Skip Navigation
Digest of Education Statistics
2019 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest


Table 330.50. Average and percentiles of graduate tuition and required fees in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control of institution: 1989-90 through 2018-19
Year Average Percentiles
Total Public
institu-
tions1
Private institutions Public institutions1 Nonprofit institutions
Total Nonprofit For-
profit
25th
percen-
tile
Median
(50th per-
centile)
75th
percen-
tile
25th
percen-
tile
Median
(50th per-
centile)
75th
percen-
tile
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
  Current dollars
1989-90 $4,135 $1,999 $7,881 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1990-91 4,488 2,206 8,507 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1991-92 5,116 2,524 9,592 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1992-93 5,475 2,791 10,008 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1993-94 5,973 3,050 10,790 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

1994-95
6,247 3,250 11,338 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1995-96 6,741 3,449 12,083 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1996-97 7,111 3,607 12,537 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1997-98 7,246 3,744 12,774 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1998-99 7,685 3,897 13,299 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

1999-2000
8,069 4,042 13,821 $14,123 $9,611 $2,640 $3,637 $5,163 $7,998 $12,870 $20,487
2000-01 8,429 4,243 14,420 14,457 13,229 2,931 3,822 5,347 8,276 13,200 21,369
2001-02 8,857 4,496 15,165 15,232 13,414 3,226 4,119 5,596 8,583 14,157 22,054
2002-03 9,226 4,842 14,983 15,676 9,644 3,395 4,452 5,927 8,690 14,140 22,700
2003-04 10,312 5,544 16,209 16,807 12,542 3,795 5,103 7,063 9,072 15,030 25,600

2004-05
11,004 6,080 16,751 17,551 13,133 4,236 5,663 7,616 9,300 16,060 26,140
2005-06 11,621 6,493 17,244 18,171 13,432 4,608 6,209 7,977 9,745 16,222 26,958
2006-07 12,312 6,894 18,109 19,034 14,421 4,909 6,594 8,341 10,346 17,057 29,118
2007-08 13,001 7,415 18,876 19,896 14,709 5,176 6,990 9,288 10,705 17,647 30,247
2008-09 13,652 7,999 19,245 20,509 14,414 5,612 7,376 9,912 11,340 18,465 30,514

2009-10
14,542 8,763 20,078 21,317 14,512 6,074 7,983 10,658 12,290 19,460 31,730
2010-11 15,017 9,238 20,397 21,993 13,811 6,550 8,788 10,937 12,510 19,586 33,215
2011-12 15,845 9,978 21,230 22,899 14,285 7,506 9,440 11,954 12,936 20,625 34,680
2012-13 16,407 10,408 21,907 23,642 14,418 7,706 9,900 12,590 12,960 21,352 36,820
2013-14 16,948 10,725 22,617 24,482 14,209 7,791 10,242 12,779 13,590 22,018 36,720

2014-15
17,385 10,979 23,263 25,168 14,264 7,914 10,428 12,829 13,868 22,170 38,948
2015-16 17,871 11,306 23,917 25,826 14,432 8,242 10,769 13,193 13,878 22,570 40,670
2016-17 18,417 11,617 24,713 26,555 14,778 8,500 11,097 13,509 13,826 22,913 42,305
2017-18 18,949 11,929 25,446 27,356 14,304 8,778 11,201 13,982 14,460 23,542 43,848
2018-19 19,314 12,171 25,929 27,776 14,208 8,875 11,495 14,331 13,990 23,138 44,667
  Constant 2018-19 dollars2
1989-90 $8,248 $3,987 $15,720 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1990-91 8,488 4,172 16,089 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1991-92 9,375 4,625 17,577 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1992-93 9,729 4,960 17,784 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1993-94 10,346 5,283 18,690 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

1994-95
10,519 5,473 19,092 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1995-96 11,050 5,654 19,807 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1996-97 11,334 5,749 19,982 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1997-98 11,346 5,863 20,003 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1998-99 11,828 5,998 20,470 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

1999-2000
12,072 6,047 20,676 $21,129 $14,379 $3,950 $5,441 $7,724 $11,965 $19,254 $30,649
2000-01 12,193 6,138 20,858 20,911 19,135 4,240 5,528 7,734 11,971 19,094 30,910
2001-02 12,589 6,390 21,555 21,650 19,065 4,585 5,854 7,954 12,199 20,122 31,346
2002-03 12,831 6,733 20,837 21,802 13,413 4,722 6,192 8,243 12,086 19,665 31,570
2003-04 14,034 7,545 22,060 22,874 17,070 5,165 6,945 9,613 12,347 20,456 34,841

2004-05
14,539 8,033 22,132 23,189 17,352 5,597 7,482 10,062 12,287 21,219 34,537
2005-06 14,791 8,264 21,947 23,127 17,096 5,865 7,903 10,153 12,403 20,647 34,311
2006-07 15,275 8,553 22,467 23,615 17,892 6,090 8,181 10,348 12,836 21,162 36,126
2007-08 15,554 8,871 22,582 23,802 17,597 6,192 8,362 11,112 12,807 21,112 36,186
2008-09 16,108 9,437 22,707 24,198 17,007 6,621 8,703 11,695 13,380 21,786 36,002

2009-10
16,993 10,240 23,463 24,910 16,959 7,098 9,329 12,455 14,362 22,740 37,078
2010-11 17,203 10,583 23,366 25,195 15,821 7,503 10,067 12,529 14,331 22,437 38,050
2011-12 17,634 11,105 23,628 25,485 15,899 8,354 10,506 13,304 14,397 22,955 38,597
2012-13 17,962 11,394 23,982 25,882 15,784 8,436 10,838 13,783 14,188 23,375 40,308
2013-14 18,269 11,560 24,379 26,389 15,316 8,398 11,040 13,774 14,649 23,733 39,580

2014-15
18,603 11,749 24,894 26,932 15,264 8,469 11,159 13,728 14,840 23,724 41,678
2015-16 18,996 12,018 25,422 27,451 15,340 8,761 11,447 14,023 14,751 23,990 43,229
2016-17 19,222 12,125 25,794 27,717 15,425 8,872 11,582 14,100 14,431 23,915 44,155
2017-18 19,342 12,176 25,973 27,922 14,600 8,960 11,433 14,272 14,760 24,030 44,757
2018-19 19,314 12,171 25,929 27,776 14,208 8,875 11,495 14,331 13,990 23,138 44,667
---Not available.
1 Data are based on in-state tuition only.
2 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to an academic-year basis.
NOTE: Average graduate student tuition weighted by fall full-time-equivalent graduate enrollment. Excludes doctoral students in professional practice programs. Data through 1995-96 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:89-99), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:90-99), and "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:89-99); IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2018, Institutional Characteristics component; and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2019, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared December 2019.)

2019 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest