47799	47067	20961	88%
224	Boston University (MA)	85%	-2%	475	17%	63553	65548	22246	87%
225	Ursinus College (PA)	79%	-5%	76	19%	54789	50807	23946	87%
226	Drexel University (PA)	64%	-7%	387	29%	67364	59430	28403	82%
227	Wesley College (DE)	29%	-5%	67	43%	43738	34451	21894	54%
228	Wilkes University (PA)	59%	-11%	101	37%	51666	46476	22807	78%
229	Molloy College (NY)	71%	-13%	86	36%	59170	53341	25422	71%
230	University of MA–Amherst (MA)*	76%	-7%	761	21%	51187	56426	13604	79%
231	College of Mount Saint Vincent (NY)	59%	-8%	137	38%	52775	50632	15292	66%
232	Keystone College (PA)	45%	-2%	52	45%	31847	30892	19493	62%
233	Salve Regina University (RI)	70%	-11%	96	20%	52367	48748	24655	90%
234	SUNY Empire State College (NY)*	45%	-2%	15	46%	41212	41223	13287	52%
235	Pace University–New York (NY)	59%	-5%	390	29%	59558	48381	26047	71%
236	Rivier University (NH)	60%	-4%	35	37%	44299	43837	21918	76%
237	Northeastern University (MA)	84%	0%	354	18%	65699	74352	14871	83%
238	Le Moyne College (NY)	70%	-11%	135	22%	50105	48332	19499	75%
239	Johns Hopkins University (MD)	93%	1%	182	12%	71067	77450	12153	83%
240	Saint Vincent College (PA)	72%	-9%	75	27%	47748	49079	16947	85%
241	Messiah University (PA)	77%	-8%	111	18%	44303	47116	22504	90%
242	D'Youville College	55%	0%	52	29%	48592	44632	15555	66%
243	Salem State University (MA)*	57%	-7%	209	40%	42499	46488	15775	69%
244	Southern CT State University (CT)*	54%	-16%	168	40%	43782	40592	16382	67%
245	University of Vermont (VT)*	76%	-6%	345	13%	46412	52610	13892	88%
246	Bowie State University (MD)*	44%	-9%	108	36%	47328	40806	13517	34%
247	Colby-Sawyer College (NH)	54%	-7%	91	26%	41602	40228	22831	81%
248	Massachusetts Coll. of Liberal Arts (MA)*	56%	-12%	68	35%	35909	36407	14774	69%
249	Univ. of Pittsburgh–Greensburg (PA)*	44%	3%	54	21%	52188	46506	15544	80%
250	Cabrini University (PA)	55%	-14%	69	37%	44728	42273	23006	76%
251	New York University (NY)	84%	-3%	932	21%	61359	62218	28652	82%
252	University of Mass.–Dartmouth (MA)*	51%	-8%	295	36%	47883	48662	15242	71%
253	St. Lawrence University (NY)	85%	-9%	88	13%	48344	50929	15483	87%
254	Misericordia University (PA)	71%	-13%	73	32%	50403	47322	20449	75%
255	Indiana University of Penn.–Main (PA)*	56%	-14%	531	33%	39876	36579	17498	71%
256	University of Maine–Augusta (ME)*	27%	-1%	22	51%	28083	29705	9898	44%
257	Endicott College (MA)	74%	-1%	104	19%	50288	51553	28596	90%
258	Marist College (NY)	75%	-7%	129	19%	56113	53151	26968	85%
259	Wheaton College (MA)	79%	0%	77	15%	47093	49438	22201	89%
260	Bloomfield College (NJ)	34%	-8%	92	49%	37501	34538	18715	45%
261	Norwich University (VT)	58%	-16%	78	27%	50677	49007	20340	82%
262	Saint Joseph's University (PA)	76%	-11%	89	18%	59772	55126	27814	84%
263	Gordon College (MA)	70%	6%	97	15%	41247	45421	22766	89%
264	Central Penn College (PA)°	39%	-21%	7	52%	35433	33766	17511	51%
265	Washington Adventist University (MD)	46%	-5%	28	35%	44611	40062	17147	51%
266	Thomas College (ME)	45%	2%	63	41%	37599	40478	19367	69%
267	Western CT State University (CT)*	50%	-4%	116	39%	44891	46591	16756	70%
268	Saint Anselm College (NH)	73%	-2%	69	13%	56679	52355	22633	90%
269	Clark University (MA)	79%	-2%	100	18%	46392	55286	20347	88%
270	SUNY Polytechnic Institute (NY)*	53%	-15%	40	29%	50681	49621	11190	67%
271	Penn State Erie–Behrend Coll. (PA)*	68%	-16%	182	29%	49789	51585	20699	76%
272	Suffolk University (MA)	62%	0%	235	30%	53129	52684	26342	73%
273	University of Rhode Island (RI)*	63%	-8%	463	25%	51131	48964	15249	75%
274	DeSales University (PA)	64%	-10%	61	32%	49281	48256	22574	79%
275	Fairleigh Dickinson U. Florham (NJ)	56%	-8%	117	42%	49019	50585	17140	69%
276	SUNY–Purchase College (NY)*	65%	-5%	152	25%	35877	38973	15663	71%
277	Wilmington University (DE)	49%	-9%	30	47%	42585	41374	14492	50%
278	Simmons College (MA)	76%	-6%	82	19%	52901	54231	23144	85%
279	University of Maine (ME)*	59%	-15%	318	25%	41681	42157	14015	78%
280	Medaille College (NY)	42%	-21%	65	41%	39412	35506	11274	61%
281	Penn. State–New Kensington (PA)*	54%	-20%	20	29%	49789	53767	12727	76%
