U.S. Academic Quality per Dollar Ranking

These colleges are CollegeCalc's 2019 ranking of the best value colleges in America based on tuition dollar spent. While most of these schools don't have the low published tuition, attractive net prices through generous financial packages combined with academic excellence offer students the highest return on education dollar investment. In order to be considered, schools must possess very high academic standing coupled with costs commensurate to the education provided. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads the list with a 95 academic rank and a $10,936 average net price.

Rating is a CollegeCalc proprietary national percentile ranking of a college's overall difficulty and educational effectiveness. An average score is 50. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average net price paid. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our rating methodology.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2017-2018 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2017-2018 academic year.

America's Best Value Colleges by Academic Quality per Dollar

Average Net Price	College	Rating	$Value
$10,936 Average Net Price	1) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina, Public Not-For-Profit	95	88
$10,374 Average Net Price	2) University of Washington Seattle Campus Washington, Public Not-For-Profit	90	88
$12,510 Average Net Price	3) University of California Los Angeles California, Public Not-For-Profit	97	87
$12,187 Average Net Price	4) Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus Georgia, Public Not-For-Profit	94	87
$12,072 Average Net Price	5) University of California Irvine California, Public Not-For-Profit	90	86
$12,406 Average Net Price	6) College of William and Mary Virginia, Public Not-For-Profit	94	86
$13,693 Average Net Price	7) University of California San Diego California, Public Not-For-Profit	94	85
$14,687 Average Net Price	8) Amherst College Massachusetts, Private Not-For-Profit	98	85
$14,069 Average Net Price	9) University of Virginia Main Campus Virginia, Public Not-For-Profit	96	85
$13,635 Average Net Price	10) Soka University of America California, Private Not-For-Profit	92	85
$13,287 Average Net Price	11) University of Georgia Georgia, Public Not-For-Profit	85	84
$15,095 Average Net Price	12) Harvard University Massachusetts, Private Not-For-Profit	99	84
$13,352 Average Net Price	13) Stony Brook University New York, Public Not-For-Profit	87	84
$13,579 Average Net Price	14) North Carolina State University at Raleigh North Carolina, Public Not-For-Profit	86	84
$11,725 Average Net Price	15) Texas A & M University College Station Texas, Public Not-For-Profit	76	84
$14,966 Average Net Price	16) University of California Santa Barbara California, Public Not-For-Profit	92	83
$14,786 Average Net Price	17) University of Florida Florida, Public Not-For-Profit	89	83
$14,833 Average Net Price	18) University of Maryland College Park Maryland, Public Not-For-Profit	90	83
$15,850 Average Net Price	19) University of Michigan Michigan, Public Not-For-Profit	96	83
$12,041 Average Net Price	20) Truman State University Missouri, Public Not-For-Profit	73	83

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