National Center for Education Statistics

Average and median academic year institutional tuition and required fees and number of institutions reporting academic year tuition and required fees for full-time students at Title IV institutions operating on an academic year calendar system, by control of institution, residency, student level, and level of institution: United States, academic year 2017–18
Student level and level of institution		Public				Private1
		In-district2	In-state	Out-of-state		Nonprofit	For-profit
		Average academic year institutional tuition and required fees
Undergraduate
4-year		$8,333	$8,359	$18,729		$27,542	$15,697
2-year		3,602	4,231	8,184		13,717	14,729
Less-than-2-year		7,099	7,099	8,180		13,175	17,113
Graduate3		10,919	10,919	20,328		18,624	16,085
		Median academic year institutional tuition and required fees
Undergraduate
4-year		$7,965	$7,968	$18,193		$27,720	$15,000
2-year		3,726	4,128	7,744		12,610	14,340
Less-than-2-year		6,912	6,912	8,600		11,992	17,220
Graduate3		9,882	9,882	19,964		15,220	16,397
		Number of institutions reporting academic year tuition and required fees
Undergraduate
4-year		727	727	727		1,352	417
2-year		873	873	873		120	249
Less-than-2-year		17	17	17		7	29
Graduate3		579	579	579		1,199	239

1Out-of-state average and median tuition and required fees were used for all private institutions.

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

3Tuition 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 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. 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 cost data in table 8 that apply only to full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Institutions with academic calendars that differ by program or allow continuous enrollment are not included in this table. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/glossary. The glossary is primarily focused on terms used in the current IPEDS collection and may not reflect the definitions in effect when the data in this table were collected.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2017, Institutional Characteristics component (final data).