Average annual undergraduate tuition and fees for full-time students in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution: Academic years 1976–77 through 2006

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Average annual undergraduate tuition and fees for full-time students in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution: Academic years 1976–77 through 2006–07

	Current dollars						Constant 2006–07 dollars
	Public institutions			Private institutions			Public institutions			Private institutions
Academic year	All	2-year	4-year	All	2-year	4-year	All	2-year	4-year	All	2-year	4-year

1976–77	$479	$283	$617	$2,467	$1,592	$2,534	$1,665	$986	$2,145	$8,580	$5,537	$8,814
1977–78	512	306	655	2,624	1,706	2,700	1,667	999	2,134	8,551	5,559	8,801
1978–79	543	327	688	2,867	1,831	2,958	1,617	975	2,049	8,545	5,456	8,815
1979–80	583	355	738	3,130	2,062	3,225	1,534	933	1,939	8,231	5,421	8,480
1980–81	635	391	804	3,498	2,413	3,617	1,496	922	1,894	8,243	5,686	8,523
1981–82	714	434	909	3,953	2,605	4,113	1,548	943	1,973	8,574	5,650	8,923
1982–83	798	473	1,031	4,439	3,008	4,639	1,660	984	2,145	9,232	6,256	9,648
1983–84	891	528	1,148	4,851	3,099	5,093	1,788	1,059	2,302	9,728	6,215	10,215
1984–85	971	584	1,228	5,315	3,485	5,556	1,874	1,127	2,370	10,257	6,726	10,723
1985–86	1,045	641	1,318	5,789	3,672	6,121	1,960	1,203	2,472	10,860	6,889	11,482
1986–87	1,106	660	1,414	6,316	3,684	6,658	2,030	1,212	2,594	11,591	6,760	12,220
1987–88	1,218	706	1,537	6,988	4,161	7,116	2,147	1,244	2,709	12,315	7,332	12,540
1988–89	1,285	730	1,646	7,461	4,817	7,722	2,164	1,230	2,773	12,568	8,115	13,006
1989–90	1,356	756	1,780	8,147	5,196	8,396	2,180	1,216	2,861	13,098	8,354	13,499
1990–91	1,454	824	1,888	8,772	5,570	9,083	2,216	1,256	2,878	13,372	8,491	13,845
1991–92	1,628	936	2,117	9,419	5,754	9,759	2,405	1,383	3,127	13,913	8,499	14,415
1992–93	1,782	1,025	2,349	9,942	6,059	10,294	2,552	1,468	3,365	14,239	8,678	14,743
1993–94	1,942	1,125	2,537	10,572	6,370	10,952	2,711	1,570	3,541	14,759	8,893	15,291
1994–95	2,057	1,192	2,681	11,111	6,914	11,481	2,792	1,618	3,638	15,080	9,384	15,582
1995–96	2,179	1,239	2,848	11,864	7,094	12,243	2,879	1,638	3,762	15,676	9,374	16,177
1996–97	2,271	1,276	2,987	12,498	7,236	12,881	2,918	1,639	3,837	16,055	9,296	16,548
1997–98	2,360	1,314	3,110	12,801	7,464	13,344	2,979	1,658	3,925	16,156	9,421	16,842
1998–99	2,430	1,327	3,229	13,428	7,854	13,973	3,015	1,646	4,006	16,660	9,743	17,335
1999–2000	2,506	1,338	3,349	14,081	8,235	14,588	3,021	1,613	4,039	16,979	9,930	17,591
2000–01	2,562	1,333	3,501	15,000	9,067	15,470	2,987	1,554	4,081	17,489	10,571	18,037
2001–02	2,700	1,380	3,735	15,742	10,076	16,211	3,093	1,581	4,279	18,034	11,543	18,571
2002–03	2,903	1,483	4,046	16,383	10,651	16,826	3,254	1,662	4,536	18,364	11,939	18,861
2003–04	3,319	1,702	4,587	17,315	11,545	17,763	3,641	1,867	5,031	18,994	12,665	19,486
2004–05	3,629	1,849	5,027	18,154	12,122	18,604	3,865	1,969	5,353	19,333	12,909	19,812
2005–06	3,874	1,935	5,351	18,862	12,450	19,292	3,974	1,985	5,489	19,350	12,772	19,791
2006–07	4,101	2,017	5,685	19,991	12,620	20,492	4,101	2,017	5,685	19,991	12,620	20,492

NOTE: Data are for the entire academic year and are average total charges for full-time attendance. Tuition and fees were weighted by the number of full-time-equivalent undergraduates, but were not adjusted to reflect student residency. Data through 1995–96 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Institutions of higher education were institutions, accredited by an agency or association recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education, that had courses leading to an associate’s degree or higher or that had courses accepted for credit toward those degrees. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s degrees or higher and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Because of their low response rate, data for private 2-year colleges must be interpreted with caution. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Data for private institutions combine both not-for-profit and for-profit institutions. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), “Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities” surveys, 1976–77 through 1985–86; “Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education” surveys, 1976 through 1985; and 1986–87 through 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:86–99), “Institutional Characteristics Survey” (IPEDS-C:86–99), Spring 2001 through Spring 2006, and Fall 2000 through Fall 2006.

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