National Center for Education Statistics

Average and median tuition and required fees and number of institutions reporting academic year tuition and required fees for full-time students at all Title IV institutions, by control of institution, residency and other selected characteristics: United States, academic year 2011-12
	Public			Private1
Student level and level of institution	In-district2	In-state	Out-of-state	Nonprofit	For-profit
	Average tuition and required fees
Undergraduate
4-year	$7,211	$7,217	$16,430	$22,905	$15,298
2-year	2,918	3,392	6,876	12,042	14,086
Less-than-2-year	6,469	6,475	6,968	9,901	14,307
Graduate3	8,943	8,944	17,119	16,083	15,578
	Median tuition and required fees
Undergraduate
4-year	$6,623	$6,623	$15,875	$23,172	$15,362
2-year	2,910	3,321	6,397	11,740	13,447
Less-than-2-year	5,025	5,025	5,103	9,560	13,550
Graduate3	8,228	8,228	16,640	13,578	15,017
	Number of institutions reporting tuition and required fees
Undergraduate
4-year	661	661	661	1,314	656
2-year	973	973	973	147	450
Less-than-2-year	24	24	24	12	57
Graduate3	567	567	567	1,152	282

¹ Out-of-state average and median tuition and required fees were used for private institutions that reported varying tuitions by residency.

² For public institutions, “in district” refers to the charges paid by a student who lives in the locality surrounding the institution, such as county.

³ Tuition and fee charges for graduate students do not include charges for programs designated as doctor’s degrees—professional practice.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the Secretary of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. Although they are not Title IV eligible, four of the U.S. service academies are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe since they are federally funded and open to the public. However, the U.S. service academies are not included in this table. Tuition and required fees are average institutional charges for all full-time students at the institution as reported by the institution, not average amounts paid by students (i.e., charges are not weighted by enrollment). These figures for undergraduates differ from the pricing data in table 13 that apply only to full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. The 2,608 institutions with academic calendars that differ by program or allow continuous enrollment are not included. Medians were calculated using SAS, Version 9, Proc Univariate. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary. S, Version 9, Proc Univariate. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2011, Institutional Characteristics component (final data).