Lowest median debt among completers
Lowest median debt for completers (Scorecard field). Lower borrowing is not automatically “better aid”—grant aid and family contribution matter.
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 | Berea College | KY | Private nonprofit | 1,513 | $3,591 | 6yr earn $35,676 |
| 2 | University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo | PR | Public | 2,669 | $4,500 | 6yr earn $19,546 |
| 3 | North American University | TX | Private nonprofit | 609 | $4,925 | 6yr earn $32,221 |
| 4 | University of Puerto Rico at Cayey | PR | Public | 2,069 | $5,000 | 6yr earn $21,819 |
| 5 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas | PR | Private nonprofit | 937 | $5,200 | 6yr earn $18,186 |
| 6 | Atlantic University | PR | Private nonprofit | 1,451 | $5,457 | 6yr earn $19,079 |
| 7 | University of Puerto Rico-Humacao | PR | Public | 2,529 | $5,500 | 6yr earn $20,013 |
| 8 | Albizu University-San Juan | PR | Private nonprofit | 728 | $5,500 | 6yr earn $32,168 |
| 9 | University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras | PR | Public | 8,572 | $5,500 | 6yr earn $22,417 |
| 10 | University of Puerto Rico at Ponce | PR | Public | 2,278 | $5,500 | 6yr earn $22,404 |
| 11 | University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla | PR | Public | 1,883 | $5,500 | 6yr earn $18,193 |
| 12 | University of Puerto Rico | PR | Public | 2,851 | $5,500 | 6yr earn $22,382 |
| 13 | University of Puerto Rico-Carolina | PR | Public | 2,404 | $5,500 | 6yr earn $22,317 |
| 14 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo | PR | Private nonprofit | 1,072 | $5,750 | 6yr earn $21,557 |
| 15 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla | PR | Private nonprofit | 2,906 | $6,250 | 6yr earn $23,322 |
| 16 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce | PR | Private nonprofit | 2,404 | $6,375 | 6yr earn $22,276 |
| 17 | Boricua College | NY | Private nonprofit | 391 | $6,733 | 6yr earn $30,398 |
| 18 | University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez | PR | Public | 9,539 | $8,250 | 6yr earn $32,706 |
| 19 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon | PR | Private nonprofit | 3,476 | $8,250 | 6yr earn $23,776 |
| 20 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German | PR | Private nonprofit | 2,569 | $8,500 | 6yr earn $21,573 |
| 21 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | NY | Public | 962 | $8,833 | 6yr earn $96,770 |
| 22 | Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music | PR | Public | 307 | $8,875 | 6yr earn $9,910 |
| 23 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo | PR | Private nonprofit | 2,220 | $9,000 | 6yr earn $22,401 |
| 24 | Universidad Central de Bayamon | PR | Private nonprofit | 539 | $9,393 | 6yr earn $19,745 |
| 25 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | HI | Private nonprofit | 2,889 | $9,413 | 6yr earn $39,316 |
| 26 | Arizona College of Nursing-Tampa | FL | Private for-profit | 335 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 27 | Arizona College of Nursing-Fort Lauderdale | FL | Private for-profit | 428 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 28 | Arizona College of Nursing-Tucson | AZ | Private for-profit | 562 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 29 | Arizona College of Nursing-Dallas | TX | Private for-profit | 588 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 30 | Arizona College of Nursing-Aurora | CO | Private for-profit | 336 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 31 | Arizona College of Nursing – Hartford | CT | Private for-profit | 334 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 32 | Arizona College of Nursing-Southfield | MI | Private for-profit | 594 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 33 | Arizona College of Nursing-Falls Church | VA | Private for-profit | 348 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 34 | Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas | NV | Private for-profit | 1,222 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 35 | Brookline College-Albuquerque | NM | Private for-profit | 542 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,705 |
| 36 | Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe | AZ | Private for-profit | 1,202 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 37 | Arizona College of Nursing-Ontario | CA | Private for-profit | 380 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 38 | Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake City | UT | Private for-profit | 306 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 39 | Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix | AZ | Private for-profit | 1,229 | $9,500 | 6yr earn $32,840 |
| 40 | Wellesley College | MA | Private nonprofit | 2,300 | $10,000 | 6yr earn $65,961 |
| 41 | Johns Hopkins University | MD | Private nonprofit | 5,693 | $10,250 | 6yr earn $86,306 |
| 42 | CUNY Queens College | NY | Public | 12,550 | $10,298 | 6yr earn $48,548 |
| 43 | Princeton University | NJ | Private nonprofit | 5,709 | $10,320 | 6yr earn $87,815 |
| 44 | Caribbean University-Ponce | PR | Private nonprofit | 414 | $10,500 | 6yr earn $18,349 |
| 45 | CUNY New York City College of Technology | NY | Public | 13,580 | $10,533 | 6yr earn $39,982 |
