2022/23 Academic Year
College applicants and their families face not just a big life choice and the challenge of being accepted to schools, they face a complicated maze of information on how much their college career will cost. This report will allow you to know the true costs of colleges, so that you can finance a college degree and set up a successful post-graduate life.
- Apply to colleges which you know you can afford
- Plan financially and save and borrow the right amount to fund costs across all years of the program
- Once accepted, better understand the financial context of your financial aid offer and the scope for any negotiations with the college on their proposed cost
This report also provides some of the basics on how the prices you will pay for colleges are set as well as objective cost data about popular schools for students residing in your state. These numbers are based on reported figures by the colleges themselves with projections to account for future price changes.
The information will not indicate exactly how much each student will pay your college. But it will give a broadly accurate and readily understandable general idea, allowing you to compare colleges in financial terms and to plan for a successful college journey.
How college costs work
- Advertised college tuition prices are often far higher than what the typical student pays. Many colleges offer significant discounts to this headline tuition depending on an applicant’s
- family financial income & assets
- demographics
- academic record
- and decisions made by the college’s admissions or enrollment offices
- Comparing college costs on an apples-to-apples basis is difficult and time consuming. College net price calculators are often outdated and don’t reflect true costs.
- When an applicant is accepted to a college, they will receive a financial aid award letter highlighting what their costs will be if they enroll. These awards all differ by student.
- Cost information provided by colleges and other sources often deduct loans from the cost, unlike most other consumer purchases you make
- Most state colleges and universities have essentially two pricing processes, one for in-state and one for out-of-state students.
- Applying early increases your chances of getting into a given college but also increases your cost by lowering, often significantly, the amount of financial aid you will be offered.
Contents
- Average costs for popular in- and out-of-state schools
- Community Colleges
- College pricing and the Expected Family Contribution
- Ways to reduce college costs
- Scenarios showing projected costs by college for 7 representative families with different incomes and financial profiles
- Scenario: Students with families with an average of $15,000 in annual income (<$10,000 in financial assets and home equity of <$40,000)
- Scenario: Students with families with an average of $40,000 in annual income ($10,000 in financial assets and home equity of approximately $50,000)
- Scenario: Students with families with an average of $60,000 in annual income ($20,000 in financial assets and home equity of approximately $90,000)
- Scenario: Students with families with an average of $90,000 in annual income ($200,000 in financial assets and home equity of approximately $120,000)
- Scenario: Students with families with an average of $150,000 in annual income ($250,000 in financial assets and home equity of approximately $150,000)
- Scenario: Students with families with an average of $200,000 in annual income ($500,000 in financial assets and home equity of approximately $200,000)
- Scenario: Students with families with an average of $300,000 in annual income ($950,000 in financial assets and home equity of approximately $350,000)
