Best Men’s Hockey Colleges

Top Hockey Colleges

NCSA analyzed over 160 four-year colleges with men’s college ice hockey programs across two division levels (D1, D3) to develop a list of the Best Men’s Ice Hockey 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 3 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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Princeton University

NCAA Division 1

$52,800 Tuition

$11,317 Avg. Cost After Aid

989 Favorites

1 General Rank

1 Grad Rank

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Harvard University

NCAA Division 1

$51,925 Tuition

$15,386 Avg. Cost After Aid

891 Favorites

1 General Rank

3 Grad Rank

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University of Michigan

NCAA Division 1

$51,200 Tuition

$15,336 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,424 Favorites

8 General Rank

14 Grad Rank

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Yale University

NCAA Division 1

$55,500 Tuition

$17,549 Avg. Cost After Aid

632 Favorites

3 General Rank

2 Grad Rank

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University of Notre Dame

NCAA Division 1

$55,553 Tuition

$33,025 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,510 Favorites

7 General Rank

4 Grad Rank

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University of Wisconsin

NCAA Division 1

$37,785 Tuition

$17,708 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,248 Favorites

11 General Rank

24 Grad Rank

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Ohio State University

NCAA Division 1

$32,061 Tuition

$17,616 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,253 Favorites

16 General Rank

27 Grad Rank

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Boston College

NCAA Division 1

$57,910 Tuition

$35,899 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,634 Favorites

10 General Rank

12 Grad Rank

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Boston University

NCAA Division 1

$55,892 Tuition

$30,259 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,555 Favorites

11 General Rank

23 Grad Rank

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Brown University

NCAA Division 1

$58,404 Tuition

$29,392 Avg. Cost After Aid

557 Favorites

4 General Rank

5 Grad Rank

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Cornell University

NCAA Division 1

$57,222 Tuition

$40,126 Avg. Cost After Aid

905 Favorites

6 General Rank

10 Grad Rank

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University of Minnesota

NCAA Division 1

$33,325 Tuition

$17,740 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,280 Favorites

27 General Rank

33 Grad Rank

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Northeastern University

NCAA Division 1

$53,506 Tuition

$31,093 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,046 Favorites

16 General Rank

20 Grad Rank

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University of Massachusetts - Amherst

