What Is the Price of College? Total, Net, and Out-of-Pocket Prices in 2015

Title:	What Is the Price of College? Total, Net, and Out-of-Pocket Prices in 2015–16
Description:	This report describes four measures of the price of undergraduate education in the 2015–16 academic year: total price of attendance (tuition and living expenses), net price of attendance after all grants, out-of-pocket net price after all financial aid, and out-of-pocket net price after all aid excluding student loans. Estimates are based on the 2015–16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16), a nationally representative study of students enrolled in postsecondary institutions in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Estimates are compared across four institution types: public 2-year institutions, public 4-year institutions, for-profit institutions at all levels (less-than-2-year, 2-year, and 4-year), and private nonprofit 4-year institutions. Prices are also presented separately for dependent and independent students, with these estimates being further separated by income level and institution control and level.
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Cover Date:	December 2019
Web Release:	December 31, 2019
Publication #:	NCES 2020470
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Courtney A. Moore Albert Y. Liu Catharine Warner-Griffin Jackson Miller
Type of Product:	Statistics in Brief
Survey/Program Areas:	National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS)
Keywords:	Enrollment Financing • higher education Higher Education • cost of Income Income, Family Postsecondary Education States
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Statistics in Brief, please contact: David Richards.