Best Women’s Swimming Colleges

Best Women’s Swimming Schools

NCSA analyzed over 635 four-year colleges with women’s colleges swimming programs across four division levels (D1, D2, D3 and NAIA) to develop a list of the Best Women’s Swimming 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

430 Favorites

1 General Rank

1 Grad Rank

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Stanford University

NCAA Division 1

$53,529 Tuition

$11,496 Avg. Cost After Aid

785 Favorites

5 General Rank

20 Grad Rank

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Harvard University

NCAA Division 1

$51,925 Tuition

$15,386 Avg. Cost After Aid

470 Favorites

1 General Rank

3 Grad Rank

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University of California - Los Angeles - UCLA

NCAA Division 1

$42,994 Tuition

$14,279 Avg. Cost After Aid

712 Favorites

19 General Rank

37 Grad Rank

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Yale University

NCAA Division 1

$55,500 Tuition

$17,549 Avg. Cost After Aid

424 Favorites

5 General Rank

2 Grad Rank

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University of California - Berkeley

NCAA Division 1

$44,007 Tuition

$15,329 Avg. Cost After Aid

727 Favorites

22 General Rank

33 Grad Rank

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NCAA Division 1

$36,159 Tuition

$12,352 Avg. Cost After Aid

536 Favorites

28 General Rank

46 Grad Rank

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University of Michigan

NCAA Division 1

$51,200 Tuition

$15,336 Avg. Cost After Aid

471 Favorites

22 General Rank

28 Grad Rank

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University of Florida

NCAA Division 1

$28,659 Tuition

$6,302 Avg. Cost After Aid

813 Favorites

28 General Rank

67 Grad Rank

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT

NCAA Division 3

$53,790 Tuition

$16,636 Avg. Cost After Aid

234 Favorites

1 General Rank

9 Grad Rank

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Vanderbilt University

NCAA Division 1

$52,070 Tuition

$19,432 Avg. Cost After Aid

464 Favorites

13 General Rank

29 Grad Rank

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Columbia University

NCAA Division 1

$61,788 Tuition

$23,306 Avg. Cost After Aid

452 Favorites

1 General Rank

7 Grad Rank

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University of California - San Diego

NCAA Division 1

$44,169 Tuition

$14,232 Avg. Cost After Aid

465 Favorites

33 General Rank

71 Grad Rank

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Georgia Tech

NCAA Division 1

$33,794 Tuition

$14,739 Avg. Cost After Aid

357 Favorites

35 General Rank

52 Grad Rank

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University of Georgia

NCAA Division 1

$31,120 Tuition

$13,649 Avg. Cost After Aid

534 Favorites

52 General Rank

73 Grad Rank

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University of Virginia

NCAA Division 1

$50,900 Tuition

$20,397 Avg. Cost After Aid

348 Favorites

25 General Rank

15 Grad Rank

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Rice University

NCAA Division 1

$49,112 Tuition

$16,999 Avg. Cost After Aid

243 Favorites

17 General Rank

32 Grad Rank

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Duke University

NCAA Division 1

$58,031 Tuition

$27,020 Avg. Cost After Aid

555 Favorites

8 General Rank

17 Grad Rank

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University of Texas - Austin

NCAA Division 1

$38,326 Tuition

$18,023 Avg. Cost After Aid

576 Favorites

35 General Rank

85 Grad Rank

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Florida State University

NCAA Division 1

$18,786 Tuition

$9,789 Avg. Cost After Aid

493 Favorites

63 General Rank

105 Grad Rank

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University of Pennsylvania - Penn

NCAA Division 1

$57,770 Tuition

$25,802 Avg. Cost After Aid

338 Favorites

8 General Rank

4 Grad Rank

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University of California - Santa Barbara

NCAA Division 1

$44,145 Tuition

$15,884 Avg. Cost After Aid

397 Favorites

28 General Rank

101 Grad Rank

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University of California - Davis

