22022/23 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 College net price calculators are often outdated and don’t reflect true costs.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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Abilene Christian | Abilene | 3,352 | 61 | 1010 | 100 | 30,500 |
Alvin CC | Alvin | 1,218 | 100 | 24 | 10,000 | |
Amarillo | Amarillo | 3,468 | 100 | 18 | 9,000 | |
Angelina | Lufkin | 1,300 | 100 | 27 | 12,500 | |
Angelo State | San Angelo | 5,469 | 77 | 920 | 63 | 14,500 |
Austin | Sherman | 1,276 | 51 | 1110 | 100 | 26,000 |
Austin CC District | Austin | 8,939 | 100 | 17 | 21,000 | |
Baylor | Waco | 13,906 | 45 | 1220 | 93 | 42,000 |
Coastal Bend | Beeville | 1,274 | 100 | 21 | 10,500 | |
Blinn | Brenham | 9,635 | 100 | 8 | 19,000 | |
Brookhaven | Farmers Branch | 1,983 | 100 | 7 | 14,500 | |
Cedar Valley | Lancaster | 1,558 | 100 | 9 | 13,000 | |
Central Texas | Killeen | 4,953 | 100 | 15 | 9,500 | |
Cisco | Cisco | 1,421 | 100 | 36 | 12,000 | |
Concordia Texas | Austin | 1,440 | 90 | 950 | 100 | 28,000 |
North Central Texas | Gainesville | 2,196 | 100 | 21 | 11,000 | |
Texas A & M-Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | 7,201 | 80 | 990 | 10 | 20,500 |
Dallas Baptist | Dallas | 2,332 | 90 | 520 | 93 | 30,000 |
Univ of Dallas | Irving | 1,443 | 45 | 1140 | 99 | 30,000 |
Del Mar | Corpus Christi | 2,661 | 100 | 25 | 9,500 | |
East Texas Baptist | Marshall | 1,230 | 59 | 910 | 99 | 25,000 |
Texas A&M-Texarkana | Texarkana | 1,248 | 94 | 980 | 45 | 13,500 |
Texas A & M-Commerce | Commerce | 6,177 | 43 | 950 | 38 | 16,000 |
Eastfield | Mesquite | 3,157 | 100 | 5 | 13,500 | |
El Centro | Dallas | 2,005 | 100 | 9 | 13,000 | |
El Paso CC | El Paso | 8,760 | 100 | 2 | 7,000 | |
Grayson | Denison | 1,575 | 100 | 5 | 9,500 | |
Hardin-Simmons | Abilene | 1,615 | 84 | 950 | 100 | 23,000 |
Trinity Valley CC | Athens | 1,913 | 100 | 40 | 14,000 | |
Hill | Hillsboro | 1,583 | 100 | 42 | 9,500 | |
Houston Baptist | Houston | 2,067 | 71 | 1010 | 100 | 26,000 |
U of Houston-Clear Lake | Houston | 3,358 | 74 | 1010 | 39 | 14,500 |
Houston CC | Houston | 16,397 | 100 | 7 | 10,500 | |
U of Houston-Downtown | Houston | 6,629 | 89 | 920 | 48 | 10,000 |
U of Houston-Victoria | Victoria | 1,748 | 56 | 900 | 76 | 11,500 |
Houston | Houston | 28,368 | 65 | 1120 | 60 | 16,500 |
Howard | Big Spring | 1,197 | 100 | 34 | 9,000 | |
Huston-Tillotson | Austin | 1,026 | 63 | 810 | 39 | 18,000 |
Incarnate Word | San Antonio | 4,093 | 94 | 950 | 98 | 32,000 |
Kilgore | Kilgore | 2,365 | 100 | 30 | 15,000 | |
Lamar | Beaumont | 5,243 | 84 | 950 | 18 | 16,500 |
Laredo | Laredo | 3,193 | 100 | 15 | 8,000 | |
Texas A & M International | Laredo | 5,574 | 54 | 900 | 44 | 10,500 |
Lee | Baytown | 1,244 | 100 | 18 | 11,500 | |
LeTourneau | Longview | 1,347 | 45 | 1080 | 98 | 27,000 |
Lubbock Christian | Lubbock | 1,201 | 91 | 960 | 93 | 26,000 |
College of the Mainland | Texas City | 1,061 | 100 | 19 | 8,500 | |
Mary Hardin-Baylor | Belton | 3,113 | 87 | 980 | 92 | 30,500 |
McLennan CC | Waco | 2,746 | 100 | 29 | 8,500 | |
Midland | Midland | 1,579 | 100 | 45 | 9,000 | |
Midwestern State | Wichita Falls | 4,084 | 79 | 920 | 74 | 12,500 |
Mountain View | Dallas | 1,979 | 100 | 20 | 12,500 | |
Navarro | Corsicana | 2,919 | 100 | 11 | 17,000 | |
Lone Star College | The Woodlands | 20,312 | 100 | 8 | 15,000 | |
North Lake | Irving | 1,791 | 100 | 5 | 14,000 | |
North Texas | Denton | 26,055 | 74 | 1050 | 50 | 20,500 |
Northeast Texas CC | Mount Pleasant | 1,371 | 100 | 12 | 16,500 | |
Odessa | Odessa | 2,233 | 100 | 26 | 9,000 | |
Our Lady of the Lake | San Antonio | 1,244 | 68 | 900 | 99 | 23,000 |
UT Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg | 19,922 | 80 | 930 | 47 | 13,500 |
Texas Southmost | Brownsville | 1,931 | 100 | 9 | 9,500 | |
Panola | Carthage | 980 | 100 | 42 | 12,500 | |
Paris Junior | Paris | 1,667 | 100 | 32 | 11,500 | |
Prairie View A & M | Prairie View | 7,501 | 80 | 870 | 55 | 15,000 |
Rice | Houston | 3,942 | 9 | 1450 | 58 | 41,000 |
Richland | Dallas | 4,195 | 100 | 7 | 14,500 | |
St Edward's | Austin | 3,199 | 88 | 1050 | 94 | 34,000 |
St Philip's | San Antonio | 2,058 | 100 | 10 | 13,000 | |
St Thomas | Houston | 1,693 | 87 | 1050 | 96 | 24,500 |
Sam Houston State | Huntsville | 15,311 | 83 | 990 | 9 | 18,500 |
San Antonio | San Antonio | 4,406 | 100 | 9 | 13,500 | |
San Jacinto CC | Pasadena | 9,244 | 100 | 2 | 10,000 | |
Schreiner | Kerrville | 1,087 | 93 | 910 | 89 | 24,000 |
St. Mary's | San Antonio | 2,162 | 79 | 1040 | 100 | 26,500 |
South Plains | Levelland | 4,267 | 100 | 15 | 9,000 | |
Southern Methodist | Dallas | 6,519 | 47 | 1290 | 80 | 50,500 |
Southwest Texas Junior | Uvalde | 1,867 | 100 | 19 | 12,000 | |
Swest Assemblies of God Univ | Waxahachie | 1,392 | 88 | 910 | 80 | 28,000 |
Southwestern | Georgetown | 1,495 | 49 | 1140 | 100 | 31,000 |
Stephen F Austin State | Nacogdoches | 9,213 | 68 | 990 | 52 | 16,500 |
