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Real costs by region · West · families earning $30,000–$48,000

25 West colleges under $8,000 a year — if you earn $30,000–$48,000.

Across 157 West colleges, families earning $30,000–$48,000 paid between $2,680 and $44,821 a year. The 25 cheapest are all under $8,000 — and 4 of them are private.

School	Type	Admit	Sticker / yr	This band paidPaid
California State University-San Bernardino	Public	94%	$17,427	$2,680
California State University-Los Angeles	Public	91%	$18,403	$2,974
California State University-Bakersfield	Public	94%	$19,522	$3,817
California State University-Fullerton	Public	91%	$18,269	$4,123
California State University-Stanislaus	Public	98%	$19,739	$4,467
Scripps College	Private	38%	$87,564	$4,522
Brigham Young University-Idaho	Private	96%	$15,246	$4,579
California State University-Fresno	Public	95%	$20,095	$5,429
California State University-Northridge	Public	93%	$20,485	$5,450
University of the Virgin Islands	Public	99%	$17,771	$5,968
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	Public	83%	$25,346	$6,135
University of Washington-Bothell Campus	Public	91%	$26,908	$6,350
University of California-Berkeley	Public	11%	$45,619	$6,501
University of California-Los Angeles	Public	9%	$38,614	$6,682
California State University-Sacramento	Public	94%	$22,945	$7,001
Pomona College	Private	7%	$85,300	$7,026
California State University-East Bay	Public	97%	$22,850	$7,031
University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Public	39%	$32,446	$7,039
University of Hawaii-West Oahu	Public	95%	$18,410	$7,077
California State University-Channel Islands	Public	95%	$23,561	$7,083
Southern Utah University	Public	82%	$19,416	$7,235
California State University-San Marcos	Public	95%	$21,649	$7,240
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	Public	31%	$32,265	$7,253
Claremont McKenna College	Private	10%	$86,500	$7,360
University of Wyoming	Public	97%	$24,818	$7,730

"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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