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#26 University of Minnesota​‒​Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

$14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,880

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#27 University of Maryland​‒​College Park

College Park, MD

$551 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,188 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 986
#28 Pennsylvania State University​‒​University Park

University Park, PA

$17,670 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,374 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,138
#28 University of Colorado​‒​Boulder

Boulder, CO

$9,738 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,208 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 354
#28 University of Connecticut (Neag)

Storrs, CT

$10,782 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,990 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 796
#28 Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

$9,530 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,594 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,075
#32 College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

$6,779 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,608 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 398
#32 Purdue University​‒​West Lafayette

West Lafayette, IN

$9,208 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,010 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 523
#32 University of Illinois​‒​Chicago

Chicago, IL

$10,882 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,880 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 691
#32 University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

$9,310 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,562 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 693
#32 University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

$19,336 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,658 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,047
#37 University of California​‒​Irvine

Irvine, CA

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 229
#37 University of Delaware

Newark, DE

$27,240 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,240 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 363
#37 University of North Carolina​‒​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

$8,834 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,924 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 522
#40 Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

$1,249 per credit (full-time) 678
#40 University of California​‒​Santa Barbara (Gevirtz)

Santa Barbara, CA

$12,957 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,059 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 344
#40 University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

$449 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,249 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,268
#43 University of Georgia

Athens, GA

$7,400 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,400 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,857
#44 Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

$404 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,035 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,069
#44 George Washington University

Washington, DC

$1,310 per credit (full-time) 1,699
#46 University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

$1,660 per credit (full-time) 310
#47 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey​‒​New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ

$15,024 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,600 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,008
#47 Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

$687 per credit (in-state, full-time); $961 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,153
#47 Texas A&M University​‒​College Station

College Station, TX

$227 per credit (in-state, full-time); $778 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,289
#47 University at Albany​‒​SUNY

Albany, NY

$9,370 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,680 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,001

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