Real costs by region · Southeast · families earning $30,000–$48,000
25 Southeast colleges under $8,000 a year — if you earn $30,000–$48,000.
Across 199 Southeast colleges, families earning $30,000–$48,000 paid between $1,876 and $48,213 a year. The 25 cheapest are all under $8,000 — and 4 of them are private.
| School | Type | Admit | Sticker / yr | This band paidPaid |
|---|
| Vanderbilt University | Private | 6% | $89,590 | $1,876 |
| University of Florida-Online | Public | 61% | $17,843 | $2,286 |
| University of Florida | Public | 24% | $22,523 | $2,768 |
| Northern Kentucky University | Public | 68% | $19,725 | $3,630 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Public | 15% | $26,055 | $3,918 |
| Florida Atlantic University | Public | 66% | $21,522 | $4,135 |
| Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College | Public | 76% | $13,956 | $4,299 |
| Elizabeth City State University | Public | 64% | $17,701 | $4,538 |
| Berea College | Private | 19% | $60,718 | $4,598 |
| Davidson College | Private | 13% | $79,475 | $5,354 |
| University of South Florida | Public | 43% | $22,859 | $5,444 |
| Wake Forest University | Private | 22% | $87,499 | $6,331 |
| Murray State University | Public | 86% | $23,485 | $6,347 |
| University of West Florida | Public | 58% | $19,947 | $6,462 |
| Kentucky State University | Public | 96% | $21,727 | $6,739 |
| Gordon State College | Public | 86% | $14,771 | $6,817 |
| University of North Florida | Public | 53% | $20,983 | $6,866 |
| Western Kentucky University | Public | 94% | $24,188 | $6,871 |
| Fayetteville State University | Public | 82% | $16,652 | $6,908 |
| Florida State University | Public | 24% | $25,720 | $6,963 |
| Clayton State University | Public | 68% | $17,415 | $7,032 |
| Morehead State University | Public | 77% | $21,961 | $7,057 |
| University of Central Florida | Public | 40% | $23,133 | $7,174 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | Public | 14% | $28,167 | $7,209 |
| University of North Georgia | Public | 68% | $18,177 | $7,261 |
"Paid" is the average net price reported to the U.S. Department of Education for aided families at $30,000–$48,000 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.
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