# Cheapest short-term bond ETFs by expense ratio

> BSV leads cheapest short-term bond ETFs by expense ratio at 0.03% (fee), as of Nov 12, 2026. 25 funds from ETFIQ’s own published data.

Data as of Nov 12, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

As of Nov 12, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.

## Cheapest short-term bond ETFs by expense ratio

As of Nov 12, 2026, BSV has the lowest fee of 53 short-term bond ETFs with at least $100m in net assets: 0.03%. 4 funds tie there. See 25 funds ranked by fee, lowest first. Updated Nov 12, 2026.

| # | Ticker | Fund | Fee | Tie | Net assets | 1-year return |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | BSV | Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 0.03% | Tie | $46.9bn | +0.9% |
| 2 | VCSH | Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 0.03% | Tie | $45.9bn | +1.3% |
| 3 | SCHJ | Schwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF | 0.03% | Tie | $870m | +1.4% |
| 4 | AGGM | iShares 1-10 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 0.03% | Tie | $130m | −1.4% |
| 5 | IGSB | iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | Tie | $23.7bn | +1.4% |
| 6 | SPIB | State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | Tie | $11.3bn | 0.0% |
| 7 | SPSB | State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | Tie | $11.1bn | +2.2% |
| 8 | ISTB | iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF | 0.06% | Tie | $5.3bn | +1.0% |
| 9 | SLQD | iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.06% | Tie | $2.4bn | +1.9% |
| 10 | VBCB | Vanguard Target Maturity 2028 Corporate Bond ETF | 0.08% | | $138m | Not measured |
| 11 | IBDT | iShares iBonds Dec 2028 Term Corporate ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $4.1bn | +2.3% |
| 12 | IBDU | iShares iBonds Dec 2029 Term Corporate ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $4.0bn | +1.4% |
| 13 | BSCS | Invesco BulletShares 2028 Corporate Bond ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $3.5bn | +2.3% |
| 14 | IBDV | iShares iBonds Dec 2030 Term Corporate ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $3.4bn | +0.3% |
| 15 | BSCT | Invesco BulletShares 2029 Corporate Bond ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $3.1bn | +1.3% |
| 16 | BSCU | Invesco BulletShares 2030 Corporate Bond ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $2.8bn | +0.3% |
| 17 | IBDW | iShares iBonds Dec 2031 Term Corporate ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $2.7bn | −0.5% |
| 18 | BSCV | Invesco BulletShares 2031 Corporate Bond ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $1.9bn | −0.4% |
| 19 | LDRC | iShares iBonds 1-5 Year Corporate Ladder ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $101m | +2.0% |
| 20 | SUSB | iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF | 0.12% | | $1.3bn | +1.2% |
| 21 | VSDB | Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF | 0.15% | Tie | $1.2bn | +1.7% |
| 22 | MYCH | State Street My2028 Corporate Bond ETF | 0.15% | Tie | $907m | +2.3% |
| 23 | SKOR | Northern Trust Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond ETF | 0.15% | Tie | $737m | 0.0% |
| 24 | AVSF | Avantis Short-Term Fixed Income ETF | 0.15% | Tie | $638m | +1.0% |
| 25 | MYCI | State Street My2029 Corporate Bond ETF | 0.15% | Tie | $108m | +1.4% |

### Method

53 short-term bond ETFs with at least $100m in net assets are listed by ETFIQ with a fee; the 25 with the lowest fee are shown. Across all 53, the median is 0.19% and the range runs from 0.03% to 0.55%. Lowest first. Funds with the same printed number are marked Tie and ordered by net assets, largest first. The set is ETFIQ’s own segment, computed from each fund’s filings and holdings. The list sorts one published number, with no scoring or weighting. Closed funds are not listed. A ranking is not a recommendation.

### Questions people ask

What is an expense ratio? An ETF’s expense ratio is the yearly fee taken from its assets, net of any waiver, as its prospectus states it. A fee of 0.03% costs $3 a year on $10,000. Which short-term bond ETFs have the lowest fee? As of Nov 12, 2026, BSV ranks first of 53 short-term bond ETFs with at least $100m in net assets on fee, at 0.03%. VCSH is next at 0.03%.

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