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Rank Not Published Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

$184 per credit (in-state, full-time); $505 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 969

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#177 Columbus State University

Columbus, GA

$185 per credit (in-state, full-time); $740 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 553
#100 Louisiana State University​‒​Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA

$5,875 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,263 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 512
Rank Not Published Texas A&M University​‒​Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, TX

$196 per credit (in-state, full-time); $547 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 700
#144 University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

$197 per credit (in-state, full-time); $417 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 562
#60 Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA

$6,048 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,600 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,582
#111 Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

$6,264 per year (in-state, full-time); $9,564 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 808
Rank Not Published University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, MS

$6,336 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,448 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 859
#119 University of Alabama​‒​Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

$6,420 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,574 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 748
Rank Not Published Grambling State University

Grambling, LA

$218 per credit (in-state, full-time); $683 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 263
#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
#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
Rank Not Published Stephen F. Austin State University

Nacogdoches, TX

$222 per credit (in-state, full-time); $573 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 925
Rank Not Published Virginia State University

Petersburg, VA

$6,674 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,642 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 343
#65 San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

$6,738 per year (in-state, full-time); $372 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,155
#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
#161 University of Montana

Missoula, MT

$6,788 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,455 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 356
#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
#111 West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

$6,810 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,508 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,249
Rank Not Published Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, TX

$237 per credit (in-state, full-time); $588 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,266
#108 University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

$7,162 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,950 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 490
#149 University of Nevada​‒​Reno

Reno, NV

$240 per credit (in-state, full-time); $13,595 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 733
#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
#127 University of Nebraska​‒​Omaha

Omaha, NE

$245 per credit (in-state, full-time); $646 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 498
#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

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