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The short answer

Find colleges where your SAT or ACT score is typical, the easiest colleges to get into, colleges with no application fee, the cheapest colleges after aid for your family's income, and the easiest, most selective and cheapest colleges in 29 states.

Each list is built from federal data (IPEDS and the College Scorecard) and, where it is newer, the college's own Common Data Set. Every row shows its number with the source and year. A list goes up only when at least 10 colleges qualify.

By SAT score

Colleges where the score is in the middle 50% of first-year SAT totals.

By ACT score

Colleges where the score is in the middle 50% of first-year ACT composites.

Cheapest after aid, by family income

Lowest average price after grants for each income band, at colleges where most students graduate.

Financial aid

Colleges whose Common Data Set reports meeting 100% of first-year financial need.

Getting in and applying

The highest acceptance rates, open admission, and colleges with no application fee.

For out-of-state students

Public universities that charge students from other states the least.

By test rule for fall 2027

Each rule read on the college's own admissions site.

By state

Four-year colleges with 500 or more undergraduates in each state, by acceptance rate or average price after grants.

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