National Center for Education Statistics

Table 9. Average academic year cost of attendance and percentage change in average cost of attendance for full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates at Title IV institutions operating on an academic year calendar, by level of institution, control of institution, student housing, and residency: United States, academic years 2020–21 and 2022–23
[In constant 2022 dollars]
Control of institution, student housing, and residency		4-year				2-year				Less-than-2-year
		2020–21	2022–23	Percent change		2020–21	2022–23	Percent change		2020–21	2022–23	Percent change
Public
On-campus1
In-district2		$28,080	$25,975	-7.5		$18,550	$17,372	-6.4		$17,188	$16,152	-6.0
In-state		28,131	26,020	-7.5		19,034	17,805	-6.5		17,188	16,152	-6.0
Out-of-state		40,699	37,354	-8.2		22,231	20,708	-6.9		21,064	19,788	-6.1
Off-campus (not with family)3
In-district2		27,717	25,885	-6.6		21,571	20,438	-5.3		28,295	26,714	-5.6
In-state		27,803	25,959	-6.6		22,333	21,148	-5.3		28,295	26,714	-5.6
Out-of-state		39,180	36,254	-7.5		27,000	25,372	-6.0		30,264	28,513	-5.8
Off-campus (with family)3
In-district2		15,758	14,391	-8.7		10,866	10,073	-7.3		16,544	15,373	-7.1
In-state		15,844	14,465	-8.7		11,628	10,782	-7.3		16,544	15,373	-7.1
Out-of-state		27,233	24,770	-9.0		16,295	15,007	-7.9		18,513	17,171	-7.2
Private nonprofit
On-campus1		53,825	50,003	-7.1		38,420	35,364	-8.0		Ø	Ø	Ø
Off-campus (not with family)3		50,994	47,345	-7.2		37,052	34,778	-6.1		29,790	28,219	-5.3
Off-campus (with family)3		39,209	35,954	-8.3		24,883	22,975	-7.7		20,306	19,756	-2.7
Private for-profit
On-campus1		44,938	42,423	-5.6		41,845	37,088	-11.4		36,501	32,280	-11.6
Off-campus (not with family)3		38,718	37,211	-3.9		36,091	34,317	-4.9		41,438	37,921	-8.5
Off-campus (with family)3		26,772	25,394	-5.1		24,354	22,952	-5.8		29,609	26,543	-10.4

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

¹On-campus average cost is based on those institutions that offer on-campus housing and/or meal service.

²For public institutions, “in-district” refers to the charges paid by a student who lives in the locality surrounding the institution, such as a county. In-district and in-state charges did not differ for 83.3 percent of public institutions included in this table in 2020–21 and for 83.1 percent of public institutions included in this table in 2022–23.

³Off-campus average cost 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 U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy are not Title IV eligible but are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public; they are not included in this table. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is Title IV eligible and is included in this table. Cost of attendance includes tuition and required fees, books and supplies, room and board charges, and other expenses. Amounts are institutional averages as reported by the institution, not average amounts paid by students (i.e., charges are not weighted by enrollment). 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 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 average components of academic year cost of attendance in table 8 may not sum to the corresponding average cost of attendance in this table 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 2020–21 were converted to 2022 dollars using the average Consumer Price Index values for the 12-month periods ending in December 2020 and December 2022. 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=2022.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2022, Institutional Characteristics component (final data).