282	University of MD–Baltimore County (MD)*	64%	-1%	201	27%	55414	60011	15435	74%
283	St. John's University–New York (NY)	61%	-7%	663	31%	54861	50571	24047	70%
284	Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)	70%	-7%	478	20%	62040	59975	24261	79%
285	Coppin State University (MD)*	33%	-13%	65	49%	37022	33388	10127	30%
286	Wells College (NY)	51%	-4%	47	27%	35601	37814	17694	74%
287	Mount St. Mary's University (MD)	68%	-10%	60	23%	53125	51954	25611	83%
288	Nazareth College (NY)	73%	-5%	89	20%	45073	45534	23404	79%
289	Seton Hall University (NJ)	66%	-11%	216	28%	56966	52086	22279	76%
290	Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)	79%	-2%	83	10%	52155	51500	20743	87%
291	St. John's College (MD)	72%	-4%	20	N/A	36244	34684	17773	83%
292	Arcadia University (PA)	60%	-8%	125	32%	44078	44556	23086	75%
293	Sarah Lawrence College (NY)	81%	-1%	40	N/A	40777	36260	25229	84%
294	Clarion University of PA (PA)*	50%	-17%	185	38%	38019	37088	17073	68%
295	Fisher College (MA)	33%	22%	26	47%	33224	40229	22692	51%
296	Neumann University (PA)	54%	-22%	98	44%	42623	39468	20198	63%
297	Sterling College (VT)	56%	-29%	3	N/A	N/A	31399	26152	79%
298	Elizabethtown College (PA)	75%	-10%	72	32%	50498	50297	23164	86%
299	Edinboro Univ. of Pennsylvania (PA)*	47%	-13%	203	36%	35739	35096	13748	62%
300	University of Maine–Machias (ME)*	34%	-12%	19	43%	27402	31203	7858	61%
301	Marywood University (PA)	66%	-7%	99	31%	38515	41332	19937	73%
302	Penn State–University Park (PA)*	86%	-11%	833	29%	49789	55112	23654	76%
303	Georgian Court University (NJ)	62%	-22%	50	42%	44558	41830	19318	63%
304	Immaculata University (PA)	66%	-13%	43	36%	51046	48215	26627	70%
305	Cheyney University of PA (PA)* ^^	24%	5%	43	43%	29993	28674	13867	28%
306	SUNY Coll. Tech.–Canton (NY)*	43%	-15%	17	38%	35078	37572	11486	53%
307	Adelphi University (NY)	68%	-9%	207	34%	56123	53471	26130	74%
308	Hartwick College (NY)	59%	-6%	88	26%	44365	44988	21542	79%
309	Monroe College (NY)°	55%	-10%	228	50%	29291	42996	11104	37%
310	Quinnipiac University (CT)	77%	-7%	169	20%	61785	55578	33051	87%
311	Alvernia University (PA)	57%	-14%	67	44%	43966	43486	23266	70%
312	Univ. of MD–Global College (MD)*	26%	0%	11	46%	51397	50044	13561	46%
313	Caldwell University (NJ)	52%	-14%	77	42%	44426	43398	18097	60%
314	Bard College (NY)	77%	-4%	69	11%	38904	41768	19978	85%
315	Mitchell College (CT)	41%	12%	30	38%	31888	38688	21776	61%
316	Merrimack College (MA)	70%	-13%	100	22%	57116	56071	28058	86%
317	Plymouth State University (NH)*	59%	-6%	134	28%	39935	45997	18523	79%
318	King's College (PA)	63%	-15%	96	31%	50192	50187	22606	78%
319	SUNY Coll. Ag. and Tech.–Cobleskill (NY)*	42%	-8%	29	35%	34749	42461	13869	64%
320	Wentworth Institute of Technology (MA)	69%	-10%	190	24%	61935	61294	34317	85%
321	University of Saint Joseph (CT)	60%	-17%	36	42%	51416	45456	27107	71%
322	Roberts Wesleyan College (NY)	63%	-15%	53	28%	42222	41832	20576	70%
323	Penn State–World Campus (PA)*	38%	-18%	7	29%	49789	44893	21215	76%
324	Dominican College (NY)	49%	-4%	67	32%	48261	47232	16735	60%
325	Wilson College (PA)	50%	-15%	11	41%	33872	37076	17453	72%
326	Granite State College (NH)*	52%	-30%	2	45%	34498	35588	13324	60%
327	Husson University (ME)	53%	-15%	90	N/A	N/A	40037	15757	64%
328	Saint Michael's College (VT)	79%	-10%	74	13%	49095	50510	24340	92%
329	College of the Atlantic (ME)	69%	-25%	12	N/A	25647	25085	15851	83%
330	St. Bonaventure University (NY)	66%	-11%	88	20%	46342	47213	19340	76%
331	Lincoln University - Pennsylvania (PA)*	45%	-10%	106	38%	34512	37310	16234	34%
332	St. John Fisher College (NY)	73%	-10%	109	25%	47166	50979	22002	80%
333	SUNY Coll. of Envir. Science & Forestry (NY)*	74%	-1%	49	20%	44163	60043	14105	83%
334	Geneva College (PA)	66%	-19%	65	27%	39662	45186	16745	76%
335	American International College (MA)	49%	-15%	54	41%	43561	41640	20039	54%
336	Mercyhurst University (PA)	66%	-14%	113	31%	40677	44861	17826	66%
337	Daemen College (NY)	57%	-7%	95	31%	41059	46454	13862	70%
338	Five Towns College (NY)°	39%	2%	34	33%	34480	41740	16942	53%
