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Table 330.50. Average graduate tuition and required fees in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control of institution and percentile: 1989-90 through 2012-13
Year Total Public
institutions1
Private institutions Public institutions,1 by percentile Nonprofit institutions, by percentile
Total Nonprofit For-profit 25th
percentile
Median (50th percentile) 75th percentile 25th percentile Median (50th percentile) 75th percentile
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
  Current dollars
1989-90 $4,135 $1,999 $7,881
1990-91 4,488 2,206 8,507
1991-92 5,116 2,524 9,592
1992-93 5,475 2,791 10,008
1993-94 5,973 3,050 10,790
                       
1994-95 6,247 3,250 11,338
1995-96 6,741 3,449 12,083
1996-97 7,111 3,607 12,537
1997-98 7,246 3,744 12,774
1998-99 7,685 3,897 13,299
                       
1999-2000 8,069 4,042 13,821 $14,123 $9,611 $2,640 $3,637 $5,163 $7,998 $12,870 $20,487
2000-01 8,429 4,243 14,420 14,457 13,229 2,931 3,822 5,347 8,276 13,200 21,369
2001-02 8,857 4,496 15,165 15,232 13,414 3,226 4,119 5,596 8,583 14,157 22,054
2002-03 9,226 4,842 14,983 15,676 9,644 3,395 4,452 5,927 8,690 14,140 22,700
2003-04 10,312 5,544 16,209 16,807 12,542 3,795 5,103 7,063 9,072 15,030 25,600
                       
2004-05 11,004 6,080 16,751 17,551 13,133 4,236 5,663 7,616 9,300 16,060 26,140
2005-06 11,621 6,493 17,244 18,171 13,432 4,608 6,209 7,977 9,745 16,222 26,958
2006-07 12,312 6,894 18,108 19,033 14,421 4,909 6,594 8,341 10,346 17,057 29,118
2007-08 13,002 7,415 18,878 19,896 14,713 5,176 6,990 9,288 10,705 17,647 30,247
2008-09 13,647 7,999 19,230 20,485 14,418 5,612 7,376 9,912 11,290 18,270 30,514
                       
2009-10 14,537 8,763 20,368 21,307 14,550 6,084 7,983 10,658 12,285 19,350 31,730
2010-11 14,993 9,247 20,335 21,996 13,506 6,550 8,788 10,933 12,510 19,586 33,215
2011-12 15,787 9,980 21,105 22,872 13,823 7,506 9,445 11,954 12,936 20,625 34,680
2012-13 16,435 10,408 21,955 23,698 14,418 7,706 9,900 12,590 13,030 21,352 36,820
  Constant 2012-13 dollars
1989-90 $7,534 $3,642 $14,359
1990-91 7,753 3,811 14,697
1991-92 8,564 4,225 16,056
1992-93 8,887 4,530 16,245
1993-94 9,451 4,826 17,072
                       
1994-95 9,609 4,999 17,440
1995-96 10,094 5,165 18,093
1996-97 10,353 5,251 18,253
1997-98 10,364 5,355 18,272
1998-99 10,805 5,479 18,699
                       
1999-2000 11,027 5,524 18,887 $19,301 $13,134 $3,608 $4,970 $7,056 $10,930 $17,588 $27,997
2000-01 11,138 5,607 19,053 19,102 17,479 3,873 5,050 7,065 10,935 17,441 28,235
2001-02 11,500 5,837 19,689 19,777 17,415 4,188 5,348 7,265 11,144 18,380 28,633
2002-03 11,720 6,151 19,034 19,915 12,252 4,313 5,656 7,530 11,040 17,964 28,838
2003-04 12,820 6,892 20,151 20,895 15,593 4,718 6,344 8,781 11,278 18,685 31,826
                       
2004-05 13,281 7,338 20,217 21,183 15,851 5,112 6,835 9,192 11,224 19,383 31,548
2005-06 13,511 7,549 20,048 21,126 15,616 5,357 7,219 9,274 11,330 18,860 31,342
2006-07 13,953 7,813 20,522 21,571 16,344 5,563 7,473 9,453 11,725 19,331 33,000
2007-08 14,209 8,104 20,630 21,743 16,079 5,656 7,639 10,150 11,699 19,285 33,055
2008-09 14,708 8,621 20,725 22,079 15,539 6,048 7,950 10,683 12,168 19,691 32,887
                       
2009-10 15,518 9,355 21,741 22,743 15,532 6,494 8,521 11,377 13,114 20,655 33,870
2010-11 15,689 9,677 21,279 23,017 14,133 6,854 9,196 11,441 13,091 20,495 34,757
2011-12 16,050 10,146 21,456 23,252 14,053 7,631 9,602 12,153 13,151 20,968 35,257
2012-13 16,435 10,408 21,955 23,698 14,418 7,706 9,900 12,590 13,030 21,352 36,820
—Not available.
1 Data are based on in-state tuition only.
NOTE: Average graduate student tuition weighted by fall full-time-equivalent graduate enrollment. Data through 1995-96 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:89-99); "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:90-99); "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:89-99); IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2012, Institutional Characteristics component; and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2013, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared December 2013.)

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