NCAA Division 1

$35,710 Tuition

$22,501 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,468 Favorites

27 General Rank

38 Grad Rank

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Dartmouth College

NCAA Division 1

$57,638 Tuition

$33,574 Avg. Cost After Aid

466 Favorites

4 General Rank

7 Grad Rank

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Amherst College

NCAA Division 3

$58,640 Tuition

$18,524 Avg. Cost After Aid

266 Favorites

13 General Rank

6 Grad Rank

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Michigan State University

NCAA Division 1

$39,766 Tuition

$19,173 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,350 Favorites

32 General Rank

40 Grad Rank

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University of Connecticut

NCAA Division 1

$39,894 Tuition

$22,012 Avg. Cost After Aid

625 Favorites

24 General Rank

29 Grad Rank

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Colgate University

NCAA Division 1

$58,045 Tuition

$25,834 Avg. Cost After Aid

439 Favorites

21 General Rank

17 Grad Rank

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Hamilton College

NCAA Division 3

$56,530 Tuition

$25,440 Avg. Cost After Aid

283 Favorites

20 General Rank

13 Grad Rank

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Tufts University

NCAA Division 3

$58,578 Tuition

$30,744 Avg. Cost After Aid

235 Favorites

9 General Rank

11 Grad Rank

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Providence College

NCAA Division 1

$52,438 Tuition

$38,296 Avg. Cost After Aid

848 Favorites

35 General Rank

25 Grad Rank

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Colorado College

NCAA Division 1

$58,086 Tuition

$26,753 Avg. Cost After Aid

523 Favorites

26 General Rank

32 Grad Rank

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Bowdoin College

NCAA Division 3

$56,350 Tuition

$21,910 Avg. Cost After Aid

161 Favorites

15 General Rank

9 Grad Rank

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Penn State

NCAA Division 1

$35,514 Tuition

$27,372 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,266 Favorites

24 General Rank

66 Grad Rank

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Williams College

NCAA Division 3

$57,280 Tuition

$19,480 Avg. Cost After Aid

143 Favorites

13 General Rank

8 Grad Rank

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Miami University

NCAA Division 1

$35,937 Tuition

$24,323 Avg. Cost After Aid

827 Favorites

49 General Rank

39 Grad Rank

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Middlebury College

NCAA Division 3

$56,216 Tuition

$25,656 Avg. Cost After Aid

174 Favorites

18 General Rank

15 Grad Rank

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University of Denver

NCAA Division 1

$52,515 Tuition

$32,361 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,008 Favorites

37 General Rank

50 Grad Rank

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College of the Holy Cross

NCAA Division 1

$54,740 Tuition

$37,292 Avg. Cost After Aid

357 Favorites

29 General Rank

18 Grad Rank

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Bentley University

NCAA Division 1

$51,830 Tuition

$38,986 Avg. Cost After Aid

398 Favorites

35 General Rank

19 Grad Rank

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - RPI

NCAA Division 1

$55,378 Tuition

$35,464 Avg. Cost After Aid

309 Favorites

19 General Rank

28 Grad Rank

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Colby College

NCAA Division 3

$57,280 Tuition

$17,777 Avg. Cost After Aid

139 Favorites

21 General Rank

21 Grad Rank

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University of Vermont

NCAA Division 1

$43,690 Tuition

$18,982 Avg. Cost After Aid

734 Favorites

62 General Rank

51 Grad Rank

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St. Lawrence University

NCAA Division 1

$56,765 Tuition

$27,774 Avg. Cost After Aid

348 Favorites

38 General Rank

30 Grad Rank

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Union College - New York

NCAA Division 1

$57,324 Tuition

$34,779 Avg. Cost After Aid

434 Favorites

33 General Rank

37 Grad Rank

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Skidmore College

NCAA Division 3

$56,322 Tuition

$27,197 Avg. Cost After Aid

182 Favorites

30 General Rank

22 Grad Rank

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Wesleyan University

NCAA Division 3

$57,334 Tuition

$26,527 Avg. Cost After Aid

138 Favorites

21 General Rank

16 Grad Rank

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Arizona State University

NCAA Division 1

$29,428 Tuition

$11,706 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,119 Favorites

62 General Rank

90 Grad Rank

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University of Minnesota - Duluth

NCAA Division 1

$18,880 Tuition

$17,067 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,377 Favorites

59 General Rank

94 Grad Rank

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Canisius College

NCAA Division 1

$29,428 Tuition

$19,222 Avg. Cost After Aid

360 Favorites

44 General Rank

62 Grad Rank

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Niagara University

NCAA Division 1

$34,510 Tuition

$20,019 Avg. Cost After Aid

371 Favorites

44 General Rank

63 Grad Rank

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SUNY Geneseo

NCAA Division 3

$18,837 Tuition

$18,924 Avg. Cost After Aid

164 Favorites

43 General Rank

41 Grad Rank

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Trinity College - Connecticut

NCAA Division 3

$59,050 Tuition

$34,460 Avg. Cost After Aid

189 Favorites

31 General Rank

34 Grad Rank

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University of New Hampshire

NCAA Division 1

$35,409 Tuition

$24,067 Avg. Cost After Aid

639 Favorites

77 General Rank

52 Grad Rank

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Clarkson University

NCAA Division 1

$51,128 Tuition

$29,015 Avg. Cost After Aid

539 Favorites

68 General Rank

46 Grad Rank

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Merrimack College

NCAA Division 1

$43,340 Tuition

$33,650 Avg. Cost After Aid

483 Favorites

52 General Rank

56 Grad Rank

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St. Olaf College

NCAA Division 3

$49,710 Tuition

$23,543 Avg. Cost After Aid

109 Favorites

41 General Rank

26 Grad Rank

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Quinnipiac University

NCAA Division 1

$49,280 Tuition

$41,104 Avg. Cost After Aid

780 Favorites

96 General Rank

47 Grad Rank

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Mercyhurst University

NCAA Division 1

$40,170 Tuition

$23,886 Avg. Cost After Aid

372 Favorites

65 General Rank

74 Grad Rank

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SUNY Oswego

NCAA Division 3

$18,627 Tuition

$15,665 Avg. Cost After Aid

228 Favorites

65 General Rank

78 Grad Rank

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University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

