Best Women's Basketball Colleges (2023 Update)

Best Colleges for Women’s Basketball

NCSA analyzed 1,294 four-year colleges with women’s college basketball programs across four division levels (D1, D2, D3 and NAIA) to develop a list of the Best Women’s Basketball 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

1,747 Favorites

3 General Rank

12 Grad Rank

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Princeton University

NCAA Division 1

$56,010 Tuition

$11,080 Avg. Cost After Aid

426 Favorites

1 General Rank

1 Grad Rank

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Harvard University

NCAA Division 1

$55,587 Tuition

$13,259 Avg. Cost After Aid

605 Favorites

3 General Rank

5 Grad Rank

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University of Florida

NCAA Division 1

$28,659 Tuition

$3,679 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,322 Favorites

29 General Rank

67 Grad Rank

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT

NCAA Division 3

$55,878 Tuition

$5,084 Avg. Cost After Aid

221 Favorites

2 General Rank

7 Grad Rank

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Columbia University

NCAA Division 1

$63,530 Tuition

$12,836 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,130 Favorites

18 General Rank

3 Grad Rank

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Yale University

NCAA Division 1

$59,950 Tuition

$16,341 Avg. Cost After Aid

640 Favorites

3 General Rank

4 Grad Rank

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University of Pennsylvania - Penn

NCAA Division 1

$61,710 Tuition

$14,851 Avg. Cost After Aid

383 Favorites

7 General Rank

6 Grad Rank

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University of California - Los Angeles - UCLA

NCAA Division 1

$43,012 Tuition

$11,627 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,325 Favorites

20 General Rank

39 Grad Rank

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University of California - Berkeley

NCAA Division 1

$43,980 Tuition

$15,240 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,015 Favorites

20 General Rank

31 Grad Rank

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Johns Hopkins University

NCAA Division 3

$58,720 Tuition

$14,254 Avg. Cost After Aid

313 Favorites

7 General Rank

15 Grad Rank

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University of Michigan

NCAA Division 1

$53,232 Tuition

$17,086 Avg. Cost After Aid

997 Favorites

25 General Rank

24 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

980 Favorites

29 General Rank

72 Grad Rank

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University of Virginia

NCAA Division 1

$53,626 Tuition

$20,507 Avg. Cost After Aid

524 Favorites

25 General Rank

22 Grad Rank

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Vanderbilt University

NCAA Division 1

$56,966 Tuition

$22,204 Avg. Cost After Aid

680 Favorites

13 General Rank

27 Grad Rank

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Georgia Tech

NCAA Division 1

$33,964 Tuition

$14,820 Avg. Cost After Aid

874 Favorites

44 General Rank

50 Grad Rank

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Duke University

NCAA Division 1

$60,244 Tuition

$31,416 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,358 Favorites

10 General Rank

10 Grad Rank

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Brown University

NCAA Division 1

$62,304 Tuition

$26,308 Avg. Cost After Aid

447 Favorites

13 General Rank

11 Grad Rank

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Georgetown University

NCAA Division 1

$59,957 Tuition

$24,570 Avg. Cost After Aid

491 Favorites

22 General Rank

14 Grad Rank

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Northwestern University

NCAA Division 1

$60,768 Tuition

$28,230 Avg. Cost After Aid

496 Favorites

10 General Rank

13 Grad Rank

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Rice University

NCAA Division 1

$52,895 Tuition

$17,805 Avg. Cost After Aid

462 Favorites

15 General Rank

38 Grad Rank

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University of Notre Dame

NCAA Division 1

$58,843 Tuition

$32,369 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,154 Favorites

18 General Rank

8 Grad Rank

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University of Wisconsin

NCAA Division 1

$38,608 Tuition

$16,708 Avg. Cost After Aid

502 Favorites

38 General Rank

83 Grad Rank

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University of Chicago

NCAA Division 3

$62,241 Tuition

$22,690 Avg. Cost After Aid

351 Favorites

6 General Rank

8 Grad Rank

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University of Georgia

NCAA Division 1

$31,108 Tuition

$14,995 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,020 Favorites

49 General Rank

91 Grad Rank

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University of Texas - Austin

