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Real costs by region · Midwest · families earning over $110,000

25 Midwest colleges under $18,000 a year — if you earn over $110,000.

Across 274 Midwest colleges, families earning over $110,000 paid between $6,135 and $55,790 a year. The 25 cheapest are all under $18,000 — and 7 of them are private.

School	Type	Admit	Sticker / yr	This band paidPaid
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	Private	93%	$57,380	$6,135
Central State University	Public	99%	$21,929	$10,187
College of the Ozarks	Private	12%	$33,734	$10,426
Indiana University-Kokomo	Public	86%	$11,837	$10,593
University of Michigan-Flint	Public	70%	$20,915	$12,333
Indiana University-Northwest	Public	73%	$13,989	$13,042
Purdue University Northwest	Public	72%	$15,571	$13,645
Indiana University-Southeast	Public	84%	$16,411	$14,276
Carroll University	Private	67%	$52,639	$14,891
Missouri Southern State University	Public	97%	$19,568	$15,083
Minot State University	Public	65%	$19,339	$15,632
Indiana University-South Bend	Public	84%	$17,364	$15,825
Indiana University-East	Public	67%	$16,954	$16,067
University of Illinois Springfield	Public	86%	$25,521	$16,544
Fort Hays State University	Public	90%	$19,909	$16,641
Dickinson State University	Public	37%	$20,567	$16,922
Truman State University	Public	84%	$25,115	$17,220
Andrews University	Private	82%	$45,218	$17,340
University of Michigan-Dearborn	Public	56%	$24,040	$17,529
Siena Heights University	Private	69%	$44,449	$17,857
University of Wisconsin-Superior	Public	93%	$19,860	$17,859
Saint Xavier University	Private	84%	$43,244	$17,864
University of Wisconsin-Parkside	Public	75%	$18,199	$17,917
Northern State University	Public	93%	$22,077	$17,933
National Louis University	Private	95%	$24,154	$17,956

"Paid" is the average net price reported to the U.S. Department of Education for aided families at over $110,000 household income — planning data, not an offer. Public colleges show in-state prices; out-of-state families typically pay more. Colleges enrolling fewer than 1,000 students are excluded, because federal price cells at very small schools are volatile enough to manufacture patterns that disappear at scale. A low price and a low admit rate are different things — the admit column is there so the two are never confused. Federal reporting groups every income above $110k into one band; families well above it often pay closer to the full cost.

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