339	Western New England University (MA)	61%	-10%	114	25%	56625	54456	25875	81%
340	Post University (CT)°	26%	-15%	35	56%	39837	40673	16855	43%
341	Washington College (MD)	75%	-8%	37	17%	47847	51374	21322	85%
342	University of Pittsburgh–Pittsburgh (PA)*	81%	-10%	423	21%	52188	59357	23649	80%
343	Fordham University (NY)	77%	-7%	274	18%	58807	60382	26848	81%
344	Gannon University (PA)	63%	-18%	121	27%	47577	46934	18716	73%
345	New England College (NH)	41%	-10%	45	48%	35712	39367	27169	64%
346	Champlain College (VT)	60%	-6%	73	29%	42890	49523	30181	84%
347	Utica College (NY)	50%	-11%	107	33%	45301	43539	19787	60%
348	University of Valley Forge (PA)	44%	-19%	27	35%	30555	35372	19199	66%
349	Robert Morris University (PA)	62%	-15%	151	31%	46203	49022	21735	72%
350	Mercy College (NY)	42%	-4%	290	41%	38619	45626	13880	44%
351	Yeshiva University (NY)	72%	-11%	82	12%	57993	56791	25087	86%
352	New York Institute of Technology (NY)	49%	-11%	154	33%	54029	55909	19498	64%
353	Emerson College (MA)	82%	-6%	110	13%	46015	47289	37278	86%
354	Southern NH University (NH)	53%	-24%	101	48%	43891	41249	40724	68%
355	Lasell University (MA)	55%	-5%	84	29%	42061	46981	22271	75%
356	University of Massachusetts–Lowell (MA)*	57%	-9%	249	31%	52508	60642	13552	69%
357	Nyack College (NY)	44%	-8%	61	37%	41111	43835	18374	50%
358	Unity College (ME)	61%	-8%	32	31%	34695	50811	23110	75%
359	Point Park University (PA)	54%	-15%	91	31%	37274	39672	17314	60%
360	Curry College (MA)	54%	-9%	79	30%	46468	47742	26480	73%
361	Delaware Valley University (PA)	58%	-8%	69	36%	41345	52046	24557	83%
362	Morgan State University (MD)*	42%	-10%	211	34%	40260	38503	15229	28%
363	Emmanuel College (MA)	65%	-9%	88	22%	48517	48508	26950	79%
364	Seton Hill University (PA)	60%	-16%	73	27%	39291	43669	20809	72%
365	New School (NY)	70%	-4%	169	20%	43652	39583	36009	70%
366	University of Bridgeport (CT)	43%	-15%	104	44%	43539	43590	22205	55%
367	Thiel College (PA)	38%	-15%	67	34%	37954	41187	21689	68%
368	Johnson & Wales U.–Providence (RI)	60%	-11%	366	34%	37662	46792	23970	68%
369	University of New Haven (CT)	56%	-13%	175	29%	50971	49836	29230	72%
370	Roger Williams University (RI)	61%	-8%	93	19%	49955	50894	31422	85%
371	Anna Maria College (MA)	41%	-10%	44	37%	44100	44345	23369	65%
372	Univ. of MD Eastern Shore (MD)*	40%	-4%	183	39%	37278	40755	15237	34%
373	Delaware State University (DE)*	43%	-10%	213	36%	35288	37093	12141	36%
374	Bennington College (VT)	71%	1%	29	N/A	27235	37153	23419	85%
375	Hampshire College (MA)	71%	-7%	32	12%	34107	39829	21372	76%
376	Springfield College (MA)	72%	-16%	82	35%	44894	49945	21243	60%
377	University of Hartford (CT)	60%	-16%	152	27%	47342	48355	27366	74%
378	Becker College (MA)	41%	-14%	45	34%	41724	39699	28669	62%
379	Touro College (NY)	53%	-1%	70	36%	30258	45592	19655	52%
380	University of New England (ME)	62%	-6%	87	23%	46219	52186	28943	79%
381	Chatham University (PA)	62%	-9%	37	28%	35383	49013	18340	69%
382	Widener University (PA)	56%	-13%	114	32%	54296	54020	27768	73%
383	Saint Joseph's College of Maine (ME)	48%	-21%	42	33%	41707	46223	22657	81%
384	DeVry University–North Brunswick (NJ)°	27%	-13%	25	50%	N/A	59155	19100	42%
385	Paul Smith's College (NY)	47%	-2%	34	29%	34808	51180	23244	73%
386	Metropolitan College of NY (NY)	38%	-12%	5	51%	37928	41537	20499	24%
387	Cambridge College (MA)	34%	-16%	0	54%	38461	43331	21942	46%
388	Franklin Pierce University (NH)	49%	-5%	61	29%	38859	47218	26170	74%
389	Strayer University–Lower Bucks (PA)°	20%	-33%	0	53%	48501	42211	23059	30%
390	Hofstra University (NY)	61%	-11%	200	24%	53993	55504	30528	74%
391	Lesley University (MA)	61%	-8%	52	27%	37321	44845	27898	68%
392	Sacred Heart University (CT)	63%	-10%	103	25%	55885	58518	36263	81%
393	Bay State College (MA)°	38%	-6%	7	45%	31751	41727	31332	48%
394	DeVry University–Ft. Washington (PA)°	21%	-40%	5	50%	N/A	46315	27682	42%
395	King's College (NY)	50%	-5%	32	N/A	N/A	41415	29114	77%
396	Harrisburg Univ. of Science and Tech. (PA)	23%	-40%	16	44%	N/A	40079	15196	42%
397	Marymount Manhattan College (NY)	46%	-13%	47	22%	40796	37614	32127	67%

