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Table 08. Average costs associated with attendance for full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates at Title IV institutions operating on an academic year calendar, and percentage change, by level of institution, type of cost, control of institution, residency, and student housing: United States, academic years 2018–19 and 2020–21
[In constant 2020 dollars]
Type of cost, control of institution,
residency, and student housing 		4-year 2-year Less-than-2-year
2018–19 2020–21 Percent
change 		2018–19 2020–21 Percent
change 		2018–19 2020–21 Percent
change
Tuition and required fees
 Public
  In-district1 8,388 8,413 0.3 3,835 3,872 1 8,161 8,683 6.4
  In-state 8,452 8,477 0.3 4,511 4,540 0.6 8,161 8,683 6.4
  Out-of-state 18,921 18,784 -0.7 8,661 8,668 0.1 9,886 10,316 4.3
 Private nonprofit 29,569 30,065 1.7 15,573 15,758 1.2 14,930 13,127 -12.1
 Private for-profit 17,635 17,418 -1.2 15,447 15,381 -0.4 18,811 19,777 5.1
       
Books and supplies
 Public 1,325 1,250 -5.6 1,523 1,439 -5.5 1,218 1,317 8.2
 Private nonprofit 1,206 1,146 -4.9 1,364 1,267 -7.1 1,681 1,687 0.3
 Private for-profit 1,275 1,162 -8.8 1,477 1,473 -0.3 1,056 1,074 1.7
       
Room and board
 Public
  On-campus2 10,598 10,766 1.6 7,145 7,217 1 6,345 6,404 0.9
  Off-campus (not with family)3 10,350 10,612 2.5 8,932 9,322 4.4 9,638 9,103 -5.5
 Private nonprofit
  On-campus2 10,903 11,113 1.9 9,017 9,164 1.6 Ø Ø Ø
  Off-campus (not with family)3 10,531 10,774 2.3 10,183 10,274 0.9 8,222 8,266 0.5
 Private for-profit
  On-campus2 11,681 11,392 -2.5 9,424 10,191 8.1 8,173 8,030 -1.8
  Off-campus (not with family)3 9,774 9,859 0.9 9,380 9,533 1.6 10,377 9,727 -6.3
       
Other expenses
 Public
  On-campus2 3,447 3,497 1.5 3,540 3,603 1.8 1,237 1,200 -3
  Off-campus (not with family)3 3,983 4,080 2.4 4,273 4,396 2.9 4,498 4,828 7.4
  Off-campus (with family)3 4,140 4,161 0.5 4,282 4,321 0.9 4,319 4,342 0.6
 Private nonprofit
  On-campus2 2,994 2,986 -0.3 3,404 3,543 4.1 Ø Ø Ø
  Off-campus (not with family)3 3,682 3,715 0.9 4,919 5,000 1.7 4,181 4,011 -4.1
  Off-campus (with family)3 3,930 3,918 -0.3 4,872 4,756 -2.4 3,341 3,413 2.1
 Private for-profit
  On-campus2 3,902 3,923 0.5 2,752 2,903 5.5 1,288 1,500 16.4
  Off-campus (not with family)3 4,972 5,246 5.5 5,362 5,459 1.8 5,045 5,460 8.2
  Off-campus (with family)3 4,608 4,916 6.7 4,413 4,519 2.4 3,638 3,876 6.5

Ø No institutions met the criteria to be included in this cell.

1For public institutions, “in-district” refers to the charges paid by a student who lives in the locality surrounding the institution, such as county.

2On-campus average price is based on those institutions that offer on-campus housing and/or meal service.

3Off-campus average price is based on those institutions that do not require full-time, first-time students to live on-campus.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public. However, these four U.S. service academies are not included in this table. Amounts are institutional averages as reported by the institution, not average amounts paid by students (i.e., charges are not weighted by enrollment). These figures for full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates differ from the data in tables 5, 6, and 7 that apply to all full-time undergraduates. The time points displayed in this table were chosen to demonstrate the range of data available from IPEDS for trend analysis, not to emphasize any particular period of change. Out-of-state average tuition and required fees were used for private institutions that reported varying tuitions by residency. These figures may differ from the tuition and required fee charges in table 6 that apply to all full-time undergraduates. The average components of academic year cost of attendance in this table may not sum to the corresponding average cost of attendance in table 9 because not all institutions report all components of academic year cost of attendance separately (e.g., an institution may report a comprehensive fee in lieu of the individual components). Institutions with academic calendars that differ by program or allow continuous enrollment are not included in this table. All amounts from 2018–19 were converted to 2020 dollars using the average Consumer Price Index values for the 12-month periods ending in December 2018 and December 2020. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the collection year’s archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2020.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2020, Institutional Characteristics component (final data).