NCAA Division 1

$40,996 Tuition

$17,519 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,763 Favorites

38 General Rank

92 Grad Rank

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University of Southern California

NCAA Division 1

$61,503 Tuition

$25,972 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,078 Favorites

25 General Rank

49 Grad Rank

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University of California - San Diego

NCAA Division 1

$44,454 Tuition

$14,895 Avg. Cost After Aid

427 Favorites

34 General Rank

80 Grad Rank

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Cornell University

NCAA Division 1

$61,015 Tuition

$29,011 Avg. Cost After Aid

482 Favorites

17 General Rank

16 Grad Rank

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Florida State University

NCAA Division 1

$18,786 Tuition

$9,561 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,866 Favorites

55 General Rank

168 Grad Rank

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Ohio State University

NCAA Division 1

$35,019 Tuition

$18,623 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,500 Favorites

49 General Rank

86 Grad Rank

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Purdue University

NCAA Division 1

$28,794 Tuition

$9,127 Avg. Cost After Aid

687 Favorites

51 General Rank

178 Grad Rank

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University of Washington

NCAA Division 1

$39,906 Tuition

$10,933 Avg. Cost After Aid

591 Favorites

55 General Rank

145 Grad Rank

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University of California - Santa Barbara

NCAA Division 1

$44,171 Tuition

$15,458 Avg. Cost After Aid

413 Favorites

32 General Rank

131 Grad Rank

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University of California - Davis

NCAA Division 1

$44,399 Tuition

$14,920 Avg. Cost After Aid

432 Favorites

38 General Rank

104 Grad Rank

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University of California - Irvine

NCAA Division 1

$43,529 Tuition

$9,691 Avg. Cost After Aid

359 Favorites

34 General Rank

150 Grad Rank

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University of Maryland

NCAA Division 1

$38,636 Tuition

$17,500 Avg. Cost After Aid

743 Favorites

55 General Rank

93 Grad Rank

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William & Mary

NCAA Division 1

$47,038 Tuition

$18,650 Avg. Cost After Aid

368 Favorites

41 General Rank

64 Grad Rank

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Dartmouth College

NCAA Division 1

$60,870 Tuition

$33,023 Avg. Cost After Aid

359 Favorites

12 General Rank

26 Grad Rank

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University of Illinois

NCAA Division 1

$32,892 Tuition

$15,483 Avg. Cost After Aid

443 Favorites

41 General Rank

136 Grad Rank

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Wake Forest University

NCAA Division 1

$59,770 Tuition

$29,214 Avg. Cost After Aid

528 Favorites

29 General Rank

74 Grad Rank

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Michigan State University

NCAA Division 1

$40,562 Tuition

$10,925 Avg. Cost After Aid

866 Favorites

77 General Rank

187 Grad Rank

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Virginia Tech

NCAA Division 1

$33,857 Tuition

$20,927 Avg. Cost After Aid

644 Favorites

62 General Rank

109 Grad Rank

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North Carolina State University

NCAA Division 1

$29,916 Tuition

$16,239 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,203 Favorites

72 General Rank

139 Grad Rank

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Boston University

NCAA Division 1

$59,816 Tuition

$26,170 Avg. Cost After Aid

431 Favorites

41 General Rank

80 Grad Rank

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University of Minnesota

NCAA Division 1

$33,818 Tuition

$17,419 Avg. Cost After Aid

522 Favorites

62 General Rank

142 Grad Rank

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United States Naval Academy

NCAA Division 1

$4,799 Tuition

$4,022 Avg. Cost After Aid

109 Favorites

6 General Rank

54 Grad Rank

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Clemson University

NCAA Division 1

$38,550 Tuition

$22,116 Avg. Cost After Aid

945 Favorites

77 General Rank

128 Grad Rank

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Texas A&M University

NCAA Division 1

$40,134 Tuition

$20,976 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,547 Favorites

67 General Rank

165 Grad Rank

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Rutgers University

NCAA Division 1

$33,005 Tuition

$15,365 Avg. Cost After Aid

327 Favorites

55 General Rank

148 Grad Rank

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Emory University

NCAA Division 3

$55,468 Tuition

$25,424 Avg. Cost After Aid

361 Favorites

22 General Rank

76 Grad Rank

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University of Massachusetts - Amherst