Definitions:

Median earnings: median annual earnings 10 years after entering college.

Pell/non-Pell graduation gap: graduation rate for Pell students minus the graduation rate for non-Pell students; a positive number indicates that students who receive Pell grants graduate at a higher rate than those who don’t, and vice versa.

First-gen students: percent of students who are the first in their family to go to college.

Predicted median earnings: expected median annual earnings based on student demographic data, adjusted for institutions’ location and academic mission.

Net price: actual cost of attendance for first-time, full-time, in-state students with family incomes below $75,000 per year over the last three years.

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Definitions:

Median earnings: median annual earnings 10 years after entering college.

Pell/non-Pell graduation gap: graduation rate for Pell students minus the graduation rate for non-Pell students; a positive number indicates that students who receive Pell grants graduate at a higher rate than those who don’t, and vice versa.

First-gen students: percent of students who are the first in their family to go to college.

Predicted median earnings: expected median annual earnings based on student demographic data, adjusted for institutions’ location and academic mission.

Net price: actual cost of attendance for first-time, full-time, in-state students with family incomes below $75,000 per year over the last three years.

Loan repayment rate: percent of students who pay back at least $1 in loan principal within 5 years of leaving college.

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Definitions:

Median earnings: median annual earnings 10 years after entering college.

Pell/non-Pell graduation gap: graduation rate for Pell students minus the graduation rate for non-Pell students; a positive number indicates that students who receive Pell grants graduate at a higher rate than those who don’t, and vice versa.

First-gen students: percent of students who are the first in their family to go to college.

Predicted median earnings: expected median annual earnings based on student demographic data, adjusted for institutions’ location and academic mission.

Net price: actual cost of attendance for first-time, full-time, in-state students with family incomes below $75,000 per year over the last three years.

Loan repayment rate: percent of students who pay back at least $1 in loan principal within 5 years of leaving college.

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