Texas State | San Marcos | 27,923 | 81 | 1010 | 12 | 18,500 |
Sul Ross State | Alpine | 1,179 | 100 | 880 | 37 | 15,000 |
Tarleton State | Stephenville | 8,211 | 56 | 950 | 33 | 17,500 |
Tarrant County District | Fort Worth | 13,560 | 100 | 11 | 12,500 | |
Temple | Temple | 1,558 | 100 | 8 | 10,000 | |
Texarkana | Texarkana | 1,305 | 100 | 19 | 3,500 | |
Texas A & M-Kingsville | Kingsville | 4,670 | 77 | 920 | 41 | 17,000 |
Texas A & M | College Station | 47,667 | 58 | 1180 | 55 | 25,500 |
UT Arlington | Arlington | 19,441 | 83 | 1030 | 62 | 19,500 |
UT Austin | Austin | 37,515 | 32 | 1230 | 39 | 23,500 |
UT Dallas | Richardson | 17,943 | 79 | 1230 | 67 | 23,000 |
UTEP | El Paso | 13,858 | 100 | 33 | 18,500 | |
UT Tyler | Tyler | 4,764 | 83 | 1060 | 58 | 16,500 |
Texas Christian | Fort Worth | 9,219 | 47 | 1180 | 75 | 47,500 |
Texas College | Tyler | 891 | 100 | 22 | 18,000 | |
Texas Lutheran | Seguin | 1,380 | 56 | 990 | 100 | 24,000 |
UT Permian Basin | Odessa | 1,862 | 88 | 930 | 71 | 16,000 |
UT San Antonio | San Antonio | 22,414 | 77 | 1020 | 39 | 17,500 |
Texas Southern | Houston | 6,032 | 91 | 840 | 31 | 20,500 |
Texas Tech | Lubbock | 28,062 | 69 | 1070 | 52 | 22,500 |
Texas Wesleyan | Fort Worth | 1,327 | 42 | 980 | 99 | 26,500 |
Texas Woman's | Denton | 7,040 | 93 | 920 | 63 | 13,500 |
Trinity | San Antonio | 2,399 | 29 | 1280 | 99 | 32,000 |
Tyler Junior | Tyler | 6,020 | 100 | 19 | 16,500 | |
Victoria | Victoria | 1,019 | 100 | 29 | 10,000 | |
Weatherford | Weatherford | 1,805 | 100 | 16 | 16,500 | |
West Texas A & M | Canyon | 5,582 | 69 | 930 | 46 | 14,500 |
Wharton County Jr | Wharton | 3,046 | 100 | 11 | 11,000 | |
Palo Alto | San Antonio | 2,466 | 100 | 9 | 12,500 | |
Collin County CC District | Plano | 10,760 | 100 | 2 | 14,000 | |
Vista | El Paso | 3,482 | 100 | 7 | 18,500 | |
South Texas | McAllen | 11,080 | 100 | 2 | 7,500 | |
Northwest Vista | San Antonio | 4,735 | 100 | 9 | 14,500 | |
Lamar Tech | Beaumont | 1,524 | 100 | 13 | 7,500 | |
Southwest U El Paso | El Paso | 1,450 | 100 | 7 | 16,500 | |
Texas A&M-San Antonio | San Antonio | 3,316 | 44 | 930 | 39 | 9,500 |
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.
Popular out-of-state colleges, by average cost
College | City | State | Full-time students | Admissions % | SAT ACT blended 25th percentile | % students paying discounted tuition | Avg. annual net cost |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Tuscaloosa | AL | 29,135 | 83 | 1110 | 56 | 33,000 |
Auburn | Auburn University | AL | 22,527 | 81 | 1180 | 61 | 43,500 |
Arizona State | Tempe | AZ | 41,182 | 86 | 1110 | 94 | 32,500 |
Arizona | Tucson | AZ | 28,972 | 85 | 1090 | 87 | 43,500 |
Grand Canyon | Phoenix | AZ | 18,406 | 77 | 98 | 24,500 | |
Northern Arizona | Flagstaff | AZ | 21,731 | 85 | 92 | 30,000 | |
Arkansas | Fayetteville | AR | 20,559 | 77 | 1140 | 39 | 42,500 |
Arkansas State | State University | AR | 6,439 | 80 | 1040 | 78 | 11,000 |
Arkansas Tech | Russellville | AR | 6,584 | 95 | 77 | 22,000 | |
Central Arkansas | Conway | AR | 7,634 | 90 | 1040 | 58 | 5,000 |
Southern Arkansas | Magnolia | AR | 3,003 | 65 | 980 | 79 | 16,000 |
Colorado | Boulder | CO | 28,877 | 78 | 1160 | 51 | 53,500 |
Colorado School of Mines | Golden | CO | 4,930 | 53 | 1190 | 81 | 44,500 |
Colorado State-Ft Collins | Fort Collins | CO | 22,247 | 81 | 1090 | 56 | 35,500 |
Colorado Tech | Colorado Springs | CO | 15,272 | 100 | 23 | 16,000 | |
Metro State | Denver | CO | 12,250 | 61 | 890 | 21 | 34,500 |
Howard | Washington | DC | 6,269 | 36 | 1120 | 98 | 24,500 |
Kansas | Lawrence | KS | 17,257 | 93 | 1100 | 73 | 30,000 |
Kansas State | Manhattan | KS | 15,548 | 95 | 77 | 23,500 | |
Delgado CC | New Orleans | LA | 4,864 | 100 | 2 | 17,000 | |
LSU | Baton Rouge | LA | 22,726 | 75 | 1130 | 75 | 35,500 |
LA Tech | Ruston | LA | 8,131 | 64 | 1090 | 81 | 9,500 |
McNeese State | Lake Charles | LA | 5,407 | 81 | 1030 | 52 | 15,500 |
Louisiana Monroe | Monroe | LA | 4,761 | 80 | 1030 | 75 | 37,000 |
NW State Louisiana | Natchitoches | LA | 6,340 | 82 | 980 | 65 | 17,000 |
SE Louisiana | Hammond | LA | 9,248 | 90 | 980 | 67 | 33,000 |
Louisiana Lafayette | Lafayette | LA | 11,929 | 68 | 1040 | 57 | 33,000 |
Tulane | New Orleans | LA | 7,260 | 13 | 1340 | 76 | 44,500 |
Mississippi | University | MS | 15,902 | 88 | 1070 | 63 | 34,500 |
Mississippi State | Mississippi State | MS | 17,113 | 54 | 1100 | 86 | 24,500 |
Missouri | Columbia | MO | 20,676 | 81 | 1140 | 77 | 27,500 |
Missouri State-Springfield | Springfield | MO | 14,005 | 88 | 1040 | 63 | 24,000 |
Central New Mexico CC | Albuquerque | NM | 6,119 | 100 | 27 | 12,500 | |
New Mexico | Albuquerque | NM | 12,705 | 94 | 960 | 70 | 22,000 |
New Mexico State | Las Cruces | NM | 9,740 | 55 | 940 | 97 | 28,500 |
Central Oklahoma | Edmond | OK | 9,732 | 84 | 980 | 47 | 26,000 |
Langston | Langston | OK | 1,873 | 100 | 32 | 24,000 | |
Oklahoma Christian | Edmond | OK | 1,659 | 67 | 1040 | 99 | 23,000 |
Oklahoma State | Stillwater | OK | 17,291 | 70 | 1070 | 80 | 29,500 |
