Colleges with the Lowest Net Price in the U.S.
Ranked by average net price after grants (100 colleges with at least 200 undergraduates). Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, June 2026 release.
| # | College | Average net price after grants | Net price | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moorpark College Moorpark, CA · Public | $-2,296 | $-2,296 | $49,044 |
| 2 | Oxnard College Oxnard, CA · Public | $-1,128 | $-1,128 | $41,393 |
| 3 | Ventura College Ventura, CA · Public | $-982 | $-982 | $43,430 |
| 4 | Atlanta Technical College Atlanta, GA · Public | $-914 | $-914 | $30,350 |
| 5 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology Crump Crump, TN · Public | $-839 | $-839 | $30,796 |
| 6 | Colegio Universitario de San Juan San Juan, PR · Public | $-778 | $-778 | $26,510 |
| 7 | Coahoma Community College Clarksdale, MS · Public | $-274 | $-274 | $24,289 |
| 8 | Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, NC · Public | $-264 | $-264 | $34,728 |
| 9 | Coastal Pines Technical College Waycross, GA · Public | $-126 | $-126 | $30,214 |
| 10 | Edgecombe Community College Tarboro, NC · Public | $0 | $0 | $33,267 |
| 11 | Canada College Redwood City, CA · Public | $32 | $32 | $50,087 |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Grants Grants, NM · Public | $68 | $68 | $39,067 |
| 13 | Fort Peck Community College Poplar, MT · Public | $400 | $400 | $14,747 |
| 14 | College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA · Public | $480 | $480 | $39,092 |
| 15 | College of San Mateo San Mateo, CA · Public | $536 | $536 | $54,172 |
| 16 | Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Valdosta, GA · Public | $614 | $614 | $30,864 |
| 17 | Henry Ford College Dearborn, MI · Public | $660 | $660 | $34,795 |
| 18 | College of Biblical Studies-Houston Houston, TX · Private nonprofit | $672 | $672 | $39,260 |
| 19 | North Florida College Madison, FL · Public | $804 | $804 | $33,929 |
| 20 | Southern Regional Technical College Thomasville, GA · Public | $813 | $813 | $31,293 |
| 21 | Radford M Locklin Technical College Milton, FL · Public | $987 | $987 | $35,997 |
| 22 | Cleveland Community College Shelby, NC · Public | $995 | $995 | $33,755 |
| 23 | Piedmont Community College Roxboro, NC · Public | $1,095 | $1,095 | $33,274 |
| 24 | Imperial Valley College Imperial, CA · Public | $1,115 | $1,115 | $34,487 |
| 25 | Chipola College Marianna, FL · Public | $1,133 | $1,133 | $37,378 |
| 26 | South Georgia Technical College Americus, GA · Public | $1,164 | $1,164 | $30,364 |
| 27 | George C Wallace Community College-Dothan Dothan, AL · Public | $1,170 | $1,170 | $31,399 |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-Central Texas Killeen, TX · Public | $1,300 | $1,300 | — |
| 29 | College of the Mainland Texas City, TX · Public | $1,342 | $1,342 | $39,639 |
| 30 | Trident Technical College Charleston, SC · Public | $1,406 | $1,406 | $38,253 |
| 31 | Colegio de Cinematografia Artes y Television Bayamon, PR · Private for-profit | $1,460 | $1,460 | $25,707 |
| 32 | Cape Coral Technical College Cape Coral, FL · Public | $1,463 | $1,463 | $36,080 |
| 33 | St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, FL · Public | $1,471 | $1,471 | $42,557 |
| 34 | West Shore Community College Scottville, MI · Public | $1,527 | $1,527 | $36,115 |
| 35 | Williamson College of the Trades Media, PA · Private nonprofit | $1,545 | $1,545 | — |
| 36 | Macomb Community College Warren, MI · Public | $1,618 | $1,618 | $41,596 |
| 37 | Lamar State College-Orange Orange, TX · Public | $1,655 | $1,655 | $36,587 |
| 38 | Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC · Public | $1,664 | $1,664 | $36,142 |
| 39 | Joliet Junior College Joliet, IL · Public | $1,672 | $1,672 | $42,889 |
| 40 | Skyline College San Bruno, CA · Public | $1,738 | $1,738 | $55,702 |
| 41 | Reid State Technical College Evergreen, AL · Public | $1,739 | $1,739 | $28,982 |
| 42 | South Texas College McAllen, TX · Public | $1,751 | $1,751 | $36,788 |
| 43 | Johnston Community College Smithfield, NC · Public | $1,776 | $1,776 | $37,310 |
| 44 | West Virginia University at Parkersburg Parkersburg, WV · Public | $1,807 | $1,807 | $35,171 |
| 45 | Manatee Technical College Bradenton, FL · Public | $1,808 | $1,808 | $38,129 |
| 46 | James Sprunt Community College Kenansville, NC · Public | $1,863 | $1,863 | $29,307 |
| 47 | Oglala Lakota College Kyle, SD · Public | $1,895 | $1,895 | $22,517 |
| 48 | Victor Valley College Victorville, CA · Public | $1,947 | $1,947 | $36,119 |
| 49 | Emma's Beauty Academy-Juana Diaz Juana Diaz, PR · Private for-profit | $1,993 | $1,993 | $17,034 |