- Online or Distance Schools
- Glossary
In-state colleges, by average cost
The average net cost found here represents a projected average amount entering freshmen will pay for tuition, room & board, fees, books & other course materials. Net costs are not reduced by loans, which represent an obligation and are not a price reduction. The analogy here is buying a house or condo, where the cost is not reduced because you take out a mortgage to finance the purchase.
College | City | Full-time students | Admissions % | SAT ACT blended 25th percentile | % students paying discounted tuition | Average annual net cost |
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Vaughn Tech | Flushing | 1,371 | 100 | 81 | 44,000 | |
Adelphi | Garden City | 5,063 | 74 | 1060 | 91 | 40,000 |
Adirondack CC | Queensbury | 1,905 | 100 | 7 | 17,500 | |
Alfred | Alfred | 1,647 | 62 | 940 | 100 | 22,500 |
American MusDram Academy | New York | 1,773 | 31 | 100 | 37,500 | |
Bard | Annandale-On-Hudson | 1,901 | 65 | 71 | 40,500 | |
Barnard | New York | 2,584 | 12 | 1340 | 42 | 56,000 |
Berkeley-New York | New York | 2,221 | 100 | 97 | 20,500 | |
SUNY Broome | Binghamton | 3,448 | 100 | 22 | 16,000 | |
Canisius | Buffalo | 2,112 | 83 | 780 | 95 | 24,000 |
Cayuga County CC | Auburn | 1,368 | 100 | 9 | 10,000 | |
Clarkson | Potsdam | 3,012 | 75 | 1160 | 100 | 30,000 |
Colgate | Hamilton | 2,968 | 23 | 1330 | 42 | 53,000 |
Columbia | New York | 7,701 | 5 | 1430 | 52 | 48,000 |
Concordia-New York | Bronxville | 1,129 | 94 | 860 | 59 | 29,500 |
Cornell | Ithaca | 15,038 | 11 | 1390 | 46 | 55,000 |
Corning CC | Corning | 1,601 | 100 | 11 | 14,000 | |
Culinary Inst of America | Hyde Park | 3,012 | 98 | 80 | 34,000 | |
CUNY Baruch | New York | 12,091 | 43 | 1170 | 8 | 23,500 |
CUNY Manhattan | New York | 17,772 | 100 | 1 | 16,500 | |
CUNY Bronx | Bronx | 6,191 | 100 | 0 | 16,000 | |
CUNY Brooklyn | Brooklyn | 11,189 | 45 | 1040 | 6 | 16,500 |
CUNY Staten Island | Staten Island | 9,124 | 100 | 1 | 27,500 | |
CUNY City College | New York | 10,196 | 46 | 1040 | 5 | 19,000 |
CUNY Hostos CC | Bronx | 3,758 | 100 | 26 | 16,500 | |
CUNY Hunter | New York | 12,991 | 35 | 1170 | 17 | 11,500 |
CUNY John Jay College | New York | 11,200 | 41 | 980 | 3 | 25,000 |
CUNY Kingsborough | Brooklyn | 7,672 | 100 | 32 | 17,500 | |
CUNY LaGuardia | Long Island City | 9,972 | 100 | 34 | 18,000 | |
CUNY Lehman | Bronx | 8,066 | 38 | 1010 | 1 | 16,000 |
CUNY Medgar Evers | Brooklyn | 4,118 | 90 | 25 | 17,000 | |
CUNY NYC Technology | Brooklyn | 10,572 | 88 | 0 | 17,000 | |
CUNY Queens | Flushing | 12,532 | 49 | 1040 | 5 | 23,000 |
CUNY Queensborough | Bayside | 8,411 | 100 | 0 | 18,000 | |
CUNY York | Jamaica | 5,113 | 73 | 880 | 1 | 17,000 |
D'Youville | Buffalo | 1,179 | 88 | 1060 | 100 | 27,500 |
Daemen | Amherst | 1,480 | 62 | 100 | 20,000 | |
Dominican Blauvelt | Orangeburg | 1,268 | 78 | 100 | 25,500 | |
Dutchess CC | Poughkeepsie | 3,514 | 100 | 6 | 18,000 | |
Erie CC | Buffalo | 6,252 | 100 | 5 | 10,500 | |
Fashion Inst of Technology | New York | 7,340 | 54 | 17 | 20,000 | |
Finger Lakes CC | Canandaigua | 2,243 | 100 | 4 | 12,500 | |
Fordham | Bronx | 9,229 | 46 | 1250 | 90 | 47,000 |
Fulton-Montgomery CC | Johnstown | 995 | 100 | 8 | 17,500 | |
Genesee CC | Batavia | 1,918 | 100 | 17 | 11,000 | |
Hamilton | Clinton | 1,999 | 16 | 700 | 55 | 45,500 |
Hartwick | Oneonta | 1,169 | 80 | 860 | 100 | 23,500 |
Herkimer County CC | Herkimer | 1,268 | 100 | 13 | 13,000 | |
Hobart William Smith | Geneva | 2,045 | 66 | 1180 | 97 | 37,500 |
Hofstra | Hempstead | 6,156 | 68 | 1160 | 97 | 38,500 |
Hudson Valley CC | Troy | 5,401 | 100 | 5 | 10,500 | |
