National Center for Education Statistics

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).