| 50 | Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence, SC · Public | $2,004 | $2,004 | $32,748 |
| 51 | Hartnell College Salinas, CA · Public | $2,039 | $2,039 | $44,316 |
| 52 | Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College Ruidoso, NM · Public | $2,042 | $2,042 | $38,550 |
| 53 | Rockingham Community College Wentworth, NC · Public | $2,060 | $2,060 | $32,480 |
| 54 | Irvine Valley College Irvine, CA · Public | $2,090 | $2,090 | $49,156 |
| 55 | Santiago Canyon College Orange, CA · Public | $2,129 | $2,129 | $44,956 |
| 56 | Illinois Valley Community College Oglesby, IL · Public | $2,232 | $2,232 | $40,810 |
| 57 | Wayne Community College Goldsboro, NC · Public | $2,245 | $2,245 | $34,148 |
| 58 | College of the Albemarle Elizabeth City, NC · Public | $2,253 | $2,253 | $33,234 |
| 59 | Lake Land College Mattoon, IL · Public | $2,254 | $2,254 | $38,877 |
| 60 | Schoolcraft Community College District Livonia, MI · Public | $2,260 | $2,260 | $42,722 |
| 61 | Middlesex College Edison, NJ · Public | $2,288 | $2,288 | $46,861 |
| 62 | Bridgerland Technical College Logan, UT · Public | $2,338 | $2,338 | $38,347 |
| 63 | Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg, SC · Public | $2,405 | $2,405 | $37,097 |
| 64 | San Joaquin Delta College Stockton, CA · Public | $2,407 | $2,407 | $43,212 |
| 65 | Cerritos College Norwalk, CA · Public | $2,424 | $2,424 | $41,156 |
| 66 | West Georgia Technical College Waco, GA · Public | $2,457 | $2,457 | $35,479 |
| 67 | Eastern Shore Community College Melfa, VA · Public | $2,495 | $2,495 | $32,418 |
| 68 | Southwest Mississippi Community College Summit, MS · Public | $2,525 | $2,525 | $33,227 |
| 69 | Yuba College Marysville, CA · Public | $2,576 | $2,576 | $39,552 |
| 70 | Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA · Public | $2,624 | $2,624 | $50,651 |
| 71 | Central Technology Center Drumright, OK · Public | $2,674 | $2,674 | $36,351 |
| 72 | Martin Community College Williamston, NC · Public | $2,676 | $2,676 | $26,016 |
| 73 | Carroll Community College Westminster, MD · Public | $2,725 | $2,725 | $44,349 |
| 74 | Northeast Alabama Community College Rainsville, AL · Public | $2,756 | $2,756 | $34,913 |
| 75 | Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CA · Public | $2,779 | $2,779 | $42,193 |
| 76 | Palau Community College Koror, PW · Public | $2,787 | $2,787 | $29,898 |
| 77 | Northern Marianas College Saipan, MP · Public | $2,789 | $2,789 | $27,836 |
| 78 | Lurleen B Wallace Community College Andalusia, AL · Public | $2,792 | $2,792 | $32,307 |
| 79 | Erwin Technical College Tampa, FL · Public | $2,796 | $2,796 | $37,966 |
| 80 | Modesto Junior College Modesto, CA · Public | $2,818 | $2,818 | $42,368 |
| 81 | Taft College Taft, CA · Public | $2,823 | $2,823 | $38,861 |
| 82 | Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills, IL · Public | $2,829 | $2,829 | $43,892 |
| 83 | Northwest Shoals Community College Muscle Shoals, AL · Public | $2,838 | $2,838 | $33,828 |
| 84 | Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College Miami Lakes, FL · Public | $2,839 | $2,839 | $35,014 |
| 85 | Talmudical Seminary of Bobov Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $2,840 | $2,840 | $22,432 |
| 86 | Lamar State College-Port Arthur Port Arthur, TX · Public | $2,846 | $2,846 | $37,120 |
| 87 | Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de Manati Manati, PR · Public | $2,846 | $2,846 | $26,293 |
| 88 | Shasta College Redding, CA · Public | $2,878 | $2,878 | $39,269 |
| 89 | Robeson Community College Lumberton, NC · Public | $2,892 | $2,892 | $29,036 |
| 90 | Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard, KY · Public | $2,955 | $2,955 | $29,868 |
| 91 | Kalamazoo Valley Community College Kalamazoo, MI · Public | $2,979 | $2,979 | $38,618 |
| 92 | CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public | $2,984 | $2,984 | $63,163 |
| 93 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY · Public | $3,033 | $3,033 | $75,971 |
| 94 | Victoria College Victoria, TX · Public | $3,043 | $3,043 | $42,382 |
| 95 | Wilson Community College Wilson, NC · Public | $3,064 | $3,064 | $32,973 |
| 96 | Bay Mills Community College Brimley, MI · Public | $3,073 | $3,073 | $30,048 |
| 97 | Texas Southmost College Brownsville, TX · Public | $3,085 | $3,085 | $41,900 |
| 98 | CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY · Public | $3,103 | $3,103 | $60,752 |
| 99 | Sampson Community College Clinton, NC · Public | $3,108 | $3,108 | $33,409 |
| 100 | Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CA · Public | $3,133 | $3,133 | $43,552 |