Affordable strong colleges for moderate selectivity …

Method notes

Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to IPEDS 2023 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.

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Rank	Institution	State	Control	Enrollment	Primary metric	Also see
1	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	Public	16,154	$332,190	Grad 72.1% · Net $3,033
2	SUNY Maritime College	NY	Public	1,285	$326,120	Grad 64.4% · Net $22,367
3	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	Public	9,019	$303,564	Grad 72.8% · Net $16,504
4	University of Florida-Online	FL	Public	4,627	$298,588	Grad 84.7% · Net $4,815
5	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	Public	30,760	$298,522	Grad 88.6% · Net $15,678
6	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MO	Public	5,521	$297,370	Grad 64.4% · Net $16,298
7	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	Public	36,258	$295,067	Grad 85.1% · Net $14,355
8	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	Private nonprofit	2,833	$292,532	Grad 75.2% · Net $18,425
9	Virginia Military Institute	VA	Public	1,527	$282,064	Grad 76.2% · Net $17,113
10	University of California-Davis	CA	Public	32,253	$277,662	Grad 85.7% · Net $14,741
11	University of Detroit Mercy	MI	Private nonprofit	2,438	$262,550	Grad 67.2% · Net $15,232
12	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	Public	44,503	$260,795	Grad 83.1% · Net $14,600
13	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	Public	25,042	$259,913	Grad 68.4% · Net $11,531
14	Brigham Young University	UT	Private nonprofit	32,952	$255,650	Grad 81.0% · Net $15,564
15	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	Public	36,902	$255,566	Grad 89.5% · Net $17,354
16	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	Public	30,923	$250,282	Grad 86.2% · Net $24,953
17	University of Delaware	DE	Public	19,071	$247,129	Grad 80.5% · Net $17,799
18	Stony Brook University	NY	Public	18,101	$245,567	Grad 75.6% · Net $18,784
19	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	Public	3,753	$245,218	Grad 66.7% · Net $18,745
20	University of St Francis	IL	Private nonprofit	1,223	$241,399	Grad 66.8% · Net $13,006
21	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	Public	7,709	$240,428	Grad 63.7% · Net $19,703
22	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	Public	27,371	$233,282	Grad 84.8% · Net $17,303
23	California State University-Long Beach	CA	Public	35,924	$233,102	Grad 68.9% · Net $10,440
24	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	Public	10,701	$232,626	Grad 70.0% · Net $16,467
25	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	Public	21,751	$225,335	Grad 75.7% · Net $18,267
26	Florida International University	FL	Public	39,508	$224,516	Grad 74.4% · Net $9,288
27	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	Public	59,615	$222,804	Grad 83.9% · Net $21,315
28	University of California-Riverside	CA	Public	22,593	$222,026	Grad 76.0% · Net $14,304
29	Lewis University	IL	Private nonprofit	4,015	$220,279	Grad 66.6% · Net $17,028
30	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	Public	23,671	$219,860	Grad 83.3% · Net $22,383
31	University of Houston	TX	Public	38,380	$218,816	Grad 64.6% · Net $14,276
32	University of Connecticut	CT	Public	19,835	$218,504	Grad 83.3% · Net $25,097
33	University of South Florida	FL	Public	37,207	$218,380	Grad 76.8% · Net $9,812
34	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	Public	37,751	$216,913	Grad 83.6% · Net $24,406
35	Kettering College	OH	Private nonprofit	549	$214,530	Grad 65.1% · Net $21,650
36	University of Rhode Island	RI	Public	13,381	$214,230	Grad 73.3% · Net $21,440
37	Florida Atlantic University	FL	Public	23,757	$213,482	Grad 62.6% · Net $8,752
38	University of Central Florida	FL	Public	59,146	$211,954	Grad 78.0% · Net $10,411
39	Wofford College	SC	Private nonprofit	1,816	$211,630	Grad 84.2% · Net $18,732
40	Ramapo College of New Jersey	NJ	Public	4,898	$211,128	Grad 69.8% · Net $18,173
41	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	Public	22,734	$210,711	Grad 75.3% · Net $15,300
42	University of Tulsa	OK	Private nonprofit	2,813	$210,334	Grad 72.3% · Net $15,000
43	Carroll University	WI	Private nonprofit	2,523	$208,842	Grad 70.7% · Net $15,193
44	University at Buffalo	NY	Public	20,112	$208,019	Grad 75.2% · Net $20,995
45	SUNY College at Geneseo	NY	Public	3,869	$207,928	Grad 71.5% · Net $18,211
46	University of La Verne	CA	Private nonprofit	3,050	$206,636	Grad 63.1% · Net $20,161
47	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	Public	17,940	$206,322	Grad 75.1% · Net $17,890
