Best D1 Football Schools | NCSA Power Rankings 2023

Top D1 Football Schools

NCSA analyzed 265 four-year colleges with college football programs across two NCAA Division 1 sub-divisions (D1-FBS (formerly D1-A), D1-FCS (formerly D1-AA)) to develop a list of the Best Division 1 Football Colleges for Student-Athletes.

NCSA Power Rankings are based on proprietary analysis of NCSA Favorites data obtained from the college search activity of the over 5 million 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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Stanford University

NCAA Division 1

$56,169 Tuition

$7,200 Avg. Cost After Aid

9,310 Favorites

6 General Rank

9 Grad Rank

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University of Florida

NCAA Division 1

$28,659 Tuition

$3,679 Avg. Cost After Aid

19,097 Favorites

40 General Rank

26 Grad Rank

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Princeton University

NCAA Division 1

$56,010 Tuition

$11,080 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,181 Favorites

2 General Rank

1 Grad Rank

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Harvard University

NCAA Division 1

$55,587 Tuition

$13,259 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,552 Favorites

5 General Rank

4 Grad Rank

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University of California - Los Angeles - UCLA

NCAA Division 1

$43,012 Tuition

$11,627 Avg. Cost After Aid

7,969 Favorites

31 General Rank

20 Grad Rank

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Yale University

NCAA Division 1

$59,950 Tuition

$16,341 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,510 Favorites

7 General Rank

3 Grad Rank

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Columbia University

NCAA Division 1

$63,530 Tuition

$12,836 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,280 Favorites

26 General Rank

2 Grad Rank

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University of Pennsylvania - Penn

NCAA Division 1

$61,710 Tuition

$14,851 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,650 Favorites

12 General Rank

5 Grad Rank

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University of Michigan

NCAA Division 1

$53,232 Tuition

$17,086 Avg. Cost After Aid

13,454 Favorites

35 General Rank

14 Grad Rank

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University of California - Berkeley

NCAA Division 1

$43,980 Tuition

$15,240 Avg. Cost After Aid

6,526 Favorites

32 General Rank

17 Grad Rank

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NCAA Division 1

$36,891 Tuition

$13,263 Avg. Cost After Aid

8,916 Favorites

41 General Rank

28 Grad Rank

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Duke University

NCAA Division 1

$60,244 Tuition

$31,416 Avg. Cost After Aid

9,051 Favorites

14 General Rank

7 Grad Rank

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University of Virginia

NCAA Division 1

$53,626 Tuition

$20,507 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,612 Favorites

37 General Rank

13 Grad Rank

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Vanderbilt University

NCAA Division 1

$56,966 Tuition

$22,204 Avg. Cost After Aid

6,473 Favorites

19 General Rank

16 Grad Rank

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Georgia Tech

NCAA Division 1

$33,964 Tuition

$14,820 Avg. Cost After Aid

9,777 Favorites

63 General Rank

22 Grad Rank

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University of Notre Dame

NCAA Division 1

$58,843 Tuition

$32,369 Avg. Cost After Aid

13,336 Favorites

29 General Rank

6 Grad Rank

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University of Georgia

NCAA Division 1

$31,108 Tuition

$14,995 Avg. Cost After Aid

22,292 Favorites

70 General Rank

37 Grad Rank

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University of Texas - Austin

NCAA Division 1

$40,996 Tuition

$17,519 Avg. Cost After Aid

16,437 Favorites

51 General Rank

38 Grad Rank

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University of Wisconsin

NCAA Division 1

$38,608 Tuition

$16,708 Avg. Cost After Aid

12,040 Favorites

52 General Rank

33 Grad Rank

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Florida State University

NCAA Division 1

$18,786 Tuition

$9,561 Avg. Cost After Aid

14,968 Favorites

76 General Rank

61 Grad Rank

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Northwestern University

NCAA Division 1

$60,768 Tuition

$28,230 Avg. Cost After Aid

6,152 Favorites

15 General Rank

10 Grad Rank

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Ohio State University

NCAA Division 1

$35,019 Tuition

$18,623 Avg. Cost After Aid

22,144 Favorites

69 General Rank

34 Grad Rank

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University of Southern California

