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• Position: Western

Where UNC Asheville ranks in Bankrate Inc.'s "best colleges for the money." The personal finance websie called the school's $5,393 in-state tuition "a breeze" (the national public-school average is $6, 695). Need-based aid lowers out-of-state tuition to $8,800 for a family making less than $75,000.

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