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Average and median tuition and required fees and number of institutions reporting academic year tuition and required fees for full-time students at Title IV institutions, by control of institution, residency, student level, and level of institution: United States, academic year 2010-11
  Public    
Student level and level of institution In-district1 In-state Out-of-state       Private
      nonprofit2 		      Private
      for-profit2
Average tuition and required fees
Undergraduate
  4-year $6,749 $6,752 $15,742 $21,996 $15,700
  2-year 2,716 3,169 6,516 10,784 14,566
  Less-than-2-year 6,281 6,309 6,479 9,005 13,451
Graduate3 8,363 8,366 16,265 15,564 14,907
Median tuition and required fees
Undergraduate
  4-year $6,224 $6,231 $15,353 $22,204 $15,285
  2-year 2,744 3,103 6,037 10,252 13,545
  Less-than-2-year 5,350 5,350 5,350 9,325 14,679
Graduate3 7,674 7,682 15,298 13,100 14,380
Number of institutions reporting tuition and required fees
Undergraduate
  4-year 658 658 658 1,297 595
  2-year 985 985 985 141 438
  Less-than-2-year 23 23 23 11 48
Graduate3 568 568 568 1,138 266

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

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

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. 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 2,515 institutions with academic calendars that differ by program or allow continuous enrollment are not included. U.S. service academies are not included. Medians were calculated using SAS, Version 9, Proc Univariate.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2010, Institutional Characteristics component.