Best D3 Colleges | NCSA Power Rankings

Top D3 Schools

NCSA Power Rankings analyzed 455 NCAA Division 3 college athletic programs to develop a list of the Best Division 3 Colleges for Student-Athletes.

NCSA Power Rankings are based on proprietary analysis of “NCSA Favorites” data obtained from the college search activity of the millions of student-athletes on the NCSA recruiting network, U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges general academic rankings, and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard graduation rates and average cost after aid.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT

NCAA Division 3

$55,878 Tuition

$5,084 Avg. Cost After Aid

9,248 Favorites

3 General Rank

1 Grad Rank

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Johns Hopkins University

NCAA Division 3

$58,720 Tuition

$14,254 Avg. Cost After Aid

10,420 Favorites

32 General Rank

3 Grad Rank

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University of Chicago

NCAA Division 3

$62,241 Tuition

$22,690 Avg. Cost After Aid

9,165 Favorites

24 General Rank

2 Grad Rank

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Washington University in St. Louis

NCAA Division 3

$58,866 Tuition

$27,595 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,830 Favorites

62 General Rank

9 Grad Rank

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Emory University

NCAA Division 3

$55,468 Tuition

$25,424 Avg. Cost After Aid

8,282 Favorites

80 General Rank

25 Grad Rank

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Tufts University

NCAA Division 3

$63,000 Tuition

$35,683 Avg. Cost After Aid

10,425 Favorites

120 General Rank

6 Grad Rank

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Williams College

NCAA Division 3

$59,660 Tuition

$14,739 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,640 Favorites

1 General Rank

5 Grad Rank

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Amherst College

NCAA Division 3

$61,150 Tuition

$17,304 Avg. Cost After Aid

8,417 Favorites

4 General Rank

15 Grad Rank

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California Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

$58,680 Tuition

$29,279 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,963 Favorites

41 General Rank

11 Grad Rank

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Carnegie Mellon University

NCAA Division 3

$58,924 Tuition

$37,846 Avg. Cost After Aid

6,586 Favorites

79 General Rank

12 Grad Rank

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Pomona-Pitzer Colleges

NCAA Division 3

$56,686 Tuition

$9,170 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,983 Favorites

6 General Rank

10 Grad Rank

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University of Rochester

NCAA Division 3

$59,378 Tuition

$31,171 Avg. Cost After Aid

8,134 Favorites

124 General Rank

41 Grad Rank

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Bowdoin College

NCAA Division 3

$58,322 Tuition

$16,925 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,354 Favorites

25 General Rank

7 Grad Rank

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New York University

NCAA Division 3

$56,500 Tuition

$39,565 Avg. Cost After Aid

8,406 Favorites

92 General Rank

36 Grad Rank

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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

NCAA Division 3

$58,111 Tuition

$20,114 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,661 Favorites

40 General Rank

13 Grad Rank

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Swarthmore College

NCAA Division 3

$56,056 Tuition

$20,780 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,976 Favorites

12 General Rank

4 Grad Rank

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Washington & Lee University

NCAA Division 3

$59,380 Tuition

$27,417 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,239 Favorites

48 General Rank

8 Grad Rank

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University of California – Santa Cruz

NCAA Division 3

$43,824 Tuition

$18,828 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,799 Favorites

227 General Rank

76 Grad Rank

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Case Western Reserve University

NCAA Division 3

$54,532 Tuition

$37,702 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,358 Favorites

153 General Rank

48 Grad Rank

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Middlebury College

NCAA Division 3

$59,770 Tuition

$29,047 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,769 Favorites

49 General Rank

21 Grad Rank

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Wesleyan University

NCAA Division 3

$62,049 Tuition

$26,080 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,376 Favorites

69 General Rank

22 Grad Rank

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Hamilton College

NCAA Division 3

$59,970 Tuition

$26,296 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,987 Favorites

61 General Rank

19 Grad Rank

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Colby College

NCAA Division 3

$61,220 Tuition

$17,739 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,800 Favorites

88 General Rank

37 Grad Rank

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Bates College

NCAA Division 3

$59,062 Tuition

$26,560 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,671 Favorites

93 General Rank

18 Grad Rank

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Brandeis University

NCAA Division 3

$60,006 Tuition

$29,959 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,992 Favorites

154 General Rank

29 Grad Rank

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Vassar College

NCAA Division 3

$62,870 Tuition

$35,236 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,583 Favorites

56 General Rank

14 Grad Rank

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Trinity University – Texas

NCAA Division 3

$47,392 Tuition

$18,637 Avg. Cost After Aid

6,191 Favorites

176 General Rank

68 Grad Rank

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Chapman University

NCAA Division 3

$58,634 Tuition

$39,047 Avg. Cost After Aid

6,714 Favorites

297 General Rank

69 Grad Rank

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University of Texas at Dallas

NCAA Division 3

$39,776 Tuition

$17,033 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,016 Favorites

332 General Rank

137 Grad Rank

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Trinity College – Connecticut