Iona | New Rochelle | 2,709 | 84 | 890 | 100 | 36,000 |
Ithaca | Ithaca | 5,739 | 73 | 95 | 37,000 | |
Jamestown CC | Jamestown | 1,973 | 100 | 30 | 13,000 | |
Jefferson CC | Watertown | 1,573 | 100 | 17 | 17,000 | |
Keuka | Keuka Park | 1,285 | 72 | 99 | 26,000 | |
LIM | New York | 1,276 | 83 | 940 | 90 | 37,000 |
Le Moyne | Syracuse | 2,392 | 74 | 1080 | 100 | 26,000 |
Long Island | Brookville | 5,630 | 80 | 1080 | 91 | 29,000 |
Manhattan College | Bronx | 3,365 | 74 | 1060 | 96 | 36,500 |
Manhattanville | Purchase | 1,474 | 90 | 98 | 30,500 | |
Marist | Poughkeepsie | 5,199 | 49 | 89 | 43,000 | |
Marymount Manhattan | New York | 1,660 | 80 | 990 | 98 | 43,000 |
Medaille | Buffalo | 1,346 | 62 | 82 | 22,000 | |
Mercy | Dobbs Ferry | 6,223 | 82 | 890 | 95 | 25,500 |
Mohawk Valley CC | Utica | 2,968 | 100 | 0 | 14,000 | |
Molloy | Rockville Centre | 2,780 | 78 | 810 | 93 | 37,500 |
Monroe | Bronx | 4,507 | 48 | 87 | 19,000 | |
Monroe CC | Rochester | 6,927 | 100 | 13 | 13,000 | |
Mount St Mary | Newburgh | 1,596 | 94 | 970 | 100 | 29,500 |
Mt St Vincent | Bronx | 1,788 | 92 | 910 | 100 | 22,000 |
Nassau CC | Garden City | 9,486 | 100 | 0 | 18,000 | |
Nazareth | Rochester | 2,180 | 64 | 97 | 32,000 | |
New Rochelle | New Rochelle | 0 | 100 | 0 | 38,500 | |
The New School | New York | 6,697 | 57 | 1160 | 91 | 55,000 |
NYU | New York | 25,872 | 16 | 940 | 46 | 60,000 |
Niagara County CC | Sanborn | 2,756 | 100 | 11 | 13,500 | |
Niagara | Niagara University | 2,692 | 89 | 1020 | 99 | 22,500 |
New York Institute of Tech | Old Westbury | 3,357 | 68 | 1070 | 98 | 28,500 |
Nyack | Nyack | 840 | 98 | 730 | 99 | 21,000 |
Onondaga CC | Syracuse | 4,236 | 100 | 13 | 11,000 | |
Orange County CC | Middletown | 2,680 | 100 | 7 | 9,000 | |
Pace | New York | 7,837 | 79 | 830 | 97 | 37,500 |
Pratt Institute-Main | Brooklyn | 3,570 | 56 | 1160 | 72 | 51,000 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic | Troy | 6,218 | 47 | 890 | 84 | 48,500 |
Roberts Wesleyan | Rochester | 1,176 | 67 | 1020 | 96 | 26,000 |
Rochester Inst of Tech | Rochester | 12,254 | 71 | 1220 | 94 | 36,500 |
Rochester U | Rochester | 6,410 | 30 | 1310 | 77 | 42,500 |
Rockland CC | Suffern | 3,325 | 100 | 4 | 15,000 | |
Sage | Troy | 1,231 | 85 | 99 | 27,000 | |
St Bonaventure | Saint Bonaventure | 1,767 | 75 | 1020 | 100 | 25,000 |
St Francis | Brooklyn Heights | 2,374 | 78 | 890 | 100 | 27,000 |
St Lawrence | Canton | 2,365 | 42 | 900 | 100 | 34,000 |
St Rose | Albany | 2,363 | 87 | 99 | 24,000 | |
St. Thomas Aquinas | Sparkill | 1,134 | 81 | 770 | 99 | 26,500 |
Sarah Lawrence | Bronxville | 1,421 | 53 | 1240 | 83 | 48,500 |
Schenectady County CC | Schenectady | 1,555 | 100 | 9 | 10,000 | |
Siena | Loudonville | 3,081 | 81 | 98 | 30,000 | |
Skidmore | Saratoga Springs | 2,622 | 30 | 1230 | 49 | 48,500 |
St. Joseph's-Long Island | Patchogue | 2,611 | 73 | 1030 | 96 | 21,500 |
St John Fisher | Rochester | 2,535 | 64 | 1060 | 100 | 30,500 |
St John's | Queens | 11,525 | 72 | 1090 | 100 | 36,000 |
SUNY Alfred | Alfred | 3,482 | 67 | 940 | 83 | 18,500 |
SUNY Canton | Canton | 2,784 | 85 | 920 | 85 | 17,000 |
SUNY Delhi | Delhi | 2,391 | 72 | 920 | 81 | 17,000 |
SUNY Ag Cobleskill | Cobleskill | 2,095 | 54 | 750 | 80 | 18,500 |
Farmingdale State | Farmingdale | 7,785 | 55 | 820 | 59 | 20,000 |
SUNY Morrisville | Morrisville | 2,283 | 75 | 870 | 87 | 21,000 |
SUNY at Albany | Albany | 12,568 | 54 | 940 | 65 | 21,500 |
Binghamton | Binghamton | 13,845 | 41 | 920 | 51 | 23,000 |
Buffalo | Buffalo | 20,401 | 61 | 1160 | 69 | 22,500 |
Stony Brook | Stony Brook | 16,697 | 44 | 1230 | 69 | 20,500 |
SUNY Environmental | Syracuse | 1,747 | 70 | 1110 | 87 | 24,500 |
