15 Least and Most Expensive Colleges in the U.S. [Video]

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Paying for college is no easy task.

Families often start saving nearly as soon as their children are out of the womb, and some even begin planning where to live before that, aiming to get the best value within their home state. However, with the right research and accurate data, college planning doesn’t have to be such a daunting task.

To assist with this process, EDsmart—a website that helps guide learners to the most valuable college degrees—collected data from College Scorecard to identify some of the least expensive colleges in the United States.

We filtered the data focusing on schools that offer Bachelor’s degrees at minimum. Special-focus institutions (e.g., performing arts, health, faith-related), online/distance education institutions, and institutions located in U.S. territories were filtered out. We then sorted the results by net price to identify the 15 least and 15 most expensive colleges in the U.S.

Net pricerepresents the average annual cost that a student who receives federal financial aid …