Top 10 best value private colleges in America

#7 – Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, Calif.

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George Benson, founding president of Claremont McKenna College, was photographed in Washington, D.C., in 1994. The average Claremont McKenna student graduates with $9,000 in debt.

Claremont McKenna, sticker price $53,625 but offering a 64 percent financial aid reduction to about $19,000, is one of the five Claremont Colleges – with Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Scripps, and Pomona – located 30 miles east of Los Angeles. Students at any of the five schools can take courses at the others, and all five appear in Kiplinger's Top 100 best value list.

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