| 46 | CUNY Lehman College | NY | Public | 10,696 | $10,950 | 6yr earn $51,067 |
| 47 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro | PR | Private nonprofit | 2,607 | $10,975 | 6yr earn $27,318 |
| 48 | CUNY Medgar Evers College | NY | Public | 3,233 | $10,988 | 6yr earn $37,538 |
| 49 | Rice University | TX | Private nonprofit | 4,776 | $11,000 | 6yr earn $79,751 |
| 50 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | NY | Public | 11,590 | $11,000 | 6yr earn $50,293 |
| 51 | CUNY York College | NY | Public | 4,345 | $11,000 | 6yr earn $46,148 |
| 52 | CUNY Hunter College | NY | Public | 16,289 | $11,000 | 6yr earn $50,414 |
| 53 | CUNY Brooklyn College | NY | Public | 10,543 | $11,000 | 6yr earn $45,035 |
| 54 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | NY | Public | 1,839 | $11,000 | 6yr earn $48,327 |
| 55 | Brigham Young University | UT | Private nonprofit | 32,952 | $11,069 | 6yr earn $58,450 |
| 56 | Western Governors University | UT | Private nonprofit | 155,088 | $11,116 | 6yr earn $69,572 |
| 57 | New Mexico Highlands University | NM | Public | 1,451 | $11,399 | 6yr earn $38,952 |
| 58 | Brown University | RI | Private nonprofit | 7,226 | $11,428 | 6yr earn $79,131 |
| 59 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | NY | Public | 16,154 | $11,512 | 6yr earn $61,542 |
| 60 | Pomona College | CA | Private nonprofit | 1,666 | $11,782 | 6yr earn $60,850 |
| 61 | CUNY City College | NY | Public | 12,505 | $11,990 | 6yr earn $46,435 |
| 62 | Florida College | FL | Private nonprofit | 588 | $12,000 | 6yr earn $42,430 |
| 63 | Stanford University | CA | Private nonprofit | 7,554 | $12,000 | 6yr earn $102,887 |
| 64 | Ana G. Mendez University | FL | Private nonprofit | 4,763 | $12,188 | 6yr earn — |
| 65 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | TX | Public | 1,482 | $12,268 | 6yr earn $84,007 |
| 66 | Parker University | TX | Private nonprofit | 607 | $12,288 | 6yr earn $44,181 |
| 67 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | TX | Public | 334 | $12,500 | 6yr earn $72,924 |
| 68 | Southern Utah University | UT | Public | 9,289 | $12,500 | 6yr earn $41,147 |
| 69 | Thomas Edison State University | NJ | Public | 6,707 | $12,500 | 6yr earn $65,570 |
| 70 | College Unbound | RI | Private nonprofit | 491 | $12,500 | 6yr earn — |
| 71 | The University of Tennessee Health Science Center | TN | Public | 394 | $12,500 | 6yr earn $68,668 |
| 72 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | OK | Public | 917 | $12,500 | 6yr earn $39,089 |
| 73 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | NY | Public | 3,254 | $12,584 | 6yr earn $68,616 |
| 74 | Lionel University | CA | Private for-profit | 370 | $12,668 | 6yr earn — |
| 75 | California State University-Monterey Bay | CA | Public | 6,819 | $12,750 | 6yr earn $48,648 |
| 76 | Williams College | MA | Private nonprofit | 2,076 | $12,761 | 6yr earn $71,754 |
| 77 | Dalton State College | GA | Public | 4,553 | $12,937 | 6yr earn $37,491 |
| 78 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | TX | Public | 28,666 | $12,950 | 6yr earn $35,812 |
| 79 | Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary | IA | Private nonprofit | 405 | $12,971 | 6yr earn $33,372 |
| 80 | Yale University | CT | Private nonprofit | 6,758 | $12,975 | 6yr earn $81,765 |
| 81 | University of California-Davis | CA | Public | 32,253 | $13,000 | 6yr earn $58,461 |
| 82 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | Public | 33,068 | $13,000 | 6yr earn $74,919 |
| 83 | Duke University | NC | Private nonprofit | 6,442 | $13,000 | 6yr earn $85,792 |
| 84 | California State University-Los Angeles | CA | Public | 19,562 | $13,000 | 6yr earn $45,702 |
| 85 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | TX | Public | 465 | $13,063 | 6yr earn $89,371 |
| 86 | The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | TX | Public | 545 | $13,396 | 6yr earn $82,535 |
| 87 | Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus | PR | Private nonprofit | 7,868 | $13,448 | 6yr earn $23,727 |
| 88 | Claremont McKenna College | CA | Private nonprofit | 1,388 | $13,500 | 6yr earn $87,603 |
| 89 | Scripps College | CA | Private nonprofit | 1,113 | $13,500 | 6yr earn $68,027 |
| 90 | California State University-Stanislaus | CA | Public | 8,385 | $13,540 | 6yr earn $47,793 |
| 91 | Haverford College | PA | Private nonprofit | 1,430 | $13,621 | 6yr earn $53,353 |
| 92 | Amherst College | MA | Private nonprofit | 1,911 | $13,740 | 6yr earn $62,537 |
| 93 | California State University-Fullerton | CA | Public | 38,546 | $13,750 | 6yr earn $48,558 |
| 94 | Excelsior University | NY | Private nonprofit | 11,550 | $13,769 | 6yr earn $63,796 |
| 95 | California State University-Dominguez Hills | CA | Public | 12,538 | $13,807 | 6yr earn $46,827 |
| 96 | Middlebury College | VT | Private nonprofit | 2,738 | $13,857 | 6yr earn $57,291 |
| 97 | California State University-Northridge | CA | Public | 32,691 | $13,872 | 6yr earn $44,372 |
| 98 | University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | Public | 23,113 | $13,993 | 6yr earn $56,852 |
| 99 | Harvard University | MA | Private nonprofit | 7,601 | $14,000 | 6yr earn $99,572 |
| 100 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | AR | Public | 1,571 | $14,000 | 6yr earn $66,491 |