NCAA Division 1

$61,503 Tuition

$25,972 Avg. Cost After Aid

10,608 Favorites

38 General Rank

21 Grad Rank

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Brown University

NCAA Division 1

$62,304 Tuition

$26,308 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,051 Favorites

18 General Rank

8 Grad Rank

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Georgetown University

NCAA Division 1

$59,957 Tuition

$24,570 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,117 Favorites

33 General Rank

11 Grad Rank

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Cornell University

NCAA Division 1

$61,015 Tuition

$29,011 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,393 Favorites

23 General Rank

12 Grad Rank

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Rice University

NCAA Division 1

$52,895 Tuition

$17,805 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,090 Favorites

21 General Rank

19 Grad Rank

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University of Washington

NCAA Division 1

$39,906 Tuition

$10,933 Avg. Cost After Aid

9,263 Favorites

80 General Rank

52 Grad Rank

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Purdue University

NCAA Division 1

$28,794 Tuition

$9,127 Avg. Cost After Aid

6,786 Favorites

72 General Rank

66 Grad Rank

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University of Maryland

NCAA Division 1

$38,636 Tuition

$17,500 Avg. Cost After Aid

7,042 Favorites

78 General Rank

39 Grad Rank

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Wake Forest University

NCAA Division 1

$59,770 Tuition

$29,214 Avg. Cost After Aid

8,109 Favorites

42 General Rank

30 Grad Rank

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Michigan State University

NCAA Division 1

$40,562 Tuition

$10,925 Avg. Cost After Aid

11,192 Favorites

104 General Rank

70 Grad Rank

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North Carolina State University

NCAA Division 1

$29,916 Tuition

$16,239 Avg. Cost After Aid

10,098 Favorites

98 General Rank

49 Grad Rank

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University of California - Davis

NCAA Division 1

$44,399 Tuition

$14,920 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,819 Favorites

53 General Rank

41 Grad Rank

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Virginia Tech

NCAA Division 1

$33,857 Tuition

$20,927 Avg. Cost After Aid

9,447 Favorites

86 General Rank

42 Grad Rank

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Dartmouth College

NCAA Division 1

$60,870 Tuition

$33,023 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,465 Favorites

17 General Rank

15 Grad Rank

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University of Illinois

NCAA Division 1

$32,892 Tuition

$15,483 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,378 Favorites

62 General Rank

47 Grad Rank

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Clemson University

NCAA Division 1

$38,550 Tuition

$22,116 Avg. Cost After Aid

23,350 Favorites

103 General Rank

45 Grad Rank

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Texas A&M University

NCAA Division 1

$40,134 Tuition

$20,976 Avg. Cost After Aid

17,533 Favorites

91 General Rank

59 Grad Rank

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William & Mary

NCAA Division 1

$47,038 Tuition

$18,650 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,075 Favorites

60 General Rank

25 Grad Rank

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University of Minnesota

NCAA Division 1

$33,818 Tuition

$17,419 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,185 Favorites

84 General Rank

51 Grad Rank

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Indiana University

NCAA Division 1

$38,352 Tuition

$14,216 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,826 Favorites

97 General Rank

76 Grad Rank

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Boston College

NCAA Division 1

$61,706 Tuition

$38,412 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,944 Favorites

46 General Rank

27 Grad Rank

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University of Massachusetts - Amherst

