---
title: "Each state’s best-value colleges at resident pricing, top 15 per state."
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/rankings/best-value.json"
---

# Each state’s best-value colleges at resident pricing, top 15 per state.

`GET /api/v1/rankings/best-value.json`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://le-teen.com`
- URL: `https://le-teen.com/api/v1/rankings/best-value.json`
- Auth: none declared

## Response `200`

All 50 states + DC. NPV-positive rows only.

- object
  - `meta` Meta: Provenance block carried by every payload. `generated` is the build-time page-review stamp (static files); `data_vintage` names the upstream survey years.
    - `source` 'LE TEEN', required
    - `url` string, uri, required
    - `license` 'CC-BY-4.0', required
    - `doi` string, uri, required
    - `data_vintage` string, required
    - `generated` string, date, required
  - `title` string
  - `description` string
  - `page_url` string, uri
  - `count` integer
  - `states` object[]
    - `state` string
    - `state_name` string
    - `page_url` string, uri
    - `colleges` object[]
      - `rank_in_state` integer
      - `institution` string
      - `unitid` integer: IPEDS UnitID — universal join key to /api/v1/colleges/{slug}.json.
      - `city` string
      - `control` string
      - `npv_30yr_resident_usd` integer
      - `url` string, uri, nullable: Canonical /colleges/{slug} page for this school, or null if it is outside the ~500-school gated page set.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/le-teen/apis/le-teen-college-roi-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/le-teen/apis/le-teen-college-roi-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/le-teen/apis/le-teen-college-roi-api/revisions/14495b804989?raw)