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President Obama announced a website called College Scorecard that will help determine which colleges and universities offer students the best value? The calculation used there takes into account a school’s academic quality, as indicated by its 2016 U.S. News Best Colleges ranking, and the 2014-2015 net cost of attendance for a student who received the average level of need-based financial aid. The higher the quality of the program and the lower the cost, the better the deal. Only schools ranked in or near the top half of their categories are included, because U.S. News considers the most significant values to be among colleges that are above average academically. Land Grants and polytechnic colleges are in bold.
| School | School average yearly cost | School graduation rate | School salary after attending | |
| 1. | Stanford University | $15,713 | 95% | $80,900 |
| 2. | Cornell University | $26,484 | 93% | $70,900 |
| 3. | George Washington University | $30,206 | 80% | $64,500 |
| 4. | Drexel University | $33,742 | 67% | $61,100 |
| 5. | Virginia Tech | $19,993 | 83% | $57,900 |
| 6. | Maryland-College Park | $16,299 | 83% | $59,100 |
| 7. | Simmons College | $29,085 | 69% | $51,400 |
| 8. | University of Delaware | $15,998 | 81% | $54,300 |
| 9. | Texas A&M College Station | $10,912 | 79% | $52,900 |
| 10. | University of Connecticut – Tri-Campus | $8,846 | 51% | $53,900 |
| 11. | University of Connecticut – Avery Point | $10,141 | 48% | $53,900 |
| 12. | University of Connecticut – Stamford | $8,438 | 58% | $53,900 |
| 13. | University of Connecticut, Storrs | $19,431 | 83% | $53,900 |
| 14. | Texas Christian University (TCU) | $31,257 | 76% | $49,100 |
| 15. | Cal Poly – SLO | $17,112 | 71% | $60,900 |
| 16. | University of Wisconsin – Madison | $18,387 | 82% | $51,000 |
| 17. | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | $18,798 | 84% | $56,600 |
| 18. | Iowa State University | $14,336 | 69% | $47,200 |
| 19. | Purdue University | $15,543 | 70% | $52,600 |
| 20 | North Dakota State | $14,404 | 53% | $46,300 |
| 21. | Park University | $12,335 | 42% | $43,900 |
| 22. | University of Minnesota | $17,208 | 74% | $47,800 |
| 23. | Texas Tech | $15,403 | 60% | $46,100 |
| 24. | North Carolina State | $13,164 | 72% | $47,500 |
| 25. | Washington – Seattle | $11,904 | 81% | $52,100 |
| 26. | Clemson University | $12,377 | 82% | $49,400 |
| 27. | Michigan State | $16,507 | 78% | $49,800 |
| 28. | Rutgers | $19,770 | 80% | $54,800 |
| 29. | Upper Iowa University | $17,602 | 40% | $40,300 |
| 30. | California Berkeley | $13,769 | 91% | $62,700 |
| Source: U.S. Department of Education | ||||
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