Oklahoma | Norman | OK | 18,996 | 80 | 1120 | 86 | 35,500 |
SE Oklahoma State | Durant | OK | 2,390 | 74 | 800 | 63 | 14,500 |
Memphis | Memphis | TN | 12,066 | 85 | 1030 | 79 | 31,000 |
Middle Tennessee State | Murfreesboro | TN | 15,721 | 94 | 1030 | 33 | 38,500 |
Tennessee | Knoxville | TN | 22,018 | 79 | 1170 | 54 | 45,500 |
BYU-Provo | Provo | UT | 28,288 | 67 | 1230 | 49 | 17,000 |
Utah State | Logan | UT | 17,063 | 91 | 1030 | 73 | 17,000 |
Utah Valley | Orem | UT | 19,799 | 100 | 43 | 17,000 | |
Utah | Salt Lake City | UT | 18,628 | 62 | 1130 | 70 | 37,500 |
Weber State | Ogden | UT | 11,854 | 100 | 72 | 20,500 | |
Western Governors | Salt Lake City | UT | 98,630 | 100 | 0 | 11,500 |
Community Colleges
Community colleges are presented differently from 4-year colleges because of how they manage the prices they charge, such as offering discounted tuition to in-county residents, sometimes providing on-campus housing and sometimes not, and educating a larger proportion of part-time and distance (online) students. The “In-state Tuition, Fees and Supplies” number presented above, dating from 2018/19, is intended to remove these factors and make the prices easier to compare.
College | City | Full-time students | Part-time students | In-state tuition | Average annual net cost | BA degree offered | Residential dorms available | Room & board cost (in-state) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alvin CC | Alvin | 1,218 | 4,579 | 2,786 | 10,000 | - | ||
Amarillo | Amarillo | 3,468 | 6,282 | 3,168 | 9,000 | - | ||
Angelina | Lufkin | 1,300 | 3,372 | 4,380 | 12,500 | YES | 5,600 | |
Coastal Bend | Beeville | 1,274 | 3,540 | 4,493 | 10,500 | YES | 5,100 | |
Blinn | Brenham | 9,635 | 10,481 | 4,296 | 19,000 | YES | 8,199 | |
Brookhaven | Farmers Branch | 1,983 | 11,735 | 3,330 | 14,500 | - | ||
Cedar Valley | Lancaster | 1,558 | 7,228 | 3,330 | 13,000 | - | ||
Central Texas | Killeen | 4,953 | 11,766 | 3,390 | 9,500 | YES | 5,794 | |
Cisco | Cisco | 1,421 | 2,142 | 4,800 | 12,000 | YES | 4,696 | |
North Central Texas | Gainesville | 2,196 | 7,381 | 4,560 | 11,000 | YES | 4,522 | |
Del Mar | Corpus Christi | 2,661 | 9,347 | 4,275 | 9,500 | - | ||
Eastfield | Mesquite | 3,157 | 13,348 | 3,330 | 13,500 | - | ||
El Centro | Dallas | 2,005 | 10,942 | 3,330 | 13,000 | - | ||
El Paso CC | El Paso | 8,760 | 20,320 | 3,010 | 7,000 | - | ||
Grayson | Denison | 1,575 | 2,898 | 3,782 | 9,500 | YES | 6,746 | |
Trinity Valley CC | Athens | 1,913 | 4,320 | 4,920 | 14,000 | YES | 6,584 | |
Hill | Hillsboro | 1,583 | 3,017 | 2,982 | 9,500 | YES | 4,200 | |
Houston CC | Houston | 16,397 | 39,754 | 4,152 | 10,500 | - | ||
Howard | Big Spring | 1,197 | 3,096 | 3,970 | 9,000 | YES | 5,040 | |
Kilgore | Kilgore | 2,365 | 3,219 | 3,960 | 15,000 | YES | 6,016 | |
Laredo | Laredo | 3,193 | 7,007 | 4,500 | 8,000 | - | ||
Lee | Baytown | 1,244 | 6,272 | 3,762 | 11,500 | - | ||
College of the Mainland | Texas City | 1,061 | 3,626 | 2,973 | 8,500 | - | ||
McLennan CC | Waco | 2,746 | 5,959 | 3,990 | 8,500 | - | ||
Mountain View | Dallas | 1,979 | 10,231 | 3,330 | 12,500 | - | ||
Navarro | Corsicana | 2,919 | 5,254 | 4,452 | 17,000 | YES | 6,300 | |
Lone Star College | The Woodlands | 20,312 | 53,988 | 4,244 | 15,000 | - | ||
North Lake | Irving | 1,791 | 9,519 | 3,330 | 14,000 | - | ||
Northeast Texas CC | Mount Pleasant | 1,371 | 1,617 | 4,829 | 16,500 | YES | 7,598 | |
Odessa | Odessa | 2,233 | 4,595 | 3,384 | 9,000 | YES | 5,800 | |
Texas Southmost | Brownsville | 1,931 | 6,697 | 3,748 | 9,500 | - | ||
Panola | Carthage | 980 | 1,619 | 3,432 | 12,500 | YES | 5,092 | |
Paris Junior | Paris | 1,667 | 3,191 | 3,930 | 11,500 | YES | 5,140 | |
Richland | Dallas | 4,195 | 16,353 | 3,330 | 14,500 | - | ||
St Philip's | San Antonio | 2,058 | 10,904 | 6,690 | 13,000 | - | ||
San Antonio | San Antonio | 4,406 | 15,093 | 6,690 | 13,500 | - | ||
San Jacinto CC | Pasadena | 9,244 | 23,208 | 3,240 | 10,000 | - | ||
South Plains | Levelland | 4,267 | 4,945 | 3,704 | 9,000 | YES | 4,418 | |
Southwest Texas Junior | Uvalde | 1,867 | 5,044 | 4,062 | 12,000 | YES | 5,060 | |
Tarrant County District | Fort Worth | 13,560 | 36,959 | 3,402 | 12,500 | - | ||
Temple | Temple | 1,558 | 3,329 | 4,200 | 10,000 | - | ||
Texarkana | Texarkana | 1,305 | 2,787 | 3,652 | 3,500 | - | ||
Victoria | Victoria | 1,019 | 2,706 | 3,624 | 10,000 | - | ||
Weatherford | Weatherford | 1,805 | 4,138 | 4,330 | 16,500 | YES | 9,000 | |
Wharton County Jr | Wharton | 3,046 | 3,858 | 3,576 | 11,000 | YES | 4,500 | |
Palo Alto | San Antonio | 2,466 | 8,297 | 6,690 | 12,500 | - | ||
Collin County CC District | Plano | 10,760 | 24,372 | 3,004 | 14,000 | - | ||
Vista | El Paso | 3,482 | 0 | 15,680 | 18,500 | - | ||
Northwest Vista | San Antonio | 4,735 | 13,275 | 6,690 | 14,500 | - | ||
Lamar Tech | Beaumont | 1,524 | 2,491 | 3,602 | 7,500 | - |
Notes on figures
- Number of undergraduates represent all enrolled full-time and part-time students as of 2018/19.