NCAA Division 3

$17,115 Tuition

$16,020 Avg. Cost After Aid

201 Favorites

59 General Rank

77 Grad Rank

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Connecticut College

NCAA Division 3

$56,890 Tuition

$32,626 Avg. Cost After Aid

111 Favorites

33 General Rank

31 Grad Rank

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Wentworth Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

$34,970 Tuition

$36,113 Avg. Cost After Aid

250 Favorites

51 General Rank

61 Grad Rank

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University of St. Thomas - Minnesota

NCAA Division 1

$45,780 Tuition

$29,155 Avg. Cost After Aid

314 Favorites

77 General Rank

53 Grad Rank

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SUNY Plattsburgh

NCAA Division 3

$18,782 Tuition

$15,845 Avg. Cost After Aid

204 Favorites

71 General Rank

73 Grad Rank

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Michigan Technological University

NCAA Division 1

$35,196 Tuition

$16,463 Avg. Cost After Aid

426 Favorites

96 General Rank

71 Grad Rank

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Stonehill College

NCAA Division 2

$44,420 Tuition

$34,658 Avg. Cost After Aid

185 Favorites

69 General Rank

36 Grad Rank

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Rochester Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 1

$45,890 Tuition

$33,167 Avg. Cost After Aid

429 Favorites

62 General Rank

79 Grad Rank

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Endicott College

NCAA Division 3

$34,200 Tuition

$35,642 Avg. Cost After Aid

173 Favorites

46 General Rank

57 Grad Rank

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Assumption University

NCAA Division 2

$42,316 Tuition

$28,466 Avg. Cost After Aid

183 Favorites

52 General Rank

68 Grad Rank

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Lawrence University

NCAA Division 3

$49,122 Tuition

$22,214 Avg. Cost After Aid

81 Favorites

41 General Rank

42 Grad Rank

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Saint John's University - Minnesota

NCAA Division 3

$46,546 Tuition

$24,271 Avg. Cost After Aid

159 Favorites

74 General Rank

55 Grad Rank

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University of North Dakota

NCAA Division 1

$15,895 Tuition

$15,738 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,339 Favorites

129 General Rank

96 Grad Rank

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell

NCAA Division 1

$33,574 Tuition

$19,119 Avg. Cost After Aid

703 Favorites

119 General Rank

80 Grad Rank

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Lake Forest College

NCAA Division 3

$48,424 Tuition

$26,426 Avg. Cost After Aid

120 Favorites

57 General Rank

49 Grad Rank

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University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

NCAA Division 3

$16,980 Tuition

$14,465 Avg. Cost After Aid

239 Favorites

71 General Rank

104 Grad Rank

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Salve Regina University

NCAA Division 3

$41,450 Tuition

$34,644 Avg. Cost After Aid

116 Favorites

46 General Rank

44 Grad Rank

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Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

NCAA Division 3

$36,670 Tuition

$19,514 Avg. Cost After Aid

146 Favorites

52 General Rank

86 Grad Rank

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Saint Anselm College

NCAA Division 2

$41,800 Tuition

$32,781 Avg. Cost After Aid

144 Favorites

74 General Rank

43 Grad Rank

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St. Cloud State University

NCAA Division 1

$16,948 Tuition

$14,267 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,209 Favorites

101 General Rank

130 Grad Rank

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Minnesota State University - Mankato

NCAA Division 1

$16,730 Tuition

$16,221 Avg. Cost After Aid

666 Favorites

88 General Rank

126 Grad Rank

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Hamline University

NCAA Division 3

$42,774 Tuition

$20,866 Avg. Cost After Aid

107 Favorites

40 General Rank

69 Grad Rank

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SUNY Cortland

NCAA Division 3

$18,716 Tuition

$18,705 Avg. Cost After Aid

144 Favorites

79 General Rank

67 Grad Rank

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Lebanon Valley College

NCAA Division 3

$44,910 Tuition

$27,464 Avg. Cost After Aid

144 Favorites

84 General Rank

45 Grad Rank

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Nazareth College

NCAA Division 3

$35,641 Tuition

$29,994 Avg. Cost After Aid

134 Favorites

52 General Rank

65 Grad Rank

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Northern Michigan University