NCAA Division 1

$36,964 Tuition

$16,197 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,566 Favorites

93 General Rank

55 Grad Rank

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Rutgers University

NCAA Division 1

$33,005 Tuition

$15,365 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,009 Favorites

77 General Rank

54 Grad Rank

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University of Miami

NCAA Division 1

$54,760 Tuition

$30,742 Avg. Cost After Aid

18,073 Favorites

79 General Rank

58 Grad Rank

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Villanova University

NCAA Division 1

$59,020 Tuition

$34,784 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,811 Favorites

73 General Rank

24 Grad Rank

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University of South Florida

NCAA Division 1

$17,324 Tuition

$8,318 Avg. Cost After Aid

7,329 Favorites

123 General Rank

92 Grad Rank

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United States Naval Academy

NCAA Division 1

$4,799 Tuition

$4,022 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,397 Favorites

10 General Rank

23 Grad Rank

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University of Pittsburgh

NCAA Division 1

$35,394 Tuition

$27,926 Avg. Cost After Aid

8,144 Favorites

85 General Rank

50 Grad Rank

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Auburn University

NCAA Division 1

$31,986 Tuition

$23,258 Avg. Cost After Aid

17,735 Favorites

120 General Rank

75 Grad Rank

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University of Connecticut

NCAA Division 1

$41,192 Tuition

$21,724 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,586 Favorites

92 General Rank

63 Grad Rank

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Syracuse University

NCAA Division 1

$57,591 Tuition

$32,516 Avg. Cost After Aid

7,488 Favorites

83 General Rank

67 Grad Rank

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Davidson College

NCAA Division 1

$55,200 Tuition

$17,057 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,959 Favorites

20 General Rank

31 Grad Rank

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University of Central Florida

NCAA Division 1

$22,467 Tuition

$9,217 Avg. Cost After Aid

12,603 Favorites

149 General Rank

91 Grad Rank

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San Diego State University

NCAA Division 1

$20,016 Tuition

$6,488 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,308 Favorites

158 General Rank

87 Grad Rank

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University of Oregon

NCAA Division 1

$40,464 Tuition

$18,699 Avg. Cost After Aid

16,482 Favorites

130 General Rank

94 Grad Rank

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University of South Carolina

NCAA Division 1

$33,928 Tuition

$20,796 Avg. Cost After Aid

9,532 Favorites

133 General Rank

82 Grad Rank

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Baylor University

NCAA Division 1

$50,232 Tuition

$37,248 Avg. Cost After Aid

11,286 Favorites

102 General Rank

74 Grad Rank

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United States Air Force Academy

NCAA Division 1

$7,326 Tuition

$11,513 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,726 Favorites

28 General Rank

43 Grad Rank

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Lehigh University

NCAA Division 1

$57,470 Tuition

$32,698 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,911 Favorites

71 General Rank

40 Grad Rank

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University of Iowa

NCAA Division 1

$31,905 Tuition

$19,443 Avg. Cost After Aid

9,223 Favorites

109 General Rank

97 Grad Rank

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Penn State

NCAA Division 1

$36,476 Tuition

$27,521 Avg. Cost After Aid

16,173 Favorites

105 General Rank

106 Grad Rank

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University of Oklahoma

NCAA Division 1

$27,816 Tuition

$19,867 Avg. Cost After Aid

17,405 Favorites

145 General Rank

89 Grad Rank

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Brigham Young University

NCAA Division 1

$6,120 Tuition

$13,522 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,311 Favorites

112 General Rank

86 Grad Rank

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University of Tennessee

NCAA Division 1

$31,664 Tuition

$18,853 Avg. Cost After Aid

10,886 Favorites

134 General Rank

109 Grad Rank

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University of Delaware

NCAA Division 1

$36,880 Tuition

$18,313 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,976 Favorites

118 General Rank

69 Grad Rank

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University of Richmond

NCAA Division 1

$58,570 Tuition

$29,232 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,931 Favorites

30 General Rank

32 Grad Rank

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Texas Christian University

NCAA Division 1

$51,660 Tuition

$39,155 Avg. Cost After Aid

10,516 Favorites

117 General Rank

65 Grad Rank

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Miami University

NCAA Division 1

$37,379 Tuition

$24,592 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,712 Favorites

128 General Rank

64 Grad Rank

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Iowa State University

NCAA Division 1

$25,446 Tuition

$15,351 Avg. Cost After Aid

7,586 Favorites

142 General Rank

88 Grad Rank

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University of San Diego

NCAA Division 1

$52,864 Tuition

$28,071 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,714 Favorites

122 General Rank

78 Grad Rank

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Arizona State University

NCAA Division 1

$29,438 Tuition

$12,814 Avg. Cost After Aid

9,166 Favorites

137 General Rank

131 Grad Rank

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James Madison University

NCAA Division 1

$29,564 Tuition

$22,431 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,344 Favorites

156 General Rank

72 Grad Rank

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University of Alabama

NCAA Division 1

$31,090 Tuition

$21,534 Avg. Cost After Aid

21,002 Favorites

148 General Rank

108 Grad Rank

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University of Colorado - Boulder