- “In-state Tuition, Fees and Supplies” is a figure provided by the colleges covering full-time tuition, supplies and fees but NOT room & board. This is a cleaner way to compare community college pricing for several reasons. The proportion of tuition paid by Pell Grants depends on the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and is determined by the federal government, not any decision by the college. Some but not all community colleges offer dormitories. Finally, the number of part-time students and the discounted tuition often granted to in-county students makes the comparison of net prices even more complex than for traditional 4-year colleges.
- The Average Net Cost figures used in this report extrapolate from data provided by the colleges themselves to the federal government and the public, projected to the current year. It represents full-time tuition and includes room & board, supplies, fees less aid and grants from the colleges and the government. It standardizes calculations across colleges and is comparable to the Net costs used for 4-year colleges. Individual student costs will vary based on circumstances, so this figure only provides guidance. This figure does have the benefit of showing you how much a typical community college student will spend.
- The cost of on-campus room & board dates from 2019/20 and is only presented for colleges providing residential housing. The schools’ estimates of off-campus housing costs are not included.
College pricing and the Expected Family Contribution
To receive any sort of aids and loans, US colleges require filing of the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), which calculates the Expected Family Contribution (the “EFC”). Discussions of college costs often make reference to the EFC, which is a federal statutory calculation that governs financing student college costs. It is NOT the same as the pricing, which is determined by supply and demand and the college’s own cost structure. To repeat, the cost of college is how much you will pay the college; the EFC determines your eligibility for loans or certain grants. Pricing; financing – two different things.
The charts below illustrate this distinction for a college with a “Cost of attendance” of $60,000. (The cost of attendance includes the full listed as-advertised tuition, room & board, estimated costs for materials and other fees.)
The College Board Big Future site offers a handy way to calculate this in advance of completing all the paperwork:
Note that the EFC will be renamed the Student Aid Index beginning in the 2023/24 academic year. The FAFSA filing after this change is expected to be much simpler and quicker to complete, but the fundamental formula is unchanged.
Federal Student Loans
Student loans are a complex topic outside of the scope of this report.
2021/2022 interest rates for the federal student loan program are:
- Direct (unsubsidized & subsidized): 3.73%.
- Direct PLUS is set at 6.28%.
- Private loan interest rate are set by the market, partly depend on the parents’ credit score and come in a variety of types.
Federal student loan interest rates are fixed and do not change after the initial borrowing. Because of the topic’s complexity, we recommend you go straight to the source and read the Department of Education site for more information:
A smaller group of mostly selective colleges also require submission of the CSS Profile in addition to FAFSA. The CSS Profile is a more detailed report on the financial profile of a student and their family. It is used in different ways by these colleges to assess how much students and their families should pay. One key difference between the FAFSA and CSS Profile schools is that the equity value of the home often (but not always) affects the level of financial aid offered.
The FAFSA and CSS Profile use prior year income for the initial FAFSA filing, so a 2021 senior’s FAFSA would depend on their 2019 earnings.
Decision and Early Action
Giving students discounts and breaks on full tuition is common business practice in higher education. Information about discounts granted to Early Decision and Early Action candidates is not compiled but a large amount of anecdotal evidence points to discounts for accepted students in Early Decision being much less generous than for the regular application period. So a student’s decision to apply Early Decision conveys to the college both their strong interest in attending and their willingness and ability to pay full costs. Applying through Early Action conveys strong interest but leaves latitude for negotiating financial aid. Because each student’s situation will be different, applicants are advised to think of the application process in part as a negotiation and to use the different application options as signals to the college.
Ways to save on college costs
There are a number of options beyond college choices to limit spending on college. The right choice depends on the student’s needs. They include:
- Studying for a year or two at a community college, institutions which are generally cheaper than 4-year programs, and then transferring into a Bachelor’s program.
- Completing credits at high school or via distance learning outside of actual college attendance
- Making sure to complete the bachelor’s program on time
- Applying for and obtaining scholarships
The first two will require acceptance of credits by the 4-year Bachelor’s program in which you ultimately enroll. While there are certain standards that apply in these scenarios, the ultimate decision will depend on the college accepting the student.
Fit
One important way to limit spending is to make sure the college you enroll in is a “fit.” When recruiting students, colleges are very focused on fit – on making sure that a college matches up well with a student’s personal and professional objectives. This is because fit helps both the student and the college. Lack of fit directly contributes to students dropping out or transferring to another school, both of which increase the costs of obtaining a degree. So proper matching of applications with schools is an important factor in college costs.
How to find scholarships and grants
The College Board’s Big Future and Sallie Mae’s Scholarship Search site are both excellent places to find information on scholarships:
Scholarships.com and Fastweb also both provide free searches of many scholarships:
Finally, two separate but similarly named sites, Collegescholarships.com and Collegescholarships.org, valuably provide lists of scholarships limited to residents of specific states, counties and municipalities.

Financial Scenarios
While the average costs above are an informative first cut, the impact of their family’s individual financial position on the amount a college charges a specific student is significant. The following section lays out a set of scenarios showing estimated costs for students with different family financial profiles. These are estimates and are intended as a baseline guide to help you decide on a short list of colleges to which to apply and to navigate the application and acceptance process with objective financial information.
Factors that increase or decrease the amount colleges charge a student:
- Family income
- Family financial assets
- Amount of equity in the family home (only selected colleges)
- Academic performance in high school, board scores
- Student’s demographic profile (including whether the parents have college degrees)
Other factors, such as whether other students in the household are also enrolled in college, marital status (married or not), and student income and savings play a generally smaller role.