NCAA Division 1

$36,964 Tuition

$16,197 Avg. Cost After Aid

214 Favorites

67 General Rank

149 Grad Rank

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Indiana University

NCAA Division 1

$38,352 Tuition

$14,216 Avg. Cost After Aid

620 Favorites

72 General Rank

209 Grad Rank

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Boston College

NCAA Division 1

$61,706 Tuition

$38,412 Avg. Cost After Aid

741 Favorites

36 General Rank

69 Grad Rank

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Tufts University

NCAA Division 3

$63,000 Tuition

$35,683 Avg. Cost After Aid

284 Favorites

32 General Rank

20 Grad Rank

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Villanova University

NCAA Division 1

$59,020 Tuition

$34,784 Avg. Cost After Aid

686 Favorites

51 General Rank

62 Grad Rank

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Washington University in St. Louis

NCAA Division 3

$58,866 Tuition

$27,595 Avg. Cost After Aid

244 Favorites

15 General Rank

28 Grad Rank

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University of Connecticut

NCAA Division 1

$41,192 Tuition

$21,724 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,592 Favorites

67 General Rank

171 Grad Rank

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Amherst College

NCAA Division 3

$61,150 Tuition

$17,304 Avg. Cost After Aid

187 Favorites

2 General Rank

37 Grad Rank

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University of Miami

NCAA Division 1

$54,760 Tuition

$30,742 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,182 Favorites

55 General Rank

163 Grad Rank

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University of Pittsburgh

NCAA Division 1

$35,394 Tuition

$27,926 Avg. Cost After Aid

469 Favorites

62 General Rank

141 Grad Rank

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University of South Florida

NCAA Division 1

$17,324 Tuition

$8,318 Avg. Cost After Aid

967 Favorites

97 General Rank

296 Grad Rank

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Northeastern University

NCAA Division 1

$57,592 Tuition

$34,255 Avg. Cost After Aid

300 Favorites

44 General Rank

70 Grad Rank

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Davidson College

NCAA Division 1

$55,200 Tuition

$17,057 Avg. Cost After Aid

440 Favorites

15 General Rank

79 Grad Rank

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Auburn University

NCAA Division 1

$31,986 Tuition

$23,258 Avg. Cost After Aid

871 Favorites

97 General Rank

208 Grad Rank

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Williams College

NCAA Division 3

$59,660 Tuition

$14,739 Avg. Cost After Aid

134 Favorites

1 General Rank

19 Grad Rank

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United States Air Force Academy

NCAA Division 1

$7,326 Tuition

$11,513 Avg. Cost After Aid

174 Favorites

18 General Rank

114 Grad Rank

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Carnegie Mellon University

NCAA Division 3

$58,924 Tuition

$37,846 Avg. Cost After Aid

220 Favorites

22 General Rank

33 Grad Rank

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Lehigh University

NCAA Division 1

$57,470 Tuition

$32,698 Avg. Cost After Aid

279 Favorites

51 General Rank

98 Grad Rank

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Syracuse University

NCAA Division 1

$57,591 Tuition

$32,516 Avg. Cost After Aid

817 Favorites

62 General Rank

181 Grad Rank

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University of Rochester

NCAA Division 3

$59,378 Tuition

$31,171 Avg. Cost After Aid

198 Favorites

36 General Rank

126 Grad Rank

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University of Delaware

NCAA Division 1

$36,880 Tuition

$18,313 Avg. Cost After Aid

267 Favorites

89 General Rank

185 Grad Rank

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San Diego State University

NCAA Division 1

$20,016 Tuition

$6,488 Avg. Cost After Aid

504 Favorites

151 General Rank

268 Grad Rank

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University of Central Florida

NCAA Division 1

$22,467 Tuition

$9,217 Avg. Cost After Aid

618 Favorites

137 General Rank

290 Grad Rank

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Brigham Young University

NCAA Division 1

$6,120 Tuition

$13,522 Avg. Cost After Aid

381 Favorites

89 General Rank

259 Grad Rank

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Gonzaga University

NCAA Division 1

$48,470 Tuition

$30,828 Avg. Cost After Aid

527 Favorites

83 General Rank

133 Grad Rank

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University of South Carolina

