เว็บไซต์ Kiplinger ได้ทำการจัดอันดับ มหาวิทยาลัยที่คุ้มค่าในการมาเรียนมากที่สุด ประจำปี 2017 โดยใช้เกณฑ์การวัดคือ อัตราการรับนักศึกษา อัตราการจบของนักศึกษา แต่ค่าเล่าเรียน
มหาวิทยาลัยที่จะยกมาในบทความนี้มีทั้งหมด 17 แห่งด้วยกัน โดยบางแห่งอาจจะไม่ค่อยมีชื่อเสียงมากนักในระดับโลก แต่คุ้มค่าในการมาเรียนแน่นอนครับ
17. Rice University
Admission rate: 16%
Total cost per year: $58,448
Avg. need-based aid: $36,025
Avg. debt at graduation: $25,528
16. Wesleyan University
Admission rate: 22%
Total cost per year: $66,062
Avg. need-based aid: $41,244
Avg. debt at graduation: $24,860
15. Williams College
Admission rate: 18%
Total cost per year: $66,280
Avg. need-based aid: $46,007
Avg. debt at graduation: $16,593
14. Amherst College
Admission rate: 14%
Total cost per year: $67,446
Avg. need-based aid: $49,134
Avg. debt at graduation: $15,756
13. Yale University
Admission rate: 7%
Total cost per year: $68,230
Avg. need-based aid: $47,960
Avg. debt at graduation: $15,521
12. Pomona College
Admission rate: 10%
Total cost per year: $65,857
Avg. need-based aid: $42,064
Avg. debt at graduation: $13,381
11. Middlebury College
Admission rate: 17%
Total cost per year: $65,332
Avg. need-based aid: $41,778
Avg. debt at graduation: $17,797
10. Wellesley College
Admission rate: 30%
Total cost per year: $65,016
Avg. need-based aid: $44,218
Avg. debt at graduation: $12,455
9. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Admission rate: 30%
Total cost per year: $46,576
Avg. need-based aid: $17,244
Avg. debt at graduation: $20,127
8. Vanderbilt University
Admission rate: 12%
Total cost per year: $62,598
Avg. need-based aid: $40,267
Avg. debt at graduation: $21,506
7. Thomas Aquinas College
Admission rate: 75%
Total cost per year: $32,500
Avg. need-based aid: $14,997
Avg. debt at graduation: $16,901
6. Harvard University
Admission rate: 6%
Total cost per year: $64,565
Avg. need-based aid: $46,409
Avg. debt at graduation: $16,723
5. Washington and Lee University
Admission rate: 24%
Total cost per year: $61,477
Avg. need-based aid: $42,322
Avg. debt at graduation: $21,683
4. Duke University
Admission rate: 11%
Total cost per year: $66,963
Avg. need-based aid: $44,725
Avg. debt at graduation: $19,104
3. Princeton University
Admission rate: 7%
Total cost per year: $61,140
Avg. need-based aid: $44,890
Avg. debt at graduation: $8,577
2. Davidson College
Admission rate: 22%
Total cost per year: $62,923
Avg. need-based aid: $40,140
Avg. debt at graduation: $19,929
1. Swarthmore College
Admission rate: 12%
Total cost per year: $64,840
Avg. need-based aid: $44,256
Avg. debt at graduation: $18,262
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