Tuition Costs
Costs of Colleges and Universities (Constant Dollars)
The figures below depict the average inflation-adjusted total tuition, fees, room & board rates for U.S. colleges and universities for full-time undergraduate students. All figures may be reused with attribution to Gerald E. Daniels Jr.
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All Institutions
Public Institutions
Private Nonprofit and For-profit Institutions
Private Nonprofit Institutions
Private For-profit Institutions
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 1986-87; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1969-70 through 1985-86; "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys, 1963 through 1985; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:86-99) and "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:86-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2022, Fall Enrollment component; and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2021, Institutional Characteristics component. Table 330.10.