NCAA Division 1

$33,928 Tuition

$20,796 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,662 Favorites

115 General Rank

239 Grad Rank

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New York University

NCAA Division 3

$56,500 Tuition

$39,565 Avg. Cost After Aid

360 Favorites

25 General Rank

107 Grad Rank

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University of Oregon

NCAA Division 1

$40,464 Tuition

$18,699 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,422 Favorites

105 General Rank

302 Grad Rank

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University of Iowa

NCAA Division 1

$31,905 Tuition

$19,443 Avg. Cost After Aid

822 Favorites

83 General Rank

320 Grad Rank

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California Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

$58,680 Tuition

$29,279 Avg. Cost After Aid

121 Favorites

9 General Rank

30 Grad Rank

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Miami University

NCAA Division 1

$37,379 Tuition

$24,592 Avg. Cost After Aid

370 Favorites

105 General Rank

172 Grad Rank

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Pomona-Pitzer Colleges

NCAA Division 3

$56,686 Tuition

$9,170 Avg. Cost After Aid

101 Favorites

3 General Rank

29 Grad Rank

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University of Richmond

NCAA Division 1

$58,570 Tuition

$29,232 Avg. Cost After Aid

258 Favorites

18 General Rank

82 Grad Rank

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Baylor University

NCAA Division 1

$50,232 Tuition

$37,248 Avg. Cost After Aid

2,492 Favorites

77 General Rank

194 Grad Rank

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California State University - Long Beach

NCAA Division 1

$18,726 Tuition

$8,338 Avg. Cost After Aid

528 Favorites

137 General Rank

284 Grad Rank

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Santa Clara University

NCAA Division 1

$55,860 Tuition

$43,228 Avg. Cost After Aid

356 Favorites

55 General Rank

68 Grad Rank

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Pepperdine University

NCAA Division 1

$59,702 Tuition

$35,167 Avg. Cost After Aid

463 Favorites

55 General Rank

174 Grad Rank

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Colgate University

NCAA Division 1

$61,966 Tuition

$24,489 Avg. Cost After Aid

198 Favorites

18 General Rank

73 Grad Rank

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Iowa State University

NCAA Division 1

$25,446 Tuition

$15,351 Avg. Cost After Aid

539 Favorites

127 General Rank

271 Grad Rank

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United States Military Academy

NCAA Division 1

$7,326 Tuition

$18,623 Avg. Cost After Aid

112 Favorites

9 General Rank

154 Grad Rank

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University of Oklahoma

NCAA Division 1

$27,816 Tuition

$19,867 Avg. Cost After Aid

716 Favorites

127 General Rank

277 Grad Rank

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University of San Diego

NCAA Division 1

$52,864 Tuition

$28,071 Avg. Cost After Aid

591 Favorites

97 General Rank

218 Grad Rank

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Bowdoin College

NCAA Division 3

$58,322 Tuition

$16,925 Avg. Cost After Aid

124 Favorites

6 General Rank

21 Grad Rank

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George Washington University

NCAA Division 1

$59,870 Tuition

$26,272 Avg. Cost After Aid

304 Favorites

62 General Rank

151 Grad Rank

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Penn State

NCAA Division 1

$36,476 Tuition

$27,521 Avg. Cost After Aid

546 Favorites

77 General Rank

372 Grad Rank

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University of Tennessee

NCAA Division 1

$31,664 Tuition

$18,853 Avg. Cost After Aid

1,303 Favorites

115 General Rank

378 Grad Rank

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Texas Christian University

NCAA Division 1

$51,660 Tuition

$39,155 Avg. Cost After Aid

636 Favorites

89 General Rank

176 Grad Rank

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University of California - Riverside

NCAA Division 1

$43,508 Tuition

$13,233 Avg. Cost After Aid

347 Favorites

89 General Rank

263 Grad Rank

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James Madison University

NCAA Division 1

$29,564 Tuition

$22,431 Avg. Cost After Aid

355 Favorites

151 General Rank

192 Grad Rank

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