NCAA Division 1

$16,751 Tuition

$15,453 Avg. Cost After Aid

662 Favorites

92 General Rank

129 Grad Rank

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Saint Michael's College

NCAA Division 2

$47,045 Tuition

$27,927 Avg. Cost After Aid

150 Favorites

100 General Rank

35 Grad Rank

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Hobart & William Smith Colleges (Hobart)

NCAA Division 3

$57,030 Tuition

$32,940 Avg. Cost After Aid

108 Favorites

50 General Rank

48 Grad Rank

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Norwich University

NCAA Division 3

$41,496 Tuition

$24,701 Avg. Cost After Aid

193 Favorites

67 General Rank

99 Grad Rank

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University of Maine

NCAA Division 1

$31,748 Tuition

$17,558 Avg. Cost After Aid

890 Favorites

123 General Rank

115 Grad Rank

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Bowling Green State University

NCAA Division 1

$19,305 Tuition

$18,394 Avg. Cost After Aid

664 Favorites

129 General Rank

100 Grad Rank

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Bemidji State University

NCAA Division 1

$8,940 Tuition

$15,868 Avg. Cost After Aid

601 Favorites

98 General Rank

131 Grad Rank

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Augsburg University

NCAA Division 3

$39,955 Tuition

$24,653 Avg. Cost After Aid

155 Favorites

46 General Rank

113 Grad Rank

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Lake Superior State University

NCAA Division 1

$12,255 Tuition

$12,398 Avg. Cost After Aid

490 Favorites

107 General Rank

124 Grad Rank

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Milwaukee School of Engineering

NCAA Division 3

$42,162 Tuition

$24,440 Avg. Cost After Aid

103 Favorites

39 General Rank

84 Grad Rank

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Sacred Heart University

NCAA Division 1

$43,070 Tuition

$41,191 Avg. Cost After Aid

385 Favorites

121 General Rank

60 Grad Rank

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Robert Morris University - Pennsylvania

NCAA Division 1

$31,200 Tuition

$26,839 Avg. Cost After Aid

443 Favorites

120 General Rank

85 Grad Rank

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Arcadia University

NCAA Division 3

$44,440 Tuition

$27,189 Avg. Cost After Aid

124 Favorites

61 General Rank

81 Grad Rank

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University of Wisconsin - Stout

NCAA Division 3

$17,430 Tuition

$15,839 Avg. Cost After Aid

147 Favorites

79 General Rank

105 Grad Rank

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Fitchburg State University

NCAA Division 3

$16,690 Tuition

$16,001 Avg. Cost After Aid

278 Favorites

104 General Rank

110 Grad Rank

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University of Alaska - Anchorage

NCAA Division 1

$28,084 Tuition

$12,995 Avg. Cost After Aid

256 Favorites

84 General Rank

136 Grad Rank

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Dordt University

NAIA

$31,770 Tuition

$25,102 Avg. Cost After Aid

10 Favorites

76 General Rank

54 Grad Rank

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Western Michigan University

NCAA Division 1

$16,041 Tuition

$19,433 Avg. Cost After Aid

718 Favorites

132 General Rank

116 Grad Rank

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Bethel University - Minnesota

NCAA Division 3

$38,460 Tuition

$25,191 Avg. Cost After Aid

152 Favorites

121 General Rank

58 Grad Rank

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University of Nebraska at Omaha

NCAA Division 1

$21,244 Tuition

$14,040 Avg. Cost After Aid

539 Favorites

132 General Rank

127 Grad Rank

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Adrian College

NCAA Division 3

$37,809 Tuition

$26,101 Avg. Cost After Aid

282 Favorites

87 General Rank

125 Grad Rank

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Concordia College - Minnesota

NCAA Division 3

$41,566 Tuition

$23,029 Avg. Cost After Aid

132 Favorites

112 General Rank

64 Grad Rank

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SUNY College at Brockport

NCAA Division 3

$18,590 Tuition

$15,882 Avg. Cost After Aid

107 Favorites

84 General Rank

88 Grad Rank

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100

University of New England

NCAA Division 3

$38,750 Tuition

$34,118 Avg. Cost After Aid

284 Favorites

129 General Rank

76 Grad Rank

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