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#149 Montclair State University

Upper Montclair, NJ

$532 per credit (in-state, full-time); $821 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,881

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#149 Portland State University

Portland, OR

$9,099 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,229 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,180
#149 University of Denver (Morgridge)

Denver, CO

$38,232 per year (full-time) 804
#149 University of Nevada​‒​Reno

Reno, NV

$240 per credit (in-state, full-time); $13,595 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 733
#155 California State University​‒​Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

$7,506 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,434 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,606
#155 Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

$773 per credit (full-time) 437
#155 Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, LA

$6,616 per year (in-state, full-time); $12,908 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,554
#155 Oakland University

Rochester, MI

$14,286 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,648 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,511
#155 Pennsylvania State University​‒​Harrisburg

Middletown, PA

$17,670 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,766 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 311
#155 University of Nevada​‒​Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV

$4,968 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,878 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 915
#161 Catholic University of America

Washington, DC

$36,320 per year (full-time) 46
#161 Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

$6,640 per year (in-state, full-time); $12,490 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,688
#161 Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

$1,045 per year (full-time) 1,291
#161 Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

$966 per credit (full-time) 677
#161 Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

$369 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,024 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 965
#161 Samford University (Beeson)

Birmingham, AL

$688 per credit (full-time) 240
#161 University of Montana

Missoula, MT

$6,788 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,455 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 356
#161 University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, CO

$7,668 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,604 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,151
#161 Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

$533 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,177 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,649
#170 Chapman University

Orange, CA

$849 per credit (full-time) 407
#170 Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

$16,300 per year (full-time) 471
#170 University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

$1,035 per credit (full-time) 959
#170 Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

$467 per credit (in-state, full-time); $583 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,121
#174 North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

$7,233 per year (in-state, full-time); $10,301 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 216
#174 Seattle University

Seattle, WA

$598 per credit (full-time) 524

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