48	University of North Florida	FL	Public	13,359	$206,194	Grad 69.2% · Net $10,154
49	University of Alabama in Huntsville	AL	Public	6,591	$205,628	Grad 64.3% · Net $18,796
50	James Madison University	VA	Public	20,888	$202,618	Grad 79.7% · Net $23,322
51	St. Joseph's University-New York	NY	Private nonprofit	3,144	$199,401	Grad 68.8% · Net $19,035
52	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	Public	9,277	$198,418	Grad 71.0% · Net $16,210
53	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	Public	45,638	$193,448	Grad 87.7% · Net $17,339
54	University of Minnesota-Morris	MN	Public	936	$193,204	Grad 62.5% · Net $8,837
55	Texas Tech University	TX	Public	32,394	$192,353	Grad 68.7% · Net $19,070
56	St. Mary's College of Maryland	MD	Public	1,603	$190,769	Grad 70.0% · Net $18,441
57	University of Mary	ND	Private nonprofit	2,416	$189,056	Grad 66.6% · Net $17,770
58	Centre College	KY	Private nonprofit	1,400	$189,012	Grad 80.7% · Net $20,781
59	Oregon State University	OR	Public	30,743	$188,680	Grad 70.1% · Net $19,604
60	Ursuline College	OH	Private nonprofit	670	$187,362	Grad 66.7% · Net $16,164
61	York College of Pennsylvania	PA	Private nonprofit	3,265	$185,832	Grad 64.1% · Net $18,556
62	SUNY Oneonta	NY	Public	4,643	$184,776	Grad 68.8% · Net $19,158
63	Kalamazoo College	MI	Private nonprofit	1,149	$184,726	Grad 76.0% · Net $19,072
64	University of Vermont	VT	Public	11,743	$184,141	Grad 78.6% · Net $19,343
65	Canisius University	NY	Private nonprofit	1,685	$181,317	Grad 66.4% · Net $17,940
66	Auburn University	AL	Public	26,816	$181,146	Grad 82.0% · Net $24,323
67	University of Arkansas	AR	Public	28,677	$179,436	Grad 70.5% · Net $18,209
68	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	Public	30,594	$179,190	Grad 68.8% · Net $19,151
69	Viterbo University	WI	Private nonprofit	1,249	$177,598	Grad 68.4% · Net $21,260
70	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	Public	30,418	$175,542	Grad 73.9% · Net $18,976
71	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	Public	21,773	$175,409	Grad 68.2% · Net $17,447
72	North Central College	IL	Private nonprofit	2,428	$172,840	Grad 64.0% · Net $21,044
73	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	NY	Public	1,839	$171,167	Grad 66.3% · Net $18,952
74	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	Public	29,820	$170,586	Grad 78.8% · Net $22,811
75	New College of Florida	FL	Public	843	$169,122	Grad 66.7% · Net $7,195
76	Rowan University	NJ	Public	15,841	$168,920	Grad 67.4% · Net $22,408
77	State University of New York at New Paltz	NY	Public	6,086	$168,303	Grad 71.6% · Net $18,809
78	Coe College	IA	Private nonprofit	1,164	$165,390	Grad 65.9% · Net $18,745
79	State University of New York at Cortland	NY	Public	5,901	$161,590	Grad 68.0% · Net $22,345
80	University of Evansville	IN	Private nonprofit	1,539	$161,529	Grad 64.5% · Net $18,499
81	Austin College	TX	Private nonprofit	1,165	$159,052	Grad 67.0% · Net $21,107
82	Hallmark University	TX	Private nonprofit	769	$156,968	Grad 66.3% · Net $12,513
83	College of Charleston	SC	Public	10,558	$156,020	Grad 65.8% · Net $18,960
84	University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	Public	14,922	$154,406	Grad 70.6% · Net $20,109
85	McDaniel College	MD	Private nonprofit	1,617	$153,853	Grad 63.3% · Net $21,916
86	Soka University of America	CA	Private nonprofit	484	$151,660	Grad 91.8% · Net $18,260
87	Alma College	MI	Private nonprofit	1,148	$148,619	Grad 62.9% · Net $20,694
88	Mississippi State University	MS	Public	18,397	$148,115	Grad 66.7% · Net $17,595
89	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	PA	Public	6,788	$147,975	Grad 65.6% · Net $19,608
90	John Brown University	AR	Private nonprofit	1,471	$147,008	Grad 71.8% · Net $20,397
91	Spring Arbor University	MI	Private nonprofit	1,010	$146,421	Grad 63.5% · Net $19,353
92	Stetson University	FL	Private nonprofit	2,297	$146,071	Grad 62.3% · Net $19,372
93	The College of Idaho	ID	Private nonprofit	1,041	$135,614	Grad 62.5% · Net $19,481
94	Beloit College	WI	Private nonprofit	926	$125,044	Grad 71.0% · Net $21,526
95	Milligan University	TN	Private nonprofit	818	$124,444	Grad 63.4% · Net $21,365
96	Evangel University	MO	Private nonprofit	1,229	$118,554	Grad 65.0% · Net $18,669
97	Huntington University	IN	Private nonprofit	1,082	$116,895	Grad 63.6% · Net $19,310
98	Lee University	TN	Private nonprofit	2,617	$111,404	Grad 62.6% · Net $18,878
99	Freed-Hardeman University	TN	Private nonprofit	1,212	$108,316	Grad 70.8% · Net $21,574
100	SUNY at Purchase College	NY	Public	3,197	$100,952	Grad 62.8% · Net $18,913