NCAA Division 1

$44,249 Tuition

$14,669 Avg. Cost After Aid

276 Favorites

35 General Rank

75 Grad Rank

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Ohio State University

NCAA Division 1

$32,061 Tuition

$17,616 Avg. Cost After Aid

413 Favorites

52 General Rank

81 Grad Rank

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Amherst College

NCAA Division 3

$58,640 Tuition

$18,524 Avg. Cost After Aid

164 Favorites

45 General Rank

7 Grad Rank

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Northwestern University

NCAA Division 1

$56,691 Tuition

$24,664 Avg. Cost After Aid

274 Favorites

8 General Rank

24 Grad Rank

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Brown University

NCAA Division 1

$58,404 Tuition

$29,392 Avg. Cost After Aid

356 Favorites

13 General Rank

6 Grad Rank

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University of Notre Dame

NCAA Division 1

$55,553 Tuition

$33,025 Avg. Cost After Aid

415 Favorites

19 General Rank

5 Grad Rank

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University of Wisconsin

NCAA Division 1

$37,785 Tuition

$17,708 Avg. Cost After Aid

268 Favorites

40 General Rank

69 Grad Rank

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Purdue University

NCAA Division 1

$28,794 Tuition

$13,986 Avg. Cost After Aid

388 Favorites

52 General Rank

123 Grad Rank

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University of Southern California

NCAA Division 1

$58,195 Tuition

$29,528 Avg. Cost After Aid

529 Favorites

25 General Rank

36 Grad Rank

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Johns Hopkins University

NCAA Division 3

$55,350 Tuition

$29,342 Avg. Cost After Aid

368 Favorites

8 General Rank

30 Grad Rank

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Emory University

NCAA Division 3

$53,804 Tuition

$23,734 Avg. Cost After Aid

320 Favorites

19 General Rank

50 Grad Rank

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University of Chicago

NCAA Division 3

$60,552 Tuition

$27,315 Avg. Cost After Aid

248 Favorites

5 General Rank

14 Grad Rank

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Williams College

NCAA Division 3

$57,280 Tuition

$19,480 Avg. Cost After Aid

162 Favorites

45 General Rank

11 Grad Rank

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William & Mary

NCAA Division 1

$46,854 Tuition

$19,800 Avg. Cost After Aid

229 Favorites

35 General Rank

48 Grad Rank

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Georgetown University

NCAA Division 1

$56,058 Tuition

$28,909 Avg. Cost After Aid

301 Favorites

22 General Rank

13 Grad Rank

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Cornell University

NCAA Division 1

$57,222 Tuition

$40,126 Avg. Cost After Aid

379 Favorites

17 General Rank

18 Grad Rank

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University of Illinois

NCAA Division 1

$32,264 Tuition

$15,880 Avg. Cost After Aid

200 Favorites

45 General Rank

86 Grad Rank

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Indiana University

NCAA Division 1

$36,512 Tuition

$13,253 Avg. Cost After Aid

486 Favorites

85 General Rank

151 Grad Rank

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Dartmouth College

NCAA Division 1

$57,638 Tuition

$33,574 Avg. Cost After Aid

236 Favorites

13 General Rank

10 Grad Rank

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Tufts University

NCAA Division 3

$58,578 Tuition

$30,744 Avg. Cost After Aid

254 Favorites

28 General Rank

21 Grad Rank

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Texas A&M University

NCAA Division 1

$38,602 Tuition

$19,057 Avg. Cost After Aid

552 Favorites

85 General Rank

126 Grad Rank

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California Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

$54,600 Tuition

$24,274 Avg. Cost After Aid

140 Favorites

8 General Rank

25 Grad Rank

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Boston College

NCAA Division 1

$57,910 Tuition

$35,899 Avg. Cost After Aid

298 Favorites

35 General Rank

23 Grad Rank

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Washington University in St. Louis

NCAA Division 3

$55,292 Tuition

$26,869 Avg. Cost After Aid

152 Favorites

13 General Rank

16 Grad Rank

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North Carolina State University

