National Center for Education Statistics

Table 05. 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, by control of institution, residency, student level, and level of institution: United States, academic year 2020–21
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		8,467	8,528	18,921		29,538	17,046
2-year		3,876	4,545	8,658		14,778	15,294
Less-than-2-year		8,682	8,682	10,214		13,292	19,839
Graduate3		10,798	10,799	20,380		19,771	16,354
		Median academic year institutional tuition and required fees
Undergraduate
4-year		8,325	8,359	18,269		29,770	15,943
2-year		4,103	4,488	8,264		13,905	15,140
Less-than-2-year		7,822	7,822	9,583		12,813	19,576
Graduate3		9,963	9,963	19,285		15,940	16,020
		Number of institutions reporting academic year tuition and required fees
Undergraduate
4-year		733	733	733		1,325	257
2-year		831	831	831		109	157
Less-than-2-year		16	16	16		8	23
Graduate3		552	552	552		1,184	177

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 tables 8, 9, and 10 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 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).