SUNY Polytechnic Institute | Utica | 1,903 | 69 | 1020 | 90 | 17,500 |
SUNY Brockport | Brockport | 5,960 | 55 | 1000 | 77 | 19,000 |
SUNY Buffalo State | Buffalo | 6,916 | 67 | 790 | 85 | 19,000 |
SUNY Cortland | Cortland | 6,170 | 46 | 1090 | 61 | 20,000 |
SUNY Fredonia | Fredonia | 4,132 | 71 | 840 | 90 | 16,000 |
SUNY Geneseo | Geneseo | 5,153 | 65 | 990 | 63 | 21,000 |
SUNY New Paltz | New Paltz | 6,291 | 45 | 1090 | 64 | 20,500 |
SUNY Oneonta | Oneonta | 5,942 | 56 | 990 | 65 | 20,000 |
SUNY Oswego | Oswego | 6,561 | 54 | 860 | 91 | 17,000 |
SUNY Potsdam | Potsdam | 2,977 | 68 | 93 | 15,500 | |
SUNY Purchase | Purchase | 3,709 | 52 | 1070 | 59 | 22,000 |
SUNY Old Westbury | Old Westbury | 4,131 | 78 | 960 | 76 | 17,500 |
SUNY Plattsburgh | Plattsburgh | 4,420 | 58 | 980 | 80 | 17,500 |
SUNY Empire State | Saratoga Springs | 3,267 | 100 | 66 | 15,000 | |
SUNY Maritime | Bronx | 1,474 | 74 | 880 | 46 | 23,000 |
Syracuse | Syracuse | 14,727 | 44 | 1190 | 79 | 51,500 |
Tompkins Cortland CC | Dryden | 1,460 | 100 | 18 | 17,000 | |
Touro | New York | 3,830 | 69 | 85 | 28,000 | |
Ulster County CC | Stone Ridge | 1,424 | 100 | 30 | 7,500 | |
Union College | Schenectady | 2,173 | 43 | 1230 | 82 | 46,500 |
United Talmudical Seminary | Brooklyn | 2,020 | 100 | 57 | 8,500 | |
US Military Academy | West Point | 1,007 | 25 | 1200 | 0 | 5,500 |
Utica | Utica | 2,824 | 87 | 89 | 26,500 | |
Vassar | Poughkeepsie | 2,424 | 24 | 1360 | 53 | 44,000 |
School of Visual Arts | New York | 3,784 | 71 | 920 | 56 | 57,000 |
Wagner | Staten Island | 1,677 | 71 | 100 | 36,500 | |
SUNY Westchester | Valhalla | 5,685 | 100 | 2 | 14,000 | |
Yeshiva | New York | 2,643 | 55 | 1160 | 86 | 39,500 |
Suffolk County CC | Selden | 12,399 | 100 | 1 | 9,000 | |
ASA College | Brooklyn | 3,679 | 100 | 36 | 24,500 | |
Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel | Monroe | 2,016 | 100 | 16 | 12,500 |
Notes on figures
- Net cost is a consumer-centric metric comparable to what cost means in business transactions outside of higher education. It represents a student’s cost of attending college including: tuition, room & board, fees and estimates of supplies less institutional aid of all kinds (including need-based and merit), and less federal and state/local aid. Loans and other repayable amounts are excluded and do not reduce the cost. Room and board uses on-campus costs; for students attending nonresidential institutions, the college’s own estimate of such off-campus costs is used. Total average net cost for all students allocates in- and out-of-state costs in proportion to attendance. Net cost differs from the Net Price figure self-reported by colleges to the NCES because it is comprehensive and covers all students, including the approximately 40% not covered by Net Price calculations.
- CC = Community College
- Number of undergraduates represent all enrolled full-time students as of 2018/19.
- % of Applicants admitted from 2019/20.
- The SAT score is intended to give a very rough idea of the academic level of entering students. This number shows the 25thpercentile of enrolled students out of 100% and adds together the verbal and math SAT and ACT scores using the ACT/SAT concordance formula developed by ACT and the College Board. The maximum possible score is 1600.
- The “% of students receiving discounts” is the 2018/19 figure showing what % of enrolled students are receiving price discounts from their colleges. This % does not include aid from the government, such as Pell grants, or other federal or state aid. It also does not include students borrowing to pay for college.
- These comments all apply to tables later in this report except where noted.
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