Notes on figures
- For categories identical to those used to the in- and out-of-state average costs tables above, earlier comments apply.
- The colleges are ranked highest to lowest according to projected 2021/22 net cost.
- The “Full cost of a 4-year degree, Projected” represents an estimate of the total net costs for a class of ’25 student completing their Bachelor’s degree in 4 years.
- Scenarios 5, 6 and 7 assume a dual-earner married household with two children, the prospective college student who is a public high school senior and a younger sibling, with financial and home equity assets conforming to US government data on income and assets. The couple does not own their own business or investment real estate and is not the beneficiary of a trust. The prospective college student has no children, earned a small amount last year and is a dependent for IRS purposes. Once enrolled in college, the student would be enrolled full-time and live on campus.
- Disclaimer: These financial estimates represent informational projections that will change over time. They do not represents promises or commitments by CTAS or the colleges themselves. Final net cost numbers will differ from these estimates for many reasons.

Scenario
Students with families with an average of $15,000 in annual income. Families in this income range on average have <$10,000 in financial assets and home equity of <$40,000 (Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances).
College City State Full-time students Admissions % % students paying discounted tuition Avg. annual net cost Total cost of degree
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
AL
29,135
83
56
30,500
125,500
Auburn
Auburn University
AL
22,527
81
61
33,000
135,000
Arizona State
Tempe
AZ
41,182
86
94
27,000
113,000
Arizona
Tucson
AZ
28,972
85
87
31,500
131,500
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
AZ
18,406
77
98
20,000
82,500
Northern Arizona
Flagstaff
AZ
21,731
85
92
20,000
83,000
Arkansas
Fayetteville
AR
20,559
77
39
30,000
123,000
Arkansas State
State University
AR
6,439
80
78
9,000
37,000
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
AR
6,584
95
77
19,500
80,000
Central Arkansas
Conway
AR
7,634
90
58
4,500
19,000
Southern Arkansas
Magnolia
AR
3,003
65
79
14,500
60,500
Colorado
Boulder
CO
28,877
78
51
32,000
132,500
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
CO
4,930
53
81
30,500
125,500
Colorado State-Ft Collins
Fort Collins
CO
22,247
81
56
23,500
96,500
Colorado Tech
Colorado Springs
CO
15,272
100
23
16,500
67,000
Metro State
Denver
CO
12,250
61
21
29,000
120,000
Howard
Washington
DC
6,269
36
98
10,500
43,500
Kansas
Lawrence
KS
17,257
93
73
23,000
94,000
Kansas State
Manhattan
KS
15,548
95
77
18,500
74,500
Delgado CC
New Orleans
LA
4,864
100
2
16,500
33,000
LSU
Baton Rouge
LA
22,726
75
75
18,500
76,500
LA Tech
Ruston
LA
8,131
64
81
7,500
30,000
McNeese State
Lake Charles
LA
5,407
81
52
14,000
58,000
Louisiana Monroe
Monroe
LA
4,761
80
75
29,000
119,500
NW State Louisiana
Natchitoches
LA
6,340
82
65
16,000
64,000
SE Louisiana
Hammond
LA
9,248
90
67
27,000
111,500
Louisiana Lafayette
Lafayette
LA
11,929
68
57
22,000
90,500
Tulane
New Orleans
LA
7,260
13
76
21,500
88,500
Mississippi
University
MS
15,902
88
63
22,500
93,500
Mississippi State
Mississippi State
MS
17,113
54
86
22,000
90,000
Missouri
Columbia
MO
20,676
81
77
18,500
75,500
Missouri State-Springfield
Springfield
MO
14,005
88
63
19,500
79,500
Central New Mexico CC
Albuquerque
NM
6,119
100
27
7,000
14,000
New Mexico
Albuquerque
NM
12,705
94
70
18,500
75,500
New Mexico State
Las Cruces
NM
9,740
55
97
27,000
110,500
Central Oklahoma
Edmond
OK
9,732
84
47
20,500
84,500
Langston
Langston
OK
1,873
100
32
23,000
95,500
Oklahoma Christian
Edmond
OK
1,659
67
99
18,000
74,000
Oklahoma State
Stillwater
OK
17,291
70
80
18,000
75,000
Oklahoma
Norman
OK
18,996
80
86
28,500
118,000
SE Oklahoma State
Durant
OK
2,390
74
63
10,500
42,500
Memphis
Memphis
TN
12,066
85
79
24,500
100,500
Middle Tennessee State
Murfreesboro
TN
15,721
94
33
26,500
108,500
Tennessee
Knoxville
TN
22,018
79
54
25,500
105,500
Abilene Christian
Abilene
TX
3,352
61
100
26,000
109,000
Alvin CC
Alvin
TX
1,218
100
24
7,500
15,500
Amarillo
Amarillo
TX
3,468
100
18
5,000
10,500
Angelina
Lufkin
TX
1,300
100
27
8,500
17,500
Angelo State
San Angelo
TX
5,469
77
63
9,500
39,000
Austin
Sherman
TX
1,276
51
100
19,000
78,000
Austin CC District
Austin
TX
8,939
100
17
3,500
14,000
Baylor
Waco
TX
13,906
45
93
28,500
117,500
Coastal Bend
Beeville
TX
1,274
100
21
6,000
12,000
Blinn
Brenham
TX
9,635
100
8
14,000
29,000
Brookhaven
Farmers Branch
TX
1,983
100
7
5,500
11,000
Cedar Valley
Lancaster
TX
1,558
100
9
7,000
14,500
Central Texas
Killeen
TX
4,953
100
15
4,000
8,000
Cisco
Cisco
TX
1,421
100
36
8,500
17,500
Concordia Texas
Austin
TX
1,440
90
100
20,500
83,000
North Central Texas
Gainesville
TX
2,196
100
21
3,500
7,500
Texas A & M-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
TX
7,201
80
10
17,000
70,500
Dallas Baptist
Dallas
TX
2,332
90
93
24,000
100,500
Univ of Dallas
Irving
TX
1,443
45
99
18,000
74,500
Del Mar
Corpus Christi
TX
2,661
100
25
4,500
9,000
East Texas Baptist
Marshall
TX
1,230
59
99
21,500
88,000
Texas A&M-Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,248
94
45
8,000
32,000
Texas A & M-Commerce
Commerce
TX
6,177
43
38
11,000
46,000
Eastfield
Mesquite
TX
3,157
100
5
5,000
10,500
El Centro
Dallas
TX
2,005
100
9
5,000
10,000
