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University Acceptance Rate, Tuition, Net Price and Student Outcomes by State

Choose a state to compare universities by acceptance rate, tuition, net price and student outcomes.

This state comparison hub helps answer questions like which state has the cheapest college tuition, which states have the most schools, and how average net price changes across U.S. higher education markets. Every row links to a deeper state page with city and school profiles.

California CA - 233 cities 658 $21,843 $19,695 65.82% $47,180 New York NY - 160 cities 421 $23,991 $18,893 69.11% $52,266 Texas TX - 125 cities 407 $17,749 $17,343 74.68% $40,717 Florida FL - 122 cities 383 $19,354 $19,834 71.09% $38,819 Pennsylvania PA - 162 cities 328 $28,549 $20,881 75.87% $50,651 Ohio OH - 142 cities 283 $22,521 $17,854 69.92% $42,842 Illinois IL - 114 cities 238 $21,678 $15,478 73.86% $44,156 North Carolina NC - 91 cities 172 $18,127 $14,661 69.70% $39,480 Michigan MI - 88 cities 171 $21,404 $16,178 75.92% $39,403 Georgia GA - 72 cities 167 $16,174 $16,729 70.10% $40,454 Virginia VA - 72 cities 163 $21,737 $17,997 73.45% $44,722 New Jersey NJ - 85 cities 151 $19,811 $17,613 76.74% $48,704 Tennessee TN - 62 cities 151 $22,218 $15,202 70.42% $40,487 Missouri MO - 64 cities 149 $18,197 $16,820 75.76% $43,879 Massachusetts MA - 75 cities 146 $35,766 $23,961 64.71% $59,612 Puerto Rico PR - 34 cities 141 $8,267 $7,276 74.13% $23,963 Indiana IN - 58 cities 138 $22,123 $19,362 77.30% $44,969 Arizona AZ - 27 cities 119 $15,703 $19,498 83.02% $44,016 Louisiana LA - 35 cities 116 $16,198 $17,038 71.99% $35,774 Minnesota MN - 66 cities 106 $16,796 $17,382 73.78% $47,612 Washington WA - 43 cities 105 $19,241 $17,377 80.51% $49,730 Oklahoma OK - 53 cities 103 $16,802 $12,816 76.79% $37,183 South Carolina SC - 40 cities 94 $20,877 $16,137 73.40% $39,245 Colorado CO - 30 cities 87 $20,883 $17,389 76.68% $44,024 Wisconsin WI - 46 cities 87 $21,704 $17,077 79.39% $45,292 Kentucky KY - 44 cities 86 $19,077 $15,306 77.94% $37,712 Alabama AL - 44 cities 83 $15,342 $14,203 70.08% $40,411 Arkansas AR - 42 cities 81 $12,186 $14,015 71.95% $35,655 Kansas KS - 45 cities 77 $15,359 $15,518 79.45% $44,138 Maryland MD - 41 cities 76 $22,659 $16,580 72.53% $46,824 Oregon OR - 32 cities 73 $25,043 $18,521 79.76% $43,343 Iowa IA - 42 cities 72 $25,484 $17,049 77.29% $44,156 West Virginia WV - 41 cities 68 $16,222 $10,497 82.60% $38,019 Utah UT - 30 cities 64 $17,232 $17,750 82.37% $39,022 Connecticut CT - 31 cities 62 $34,010 $22,661 63.62% $57,659 Mississippi MS - 42 cities 56 $10,904 $13,421 71.06% $33,568 New Mexico NM - 23 cities 42 $9,837 $11,878 69.03% $38,821 Nebraska NE - 20 cities 40 $17,659 $16,962 71.46% $47,499 Nevada NV - 6 cities 38 $18,019 $22,191 88.54% $44,488 Maine ME - 28 cities 37 $25,925 $18,022 68.81% $48,436 Idaho ID - 15 cities 36 $18,638 $17,119 80.26% $34,305 New Hampshire NH - 19 cities 31 $26,826 $21,229 79.23% $52,735 Montana MT - 18 cities 30 $15,346 $13,344 83.27% $38,058 North Dakota ND - 17 cities 26 $10,134 $12,994 72.81% $42,678 South Dakota SD - 13 cities 25 $14,211 $16,583 82.23% $44,853 District of Columbia DC - 1 cities 24 $29,635 $26,516 60.68% $53,594 Rhode Island RI - 12 cities 23 $36,965 $26,706 61.66% $56,328 Hawaii HI - 9 cities 22 $15,635 $19,081 78.34% $43,532 Delaware DE - 10 cities 19 $18,380 $15,798 66.09% $43,524 Vermont VT - 14 cities 16 $43,515 $27,888 58.93% $48,623 Alaska AK - 7 cities 10 $16,273 $13,007 76.15% $43,318 Wyoming WY - 8 cities 9 $12,353 $12,619 97.41% $42,517 Guam GU - 1 cities 3 $7,744 $6,930 39.44% $28,223 Marshall Islands MH - 2 cities 2 $7,789 $11,050 Not reported Not reported Virgin Islands VI - 2 cities 2 $15,521 $7,563 97.44% $38,681 American Samoa AS - 1 cities 1 $5,760 $4,812 Not reported $30,087 Micronesia FM - 1 cities 1 $5,050 $7,012 80.91% $24,651 Northern Mariana Islands MP - 1 cities 1 $5,520 $2,795 Not reported $27,836 Palau PW - 1 cities 1 $3,970 $2,810 Not reported $29,898