NCAA Division 3

$61,370 Tuition

$32,036 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,435 Favorites

131 General Rank

44 Grad Rank

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Dickinson College

NCAA Division 3

$58,733 Tuition

$15,554 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,661 Favorites

168 General Rank

55 Grad Rank

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University of La Verne

NCAA Division 3

$45,850 Tuition

$21,605 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,364 Favorites

333 General Rank

154 Grad Rank

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Grinnell College

NCAA Division 3

$58,648 Tuition

$28,610 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,218 Favorites

63 General Rank

35 Grad Rank

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – RPI

NCAA Division 3

$58,526 Tuition

$31,456 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,876 Favorites

167 General Rank

49 Grad Rank

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Franklin & Marshall College

NCAA Division 3

$63,406 Tuition

$30,182 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,843 Favorites

134 General Rank

53 Grad Rank

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Gettysburg College

NCAA Division 3

$59,960 Tuition

$26,853 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,052 Favorites

186 General Rank

57 Grad Rank

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Montclair State University

NCAA Division 3

$21,418 Tuition

$13,705 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,173 Favorites

379 General Rank

178 Grad Rank

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Wheaton College – Illinois

NCAA Division 3

$40,820 Tuition

$25,287 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,361 Favorites

190 General Rank

28 Grad Rank

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Denison University

NCAA Division 3

$57,500 Tuition

$32,002 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,726 Favorites

133 General Rank

60 Grad Rank

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Occidental College

NCAA Division 3

$58,426 Tuition

$29,663 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,362 Favorites

128 General Rank

52 Grad Rank

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Haverford College

NCAA Division 3

$61,210 Tuition

$29,138 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,759 Favorites

70 General Rank

24 Grad Rank

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California Lutheran University

NCAA Division 3

$46,012 Tuition

$21,442 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,563 Favorites

26 General Rank

108 Grad Rank

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Carleton College

NCAA Division 3

$60,225 Tuition

$31,800 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,642 Favorites

27 General Rank

20 Grad Rank

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Southwestern University

NCAA Division 3

$47,000 Tuition

$25,451 Avg. Cost After Aid

8,608 Favorites

229 General Rank

110 Grad Rank

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University of Puget Sound

NCAA Division 3

$55,670 Tuition

$23,215 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,654 Favorites

230 General Rank

104 Grad Rank

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Oberlin College

NCAA Division 3

$60,240 Tuition

$34,498 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,442 Favorites

132 General Rank

56 Grad Rank

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute

NCAA Division 3

$55,731 Tuition

$45,005 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,765 Favorites

198 General Rank

32 Grad Rank

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Berry College

NCAA Division 3

$38,656 Tuition

$21,980 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,052 Favorites

7 General Rank

129 Grad Rank

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Rhodes College

NCAA Division 3

$50,910 Tuition

$27,647 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,102 Favorites

177 General Rank

43 Grad Rank

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Ithaca College

NCAA Division 3

$46,760 Tuition

$33,748 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,816 Favorites

53 General Rank

81 Grad Rank

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University of Redlands

NCAA Division 3

$54,066 Tuition

$20,152 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,301 Favorites

17 General Rank

152 Grad Rank

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Illinois Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

$50,490 Tuition

$22,166 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,010 Favorites

304 General Rank

138 Grad Rank

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Knox College

NCAA Division 3

$51,576 Tuition

$23,285 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,777 Favorites

207 General Rank

95 Grad Rank

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Christopher Newport University

NCAA Division 3

$27,790 Tuition

$25,031 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,725 Favorites

18 General Rank

98 Grad Rank

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Centre College

NCAA Division 3

$46,000 Tuition

$20,610 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,731 Favorites

178 General Rank

39 Grad Rank

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Pacific University

NCAA Division 3

$50,070 Tuition

$34,063 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,142 Favorites

382 General Rank

141 Grad Rank

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Rochester Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

$52,756 Tuition

$30,765 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,067 Favorites

275 General Rank

157 Grad Rank

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University of Wisconsin – La Crosse

NCAA Division 3

$18,014 Tuition

$14,839 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,288 Favorites

400 General Rank

116 Grad Rank

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Endicott College

NCAA Division 3

$36,614 Tuition

$36,594 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,486 Favorites

105 General Rank

78 Grad Rank

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Sewanee – The University of the South

NCAA Division 3

$49,418 Tuition

$27,958 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,000 Favorites

169 General Rank

66 Grad Rank

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University of Lynchburg

NCAA Division 3

$33,500 Tuition

$24,265 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,929 Favorites

388 General Rank

185 Grad Rank

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Hendrix College

NCAA Division 3

$33,350 Tuition

$10,299 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,460 Favorites

267 General Rank

119 Grad Rank

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Augustana College – Illinois