El Paso CC
El Paso
TX
8,760
100
2
3,000
6,000
Grayson
Denison
TX
1,575
100
5
7,500
15,000
Hardin-Simmons
Abilene
TX
1,615
84
100
18,000
73,500
Trinity Valley CC
Athens
TX
1,913
100
40
8,000
16,500
Hill
Hillsboro
TX
1,583
100
42
8,500
17,000
Houston Baptist
Houston
TX
2,067
71
100
19,000
79,000
U of Houston-Clear Lake
Houston
TX
3,358
74
39
6,000
24,000
Houston CC
Houston
TX
16,397
100
7
5,000
10,500
U of Houston-Downtown
Houston
TX
6,629
89
48
6,000
25,500
U of Houston-Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,748
56
76
8,000
32,500
Houston
Houston
TX
28,368
65
60
11,500
47,000
Howard
Big Spring
TX
1,197
100
34
5,000
9,500
Huston-Tillotson
Austin
TX
1,026
63
39
16,000
66,000
Incarnate Word
San Antonio
TX
4,093
94
98
23,000
97,000
Kilgore
Kilgore
TX
2,365
100
30
7,000
14,000
Lamar
Beaumont
TX
5,243
84
18
10,000
40,500
Laredo
Laredo
TX
3,193
100
15
5,000
9,500
Texas A & M International
Laredo
TX
5,574
54
44
3,000
13,000
Lee
Baytown
TX
1,244
100
18
7,000
14,000
LeTourneau
Longview
TX
1,347
45
98
20,500
85,000
Lubbock Christian
Lubbock
TX
1,201
91
93
23,000
95,500
College of the Mainland
Texas City
TX
1,061
100
19
2,500
5,500
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton
TX
3,113
87
92
26,000
109,000
McLennan CC
Waco
TX
2,746
100
29
6,500
13,000
Midland
Midland
TX
1,579
100
45
4,500
18,500
Midwestern State
Wichita Falls
TX
4,084
79
74
8,000
32,000
Mountain View
Dallas
TX
1,979
100
20
3,500
7,500
Navarro
Corsicana
TX
2,919
100
11
15,000
30,500
Lone Star College
The Woodlands
TX
20,312
100
8
6,500
13,000
North Lake
Irving
TX
1,791
100
5
5,000
10,000
North Texas
Denton
TX
26,055
74
50
9,000
37,000
Northeast Texas CC
Mount Pleasant
TX
1,371
100
12
8,000
16,000
Odessa
Odessa
TX
2,233
100
26
6,500
13,000
Our Lady of the Lake
San Antonio
TX
1,244
68
99
17,500
73,000
UT Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
TX
19,922
80
47
3,000
13,000
Texas Southmost
Brownsville
TX
1,931
100
9
5,000
10,000
Panola
Carthage
TX
980
100
42
7,000
14,500
Paris Junior
Paris
TX
1,667
100
32
6,500
13,000
Prairie View A & M
Prairie View
TX
7,501
80
55
11,500
47,000
Rice
Houston
TX
3,942
9
58
5,000
21,000
Richland
Dallas
TX
4,195
100
7
4,500
9,000
St Edward's
Austin
TX
3,199
88
94
21,000
86,000
St Philip's
San Antonio
TX
2,058
100
10
5,000
10,500
St Thomas
Houston
TX
1,693
87
96
16,500
67,500
Sam Houston State
Huntsville
TX
15,311
83
9
11,500
48,000
San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
4,406
100
9
5,000
10,000
San Jacinto CC
Pasadena
TX
9,244
100
2
9,000
18,000
Schreiner
Kerrville
TX
1,087
93
89
21,500
90,000
St. Mary's
San Antonio
TX
2,162
79
100
18,000
74,500
South Plains
Levelland
TX
4,267
100
15
6,500
13,000
Southern Methodist
Dallas
TX
6,519
47
80
27,000
112,000
Southwest Texas Junior
Uvalde
TX
1,867
100
19
6,500
13,500
Swest Assemblies of God Univ
Waxahachie
TX
1,392
88
80
25,000
104,500
Southwestern
Georgetown
TX
1,495
49
100
23,000
96,000
Stephen F Austin State
Nacogdoches
TX
9,213
68
52
9,000
36,000
Texas State
San Marcos
TX
27,923
81
12
12,000
50,000
Sul Ross State
Alpine
TX
1,179
100
37
12,500
50,500
Tarleton State
Stephenville
TX
8,211
56
33
16,000
67,500
Tarrant County District
Fort Worth
TX
13,560
100
11
6,000
12,500
Temple
Temple
TX
1,558
100
8
3,500
7,500
Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,305
100
19
3,500
7,000
Texas A & M-Kingsville
Kingsville
TX
4,670
77
41
12,500
51,500
Texas A & M
College Station
TX
47,667
58
55
12,500
52,000
UT Arlington
Arlington
TX
19,441
83
62
12,000
50,000
UT Austin
Austin
TX
37,515
32
39
13,000
53,000
UT Dallas
Richardson
TX
17,943
79
67
12,000
49,500
UTEP
El Paso
TX
13,858
100
33
8,000
34,000
UT Tyler
Tyler
TX
4,764
83
58
8,500
34,000
Texas Christian
Fort Worth
TX
9,219
47
75
24,500
101,500
Texas College
Tyler
TX
891
100
22
16,000
66,500
Texas Lutheran
Seguin
TX
1,380
56
100
18,000
74,000
UT Permian Basin
Odessa
TX
1,862
88
71
9,500
39,500
UT San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
22,414
77
39
11,000
45,500
Texas Southern
Houston
TX
6,032
91
31
20,500
86,500
Texas Tech
Lubbock
TX
28,062
69
52
13,000
54,500
Texas Wesleyan
Fort Worth
TX
1,327
42
99
22,000
89,000
Texas Woman's
Denton
TX
7,040
93
63
7,500
30,500
Trinity
San Antonio
TX
2,399
29
99
14,000
56,000
Tyler Junior
Tyler
TX
6,020
100
19
9,000
38,500
Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,019
100
29
5,000
9,500
Weatherford
Weatherford
TX
1,805
100
16
7,500
14,500
West Texas A & M
Canyon
TX
5,582
69
46
8,500
35,500
Wharton County Jr
Wharton
TX
3,046
100
11
3,500
7,000
BYU-Provo
Provo
UT
28,288
67
49
9,500
39,000
Utah State
Logan
UT
17,063
91
73
13,000
54,000
Utah Valley
Orem
UT
19,799
100
43
12,000
48,000
Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
18,628
62
70
26,500
110,000
Weber State
Ogden
UT
11,854
100
72
14,500
60,000
Palo Alto
San Antonio
TX
2,466
100
9
4,000
8,000
Collin County CC District
Plano
TX
10,760
100
2
5,000
10,500
Vista
El Paso
TX
3,482
100
7
11,000
23,000
South Texas
McAllen
TX
11,080
100
2
1,000
5,000
Northwest Vista
San Antonio
TX
4,735
100
9
4,000
8,000
Western Governors
Salt Lake City
UT
98,630
100
0
5,000
19,500
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
TX
1,524
100
13
6,500
13,000
Southwest U El Paso
El Paso
TX
1,450
100
7
16,500
67,000
Texas A&M-San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
3,316
44
39
8,000
33,000
2022-23 projected average net cost for selected colleges including both in- and out-of-state schools.
