The 14 best colleges for your money

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Consider them part of the "paycheck league."

The price of college in the US continues to tick upward. Today, the average annual cost to attend a public university is about $19,000, and for a private university that figure is about $42,000.

With that in mind, Money.com ranked the best colleges for your money, and dubbed them the "paycheck league."

The ranking looked at 711 colleges and evaluated them on 27 factors within three broad categories: educational quality, affordability, and alumni success. See the full methodology here.

Below are the top 14 schools on the list, including total annual tuition price for each school, the tuition price when factoring in the average financial aid students receive, and the median career earnings of students five years after graduation.