NCAA Division 1

$29,220 Tuition

$16,458 Avg. Cost After Aid

461 Favorites

102 General Rank

125 Grad Rank

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Swarthmore College

NCAA Division 3

$54,656 Tuition

$19,184 Avg. Cost After Aid

122 Favorites

45 General Rank

22 Grad Rank

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Boston University

NCAA Division 1

$55,892 Tuition

$30,259 Avg. Cost After Aid

369 Favorites

40 General Rank

66 Grad Rank

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Virginia Tech

NCAA Division 1

$32,835 Tuition

$21,198 Avg. Cost After Aid

328 Favorites

95 General Rank

83 Grad Rank

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Davidson College

NCAA Division 1

$53,166 Tuition

$19,115 Avg. Cost After Aid

135 Favorites

66 General Rank

38 Grad Rank

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Northeastern University

NCAA Division 1

$53,506 Tuition

$31,093 Avg. Cost After Aid

354 Favorites

52 General Rank

59 Grad Rank

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Carnegie Mellon University

NCAA Division 3

$57,119 Tuition

$34,508 Avg. Cost After Aid

203 Favorites

25 General Rank

47 Grad Rank

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Pomona-Pitzer Colleges

NCAA Division 3

$54,762 Tuition

$17,458 Avg. Cost After Aid

91 Favorites

49 General Rank

26 Grad Rank

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New York University

NCAA Division 3

$53,308 Tuition

$39,772 Avg. Cost After Aid

375 Favorites

28 General Rank

88 Grad Rank

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University of Minnesota

NCAA Division 1

$33,325 Tuition

$17,740 Avg. Cost After Aid

195 Favorites

85 General Rank

108 Grad Rank

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Villanova University

NCAA Division 1

$55,280 Tuition

$41,027 Avg. Cost After Aid

287 Favorites

52 General Rank

52 Grad Rank

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Pepperdine University

NCAA Division 1

$55,892 Tuition

$36,996 Avg. Cost After Aid

347 Favorites

52 General Rank

79 Grad Rank

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University of Richmond

NCAA Division 1

$54,690 Tuition

$25,838 Avg. Cost After Aid

173 Favorites

74 General Rank

63 Grad Rank

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University of Connecticut

NCAA Division 1

$39,894 Tuition

$22,012 Avg. Cost After Aid

162 Favorites

76 General Rank

91 Grad Rank

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Michigan State University

NCAA Division 1

$39,766 Tuition

$19,173 Avg. Cost After Aid

284 Favorites

110 General Rank

135 Grad Rank

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Rutgers University

NCAA Division 1

$32,189 Tuition

$21,654 Avg. Cost After Aid

163 Favorites

76 General Rank

100 Grad Rank

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University of Miami

NCAA Division 1

$51,930 Tuition

$46,949 Avg. Cost After Aid

440 Favorites

63 General Rank

105 Grad Rank

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Tulane University

NCAA Division 1

$56,800 Tuition

$37,841 Avg. Cost After Aid

225 Favorites

40 General Rank

78 Grad Rank

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Colgate University

NCAA Division 1

$58,045 Tuition

$25,834 Avg. Cost After Aid

136 Favorites

69 General Rank

44 Grad Rank

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James Madison University

NCAA Division 1

$29,106 Tuition

$22,169 Avg. Cost After Aid

250 Favorites

121 General Rank

95 Grad Rank

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Wellesley College

NCAA Division 3

$56,052 Tuition

$22,087 Avg. Cost After Aid

94 Favorites

49 General Rank

39 Grad Rank

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Washington & Lee University

NCAA Division 3

$54,830 Tuition

$22,615 Avg. Cost After Aid

93 Favorites

62 General Rank

19 Grad Rank

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

NCAA Division 1

$23,833 Tuition

$21,595 Avg. Cost After Aid

243 Favorites

121 General Rank

122 Grad Rank

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Bowdoin College

NCAA Division 3

$56,350 Tuition

$21,910 Avg. Cost After Aid

77 Favorites

49 General Rank

12 Grad Rank

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University of Pittsburgh

NCAA Division 1

$33,746 Tuition

$27,938 Avg. Cost After Aid

225 Favorites

73 General Rank

111 Grad Rank

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Lehigh University

NCAA Division 1

$55,240 Tuition

$29,301 Avg. Cost After Aid

127 Favorites

52 General Rank

52 Grad Rank

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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

NCAA Division 3

$56,475 Tuition

$22,161 Avg. Cost After Aid

90 Favorites

59 General Rank

40 Grad Rank

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Brandeis University

NCAA Division 3

$57,561 Tuition

$31,165 Avg. Cost After Aid

136 Favorites

40 General Rank

72 Grad Rank

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University of Rochester

NCAA Division 3

$56,030 Tuition

$29,522 Avg. Cost After Aid

125 Favorites

33 General Rank

70 Grad Rank

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University of Massachusetts - Amherst