Scenario
Students with families with an average of $40,000 in annual income. Families in this income range on average have approximately $10,000 in financial assets and home equity of approximately $50,000 (Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances).
College City State Full-time students Admissions % % students paying discounted tuition Avg. annual net cost Total cost of degree}
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
AL
29,135
83
56
32,500
133,000
Auburn
Auburn University
AL
22,527
81
61
36,000
147,000
Arizona State
Tempe
AZ
41,182
86
94
30,000
124,000
Arizona
Tucson
AZ
28,972
85
87
34,000
140,500
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
AZ
18,406
77
98
20,500
84,500
Northern Arizona
Flagstaff
AZ
21,731
85
92
21,000
87,000
Arkansas
Fayetteville
AR
20,559
77
39
33,000
136,000
Arkansas State
State University
AR
6,439
80
78
9,000
38,000
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
AR
6,584
95
77
19,500
80,000
Central Arkansas
Conway
AR
7,634
90
58
4,500
19,500
Southern Arkansas
Magnolia
AR
3,003
65
79
15,000
61,000
Colorado
Boulder
CO
28,877
78
51
35,000
145,000
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
CO
4,930
53
81
32,500
135,000
Colorado State-Ft Collins
Fort Collins
CO
22,247
81
56
23,500
97,500
Colorado Tech
Colorado Springs
CO
15,272
100
23
17,000
69,000
Metro State
Denver
CO
12,250
61
21
30,000
125,000
Howard
Washington
DC
6,269
36
98
27,000
110,500
Kansas
Lawrence
KS
17,257
93
73
24,000
99,500
Kansas State
Manhattan
KS
15,548
95
77
19,000
78,000
Delgado CC
New Orleans
LA
4,864
100
2
17,500
35,500
LSU
Baton Rouge
LA
22,726
75
75
28,000
114,500
LA Tech
Ruston
LA
8,131
64
81
8,000
31,500
McNeese State
Lake Charles
LA
5,407
81
52
19,000
80,000
Louisiana Monroe
Monroe
LA
4,761
80
75
29,000
119,500
NW State Louisiana
Natchitoches
LA
6,340
82
65
16,000
64,000
SE Louisiana
Hammond
LA
9,248
90
67
28,500
117,000
Louisiana Lafayette
Lafayette
LA
11,929
68
57
23,500
97,500
Tulane
New Orleans
LA
7,260
13
76
25,000
102,500
Mississippi
University
MS
15,902
88
63
27,000
112,000
Mississippi State
Mississippi State
MS
17,113
54
86
22,000
90,000
Missouri
Columbia
MO
20,676
81
77
19,500
80,000
Missouri State-Springfield
Springfield
MO
14,005
88
63
20,500
83,500
Central New Mexico CC
Albuquerque
NM
6,119
100
27
9,000
18,000
New Mexico
Albuquerque
NM
12,705
94
70
20,500
82,500
New Mexico State
Las Cruces
NM
9,740
55
97
29,000
118,500
Central Oklahoma
Edmond
OK
9,732
84
47
21,500
89,500
Langston
Langston
OK
1,873
100
32
23,000
95,500
Oklahoma Christian
Edmond
OK
1,659
67
99
18,000
74,000
Oklahoma State
Stillwater
OK
17,291
70
80
20,500
83,500
Oklahoma
Norman
OK
18,996
80
86
31,000
127,500
SE Oklahoma State
Durant
OK
2,390
74
63
12,000
50,000
Memphis
Memphis
TN
12,066
85
79
28,000
114,000
Middle Tennessee State
Murfreesboro
TN
15,721
94
33
31,000
126,000
Tennessee
Knoxville
TN
22,018
79
54
34,000
140,000
Abilene Christian
Abilene
TX
3,352
61
100
25,500
112,500
Alvin CC
Alvin
TX
1,218
100
24
7,500
15,500
Amarillo
Amarillo
TX
3,468
100
18
6,000
12,000
Angelina
Lufkin
TX
1,300
100
27
8,500
17,500
Angelo State
San Angelo
TX
5,469
77
63
11,000
46,500
Austin
Sherman
TX
1,276
51
100
18,000
78,500
Austin CC District
Austin
TX
8,939
100
17
4,500
19,000
Baylor
Waco
TX
13,906
45
93
30,000
128,500
Coastal Bend
Beeville
TX
1,274
100
21
6,000
12,500
Blinn
Brenham
TX
9,635
100
8
14,500
31,500
Brookhaven
Farmers Branch
TX
1,983
100
7
5,500
12,500
Cedar Valley
Lancaster
TX
1,558
100
9
7,000
15,500
Central Texas
Killeen
TX
4,953
100
15
5,500
11,500
Cisco
Cisco
TX
1,421
100
36
9,000
18,500
Concordia Texas
Austin
TX
1,440
90
100
21,500
89,000
North Central Texas
Gainesville
TX
2,196
100
21
4,000
9,000
Texas A & M-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
TX
7,201
80
10
17,000
75,000
Dallas Baptist
Dallas
TX
2,332
90
93
25,500
109,000
Univ of Dallas
Irving
TX
1,443
45
99
17,000
74,500
Del Mar
Corpus Christi
TX
2,661
100
25
5,500
11,500
East Texas Baptist
Marshall
TX
1,230
59
99
21,000
88,500
Texas A&M-Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,248
94
45
9,000
39,000
Texas A & M-Commerce
Commerce
TX
6,177
43
38
11,000
49,000
Eastfield
Mesquite
TX
3,157
100
5
5,500
12,500
El Centro
Dallas
TX
2,005
100
9
5,000
11,000
El Paso CC
El Paso
TX
8,760
100
2
4,000
8,500
Grayson
Denison
TX
1,575
100
5
8,000
16,500
Hardin-Simmons
Abilene
TX
1,615
84
100
17,500
73,500
Trinity Valley CC
Athens
TX
1,913
100
40
8,500
18,000
Hill
Hillsboro
TX
1,583
100
42
8,500
17,500
Houston Baptist
Houston
TX
2,067
71
100
18,500
79,000
U of Houston-Clear Lake
Houston
TX
3,358
74
39
9,500
39,000
Houston CC
Houston
TX
16,397
100
7
6,000
12,000
U of Houston-Downtown
Houston
TX
6,629
89
48
6,500
29,500
U of Houston-Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,748
56
76
8,000
33,500
Houston
Houston
TX
28,368
65
60
11,500
47,500
Howard
Big Spring
TX
1,197
100
34
5,500
12,000
Huston-Tillotson
Austin
TX
1,026
63
39
19,000
78,500
Incarnate Word
San Antonio
TX
4,093
94
98
23,500
104,000
Kilgore
Kilgore
TX
2,365
100
30
7,000
15,500
Lamar
Beaumont
TX
5,243
84
18
11,000
46,000
Laredo
Laredo
TX
3,193
100
15
5,000
10,500