NCAA Division 1

$38,314 Tuition

$21,771 Avg. Cost After Aid

6,215 Favorites

121 General Rank

95 Grad Rank

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University of Missouri

NCAA Division 1

$30,450 Tuition

$17,899 Avg. Cost After Aid

7,304 Favorites

140 General Rank

105 Grad Rank

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University of Utah

NCAA Division 1

$28,345 Tuition

$12,867 Avg. Cost After Aid

7,340 Favorites

131 General Rank

126 Grad Rank

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Colgate University

NCAA Division 1

$61,966 Tuition

$24,489 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,527 Favorites

25 General Rank

29 Grad Rank

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University of Arizona

NCAA Division 1

$37,258 Tuition

$15,601 Avg. Cost After Aid

6,411 Favorites

129 General Rank

138 Grad Rank

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United States Military Academy

NCAA Division 1

$7,326 Tuition

$18,623 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,638 Favorites

13 General Rank

57 Grad Rank

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University of Kentucky

NCAA Division 1

$31,608 Tuition

$18,268 Avg. Cost After Aid

9,725 Favorites

150 General Rank

122 Grad Rank

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Elon University

NCAA Division 1

$38,725 Tuition

$39,437 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,780 Favorites

113 General Rank

60 Grad Rank

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Southern Methodist University - SMU

NCAA Division 1

$60,236 Tuition

$40,452 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,631 Favorites

99 General Rank

68 Grad Rank

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University of Mississippi

NCAA Division 1

$25,886 Tuition

$12,454 Avg. Cost After Aid

8,072 Favorites

160 General Rank

120 Grad Rank

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University of St. Thomas - Minnesota

NCAA Division 1

$48,329 Tuition

$28,142 Avg. Cost After Aid

15,021 Favorites

152 General Rank

84 Grad Rank

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Florida International University

NCAA Division 1

$18,963 Tuition

$6,232 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,926 Favorites

155 General Rank

127 Grad Rank

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Tulane University

NCAA Division 1

$60,814 Tuition

$42,217 Avg. Cost After Aid

3,739 Favorites

65 General Rank

44 Grad Rank

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Louisiana State University (LSU)

NCAA Division 1

$28,635 Tuition

$18,300 Avg. Cost After Aid

21,910 Favorites

166 General Rank

116 Grad Rank

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Temple University

NCAA Division 1

$30,602 Tuition

$23,108 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,140 Favorites

138 General Rank

90 Grad Rank

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University of Cincinnati

NCAA Division 1

$27,932 Tuition

$22,114 Avg. Cost After Aid

9,648 Favorites

159 General Rank

103 Grad Rank

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Oregon State University

NCAA Division 1

$31,579 Tuition

$18,010 Avg. Cost After Aid

6,900 Favorites

157 General Rank

121 Grad Rank

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University of Arkansas

NCAA Division 1

$26,390 Tuition

$14,998 Avg. Cost After Aid

6,619 Favorites

167 General Rank

112 Grad Rank

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University of Kansas

NCAA Division 1

$28,034 Tuition

$18,709 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,480 Favorites

139 General Rank

130 Grad Rank

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

NCAA Division 1

$28,105 Tuition

$20,633 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,434 Favorites

3 General Rank

46 Grad Rank

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University of Dayton

NCAA Division 1

$44,890 Tuition

$27,407 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,017 Favorites

144 General Rank

79 Grad Rank

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Fordham University

NCAA Division 1

$56,161 Tuition

$35,320 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,490 Favorites

96 General Rank

62 Grad Rank

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Oklahoma State University

NCAA Division 1

$24,764 Tuition

$13,188 Avg. Cost After Aid

11,433 Favorites

172 General Rank

135 Grad Rank

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Colorado State University

NCAA Division 1

$31,613 Tuition

$19,016 Avg. Cost After Aid

4,822 Favorites

154 General Rank

114 Grad Rank

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University of Nebraska

NCAA Division 1

$27,002 Tuition

$16,764 Avg. Cost After Aid

5,558 Favorites

161 General Rank

129 Grad Rank

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