NCAA Division 3

$46,189 Tuition

$23,538 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,486 Favorites

251 General Rank

74 Grad Rank

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DePauw University

NCAA Division 3

$53,896 Tuition

$22,469 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,692 Favorites

157 General Rank

54 Grad Rank

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Salisbury University

NCAA Division 3

$20,458 Tuition

$18,706 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,711 Favorites

191 General Rank

130 Grad Rank

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Colorado College

NCAA Division 3

$62,070 Tuition

$26,705 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,495 Favorites

103 General Rank

42 Grad Rank

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Grove City College

NCAA Division 3

$19,310 Tuition

$21,724 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,314 Favorites

21 General Rank

30 Grad Rank

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University of Dallas

NCAA Division 3

$46,864 Tuition

$20,636 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,188 Favorites

28 General Rank

134 Grad Rank

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The College of New Jersey

NCAA Division 3

$29,594 Tuition

$17,138 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,465 Favorites

22 General Rank

34 Grad Rank

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Wilkes University

NCAA Division 3

$39,914 Tuition

$29,807 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,118 Favorites

393 General Rank

247 Grad Rank

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University of Wisconsin – Whitewater

NCAA Division 3

$16,602 Tuition

$14,856 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,228 Favorites

158 General Rank

219 Grad Rank

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Stevens Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

$56,920 Tuition

$36,674 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,168 Favorites

228 General Rank

31 Grad Rank

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Pacific Lutheran University

NCAA Division 3

$48,226 Tuition

$21,023 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,326 Favorites

50 General Rank

153 Grad Rank

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Whittier College

NCAA Division 3

$49,514 Tuition

$19,774 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,737 Favorites

277 General Rank

217 Grad Rank

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Baldwin Wallace University

NCAA Division 3

$35,966 Tuition

$26,072 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,580 Favorites

36 General Rank

186 Grad Rank

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North Central College

NCAA Division 3

$42,206 Tuition

$25,605 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,827 Favorites

66 General Rank

205 Grad Rank

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Macalester College

NCAA Division 3

$60,518 Tuition

$23,188 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,959 Favorites

102 General Rank

26 Grad Rank

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Ohio Northern University

NCAA Division 3

$35,380 Tuition

$24,401 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,681 Favorites

13 General Rank

89 Grad Rank

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University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

NCAA Division 3

$17,149 Tuition

$16,884 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,331 Favorites

129 General Rank

169 Grad Rank

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John Carroll University

NCAA Division 3

$45,514 Tuition

$29,172 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,922 Favorites

5 General Rank

91 Grad Rank

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Springfield College

NCAA Division 3

$40,480 Tuition

$27,837 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,894 Favorites

385 General Rank

114 Grad Rank

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University of Mount Union

NCAA Division 3

$33,400 Tuition

$22,836 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,405 Favorites

117 General Rank

167 Grad Rank

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Rowan University

NCAA Division 3

$23,408 Tuition

$22,978 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,851 Favorites

383 General Rank

160 Grad Rank

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Skidmore College

NCAA Division 3

$60,302 Tuition

$31,730 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,437 Favorites

135 General Rank

50 Grad Rank

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Calvin University

NCAA Division 3

$38,240 Tuition

$26,281 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,726 Favorites

14 General Rank

80 Grad Rank

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Hope College

NCAA Division 3

$36,650 Tuition

$26,700 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,961 Favorites

268 General Rank

64 Grad Rank

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Austin College

NCAA Division 3

$43,525 Tuition

$22,677 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,542 Favorites

278 General Rank

166 Grad Rank

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Washington & Jefferson College

NCAA Division 3

$50,192 Tuition

$26,460 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,029 Favorites

252 General Rank

88 Grad Rank

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Whitworth University

NCAA Division 3

$47,590 Tuition

$25,823 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,753 Favorites

8 General Rank

94 Grad Rank

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Widener University

NCAA Division 3

$49,706 Tuition

$24,012 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,931 Favorites

389 General Rank

162 Grad Rank

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St. John Fisher College

NCAA Division 3

$36,352 Tuition

$26,720 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,710 Favorites

386 General Rank

117 Grad Rank

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Otterbein University

NCAA Division 3

$33,674 Tuition

$21,920 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,913 Favorites

42 General Rank

156 Grad Rank

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Messiah University

NCAA Division 3

$38,370 Tuition

$23,560 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,773 Favorites

106 General Rank

82 Grad Rank

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University of Massachusetts – Boston

NCAA Division 3

$35,139 Tuition

$17,817 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,862 Favorites

392 General Rank

357 Grad Rank

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Willamette University

NCAA Division 3

$44,234 Tuition

$32,819 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,069 Favorites

216 General Rank

132 Grad Rank

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Lake Forest College

NCAA Division 3

$51,002 Tuition

$23,642 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,869 Favorites

231 General Rank

115 Grad Rank

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University of Scranton

NCAA Division 3

$48,462 Tuition

$34,136 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,725 Favorites

19 General Rank

71 Grad Rank

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United States Coast Guard Academy

NCAA Division 3

$10,734 Tuition

$4,730 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,077 Favorites

2 General Rank

17 Grad Rank

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Wellesley College

NCAA Division 3

$60,752 Tuition

$21,561 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,380 Favorites

20 General Rank

16 Grad Rank

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Roanoke College

NCAA Division 3

$48,330 Tuition

$27,541 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,544 Favorites

293 General Rank

150 Grad Rank

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