College Affordability and Transparency Center

Which colleges have the highest and lowest tuition and net prices?

Use the options below to generate a report on the highest (top 5%) and lowest (bottom 10%) academic year charges for each sector. Tuition reports include tuition and required fees. Net price is cost of attendance minus grant and scholarship aid. Data are reported by institutions and are for full-time beginning students.

Public, 4-year or above

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above

Private for-profit, 4-year or above

Public, 2-year

Private not-for-profit, 2-year

Private for-profit, 2-year

Public, less-than-2-year

Private not-for-profit, less-than-2-year

Private for-profit, less-than-2-year

How much do career and vocational programs cost?

Begin typing the name of a program (for example, “Cosmetology”) to generate a list of institutions that offer the program and the tuition and net prices they charge for the entire program. Data are reported by institutions on their largest program and are for full-time beginning undergraduate students. Not all institutions offering these vocational programs are included on this list. For a full list of institutions offering a program, go to College Navigator and search by program/major.

Select a Program

Select a type of institution below to see which ones have the highest increases in tuition and fees and net prices (price of attendance after grant and scholarship aid). Data are for full-time beginning undergraduate students.

Sector:

National Average Percent Change:

National Average Percent Change:

To download the data file of all Title IV institutions used to generate the 2012 College Affordability and Transparency lists, click here.

To download the 2011 College Affordability and Transparency lists, click here.

For more information on the data used in these lists, go to the IPEDS website.