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Colleges ranked: Lowest true annual cost
Net price after aid plus an estimate of a year of local rent (nine months, adjusted for the state's housing cost level). Lower is cheaper to actually attend. This is our own calculation on top of official Scorecard figures — see exactly how it works.
1Infinity College · LA$6,7612West Virginia University at Parkersburg · WV$7,4213Green Country Technology Center · OK$7,5584George C Wallace Community College-Dothan · AL$7,5655Putnam Career and Technical Center · WV$7,5896New Mexico State University-Grants · NM$7,6877Fred W Eberle Technical Center · WV$7,7438Mercer County Technical Education Center · WV$7,8399Wood County Technical Center-Practical Nursing · WV$7,86210Reid State Technical College · AL$8,13411Gordon Cooper Technology Center · OK$8,17612Southwest Mississippi Community College · MS$8,36813Mineral County Vocational Technical Center · WV$8,52814Oglala Lakota College · SD$8,89615Mingo Extended Learning Center · WV$8,90416Kirksville Area Technical Center · MO$8,93217Ben Franklin Career Center · WV$8,99618United Technical Center · WV$9,07519Northeast Alabama Community College · AL$9,15120Fort Peck Community College · MT$9,16121Central Technology Center · OK$9,17022Henry Ford College · MI$9,18123Lurleen B Wallace Community College · AL$9,18724New River Community and Technical College · WV$9,21325Northwest Shoals Community College · AL$9,23326Cabell County Career Technology Center · WV$9,27127Cleveland Community College · NC$9,41628Ohio Business College-Dayton-Driving Academy · OH$9,44629Piedmont Community College · NC$9,51630Mississippi Delta Community College · MS$9,55831Hazard Community and Technical College · KY$9,61132Snead State Community College · AL$9,64433Pontotoc Technology Center · OK$9,66034Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College · NM$9,66135Trenz Beauty Academy · IL$9,72336Copiah-Lincoln Community College · MS$9,73737Trident Technical College · SC$9,73738Pamlico Community College · NC$9,74239Fayette Institute of Technology · WV$9,74640Cloyd's Barber School 2 Inc · LA$9,755
Built from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities. Cost of living, personal aid packages and life outside pay all differ — a ranking is a starting point, not a verdict. Colleges with missing net price or earnings, or with a net price under $3,000, are excluded from payback figures.