NCAA Division 1

$35,710 Tuition

$22,501 Avg. Cost After Aid

157 Favorites

85 General Rank

124 Grad Rank

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Wesleyan University

NCAA Division 3

$57,334 Tuition

$26,527 Avg. Cost After Aid

102 Favorites

69 General Rank

35 Grad Rank

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Vassar College

NCAA Division 3

$58,770 Tuition

$26,208 Avg. Cost After Aid

109 Favorites

74 General Rank

41 Grad Rank

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Bucknell University

NCAA Division 1

$58,196 Tuition

$42,502 Avg. Cost After Aid

154 Favorites

97 General Rank

49 Grad Rank

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Middlebury College

NCAA Division 3

$56,216 Tuition

$25,656 Avg. Cost After Aid

87 Favorites

59 General Rank

31 Grad Rank

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Hamilton College

NCAA Division 3

$56,530 Tuition

$25,440 Avg. Cost After Aid

87 Favorites

66 General Rank

27 Grad Rank

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Auburn University

NCAA Division 1

$31,124 Tuition

$24,104 Avg. Cost After Aid

443 Favorites

171 General Rank

149 Grad Rank

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University of Delaware

NCAA Division 1

$35,710 Tuition

$17,220 Avg. Cost After Aid

136 Favorites

141 General Rank

136 Grad Rank

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Colby College

NCAA Division 3

$57,280 Tuition

$17,777 Avg. Cost After Aid

64 Favorites

69 General Rank

60 Grad Rank

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Case Western Reserve University

NCAA Division 3

$50,924 Tuition

$35,428 Avg. Cost After Aid

120 Favorites

40 General Rank

92 Grad Rank

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Texas Christian University

NCAA Division 1

$49,250 Tuition

$36,811 Avg. Cost After Aid

256 Favorites

110 General Rank

116 Grad Rank

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Colorado College

NCAA Division 3

$58,086 Tuition

$26,753 Avg. Cost After Aid

129 Favorites

81 General Rank

104 Grad Rank

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Brigham Young University

NCAA Division 1

$5,790 Tuition

$13,322 Avg. Cost After Aid

102 Favorites

102 General Rank

160 Grad Rank

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George Washington University

NCAA Division 1

$56,935 Tuition

$33,719 Avg. Cost After Aid

162 Favorites

76 General Rank

121 Grad Rank

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Lafayette College

NCAA Division 1

$55,752 Tuition

$32,551 Avg. Cost After Aid

134 Favorites

97 General Rank

68 Grad Rank

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Penn State

NCAA Division 1

$35,514 Tuition

$27,372 Avg. Cost After Aid

474 Favorites

76 General Rank

244 Grad Rank

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Grinnell College

NCAA Division 3

$54,354 Tuition

$22,486 Avg. Cost After Aid

75 Favorites

66 General Rank

64 Grad Rank

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University of San Diego

NCAA Division 1

$51,186 Tuition

$32,460 Avg. Cost After Aid

308 Favorites

141 General Rank

128 Grad Rank

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Southern Methodist University - SMU

NCAA Division 1

$56,560 Tuition

$36,222 Avg. Cost After Aid

165 Favorites

85 General Rank

131 Grad Rank

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University of California - Santa Cruz

NCAA Division 3

$43,745 Tuition

$18,186 Avg. Cost After Aid

280 Favorites

194 General Rank

193 Grad Rank

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University of Tennessee

NCAA Division 1

$31,664 Tuition

$18,825 Avg. Cost After Aid

429 Favorites

194 General Rank

226 Grad Rank

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Loyola Marymount University

NCAA Division 1

$50,683 Tuition

$42,861 Avg. Cost After Aid

177 Favorites

95 General Rank

142 Grad Rank

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University of Iowa

NCAA Division 1

$31,569 Tuition

$19,145 Avg. Cost After Aid

158 Favorites

110 General Rank

227 Grad Rank

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Oberlin College

NCAA Division 3

$56,822 Tuition

$34,077 Avg. Cost After Aid

112 Favorites

97 General Rank

76 Grad Rank

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Miami University

NCAA Division 1

$35,937 Tuition

$24,323 Avg. Cost After Aid

225 Favorites

194 General Rank

130 Grad Rank

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