Texas A & M International
Laredo
TX
5,574
54
44
3,500
13,500
Lee
Baytown
TX
1,244
100
18
6,500
14,000
LeTourneau
Longview
TX
1,347
45
98
20,000
85,000
Lubbock Christian
Lubbock
TX
1,201
91
93
23,000
100,500
College of the Mainland
Texas City
TX
1,061
100
19
2,500
5,500
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton
TX
3,113
87
92
25,000
109,000
McLennan CC
Waco
TX
2,746
100
29
6,500
14,000
Midland
Midland
TX
1,579
100
45
5,000
19,500
Midwestern State
Wichita Falls
TX
4,084
79
74
8,500
35,000
Mountain View
Dallas
TX
1,979
100
20
4,500
9,500
Navarro
Corsicana
TX
2,919
100
11
14,500
31,500
Lone Star College
The Woodlands
TX
20,312
100
8
6,500
14,000
North Lake
Irving
TX
1,791
100
5
6,000
13,000
North Texas
Denton
TX
26,055
74
50
8,500
39,000
Northeast Texas CC
Mount Pleasant
TX
1,371
100
12
7,500
16,000
Odessa
Odessa
TX
2,233
100
26
7,000
14,500
Our Lady of the Lake
San Antonio
TX
1,244
68
99
17,000
73,500
UT Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
TX
19,922
80
47
3,500
16,000
Texas Southmost
Brownsville
TX
1,931
100
9
6,000
13,000
Panola
Carthage
TX
980
100
42
7,000
14,500
Paris Junior
Paris
TX
1,667
100
32
6,000
13,000
Prairie View A & M
Prairie View
TX
7,501
80
55
12,000
53,000
Rice
Houston
TX
3,942
9
58
9,000
38,500
Richland
Dallas
TX
4,195
100
7
5,500
11,500
St Edward's
Austin
TX
3,199
88
94
21,000
91,000
St Philip's
San Antonio
TX
2,058
100
10
6,000
13,000
St Thomas
Houston
TX
1,693
87
96
16,500
67,500
Sam Houston State
Huntsville
TX
15,311
83
9
11,500
52,500
San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
4,406
100
9
5,500
11,500
San Jacinto CC
Pasadena
TX
9,244
100
2
8,500
18,500
Schreiner
Kerrville
TX
1,087
93
89
20,500
90,000
St. Mary's
San Antonio
TX
2,162
79
100
18,500
83,500
South Plains
Levelland
TX
4,267
100
15
7,000
15,500
Southern Methodist
Dallas
TX
6,519
47
80
26,000
112,000
Southwest Texas Junior
Uvalde
TX
1,867
100
19
7,500
16,000
Swest Assemblies of God Univ
Waxahachie
TX
1,392
88
80
24,500
107,500
Southwestern
Georgetown
TX
1,495
49
100
21,500
96,000
Stephen F Austin State
Nacogdoches
TX
9,213
68
52
11,000
44,500
Texas State
San Marcos
TX
27,923
81
12
12,000
53,500
Sul Ross State
Alpine
TX
1,179
100
37
13,000
54,000
Tarleton State
Stephenville
TX
8,211
56
33
16,500
73,500
Tarrant County District
Fort Worth
TX
13,560
100
11
5,500
12,500
Temple
Temple
TX
1,558
100
8
4,500
10,000
Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,305
100
19
6,500
12,500
Texas A & M-Kingsville
Kingsville
TX
4,670
77
41
12,500
55,000
Texas A & M
College Station
TX
47,667
58
55
13,500
60,500
UT Arlington
Arlington
TX
19,441
83
62
12,500
54,000
UT Austin
Austin
TX
37,515
32
39
14,000
58,500
UT Dallas
Richardson
TX
17,943
79
67
11,500
53,000
UTEP
El Paso
TX
13,858
100
33
8,000
36,000
UT Tyler
Tyler
TX
4,764
83
58
9,500
39,000
Texas Christian
Fort Worth
TX
9,219
47
75
25,500
111,000
Texas College
Tyler
TX
891
100
22
15,500
66,500
Texas Lutheran
Seguin
TX
1,380
56
100
17,500
76,000
UT Permian Basin
Odessa
TX
1,862
88
71
10,000
45,000
UT San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
22,414
77
39
11,000
49,000
Texas Southern
Houston
TX
6,032
91
31
24,500
109,500
Texas Tech
Lubbock
TX
28,062
69
52
13,500
59,500
Texas Wesleyan
Fort Worth
TX
1,327
42
99
22,000
89,000
Texas Woman's
Denton
TX
7,040
93
63
7,500
33,000
Trinity
San Antonio
TX
2,399
29
99
15,000
61,500
Tyler Junior
Tyler
TX
6,020
100
19
9,500
42,000
Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,019
100
29
5,000
10,000
Weatherford
Weatherford
TX
1,805
100
16
7,500
16,500
West Texas A & M
Canyon
TX
5,582
69
46
9,500
39,000
Wharton County Jr
Wharton
TX
3,046
100
11
4,500
9,500
BYU-Provo
Provo
UT
28,288
67
49
11,000
45,000
Utah State
Logan
UT
17,063
91
73
14,000
57,000
Utah Valley
Orem
UT
19,799
100
43
13,000
52,000
Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
18,628
62
70
28,500
117,000
Weber State
Ogden
UT
11,854
100
72
16,000
65,000
Palo Alto
San Antonio
TX
2,466
100
9
4,500
9,500
Collin County CC District
Plano
TX
10,760
100
2
6,000
12,500
Vista
El Paso
TX
3,482
100
7
10,500
23,000
South Texas
McAllen
TX
11,080
100
2
1,500
7,000
Northwest Vista
San Antonio
TX
4,735
100
9
5,000
10,000
Western Governors
Salt Lake City
UT
98,630
100
0
5,000
20,500
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
TX
1,524
100
13
7,000
14,500
Southwest U El Paso
El Paso
TX
1,450
100
7
19,500
82,000
Texas A&M-San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
3,316
44
39
8,500
33,000
2022-23 projected average net cost for selected colleges including both in- and out-of-state schools.
Scenario
Scenario: Students with families with an average of $60,000 in annual income. Families in this income range on average have approximately $20,000 in financial assets and home equity of approximately $90,000 (Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances).
College City State Full-time students Admissions % % students paying discounted tuition Avg. annual net cost Total cost of degree
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
AL
29,135
83
56
36,000
148,500
Auburn
Auburn University
AL
22,527
81
61
40,500
167,000
Arizona State
Tempe
AZ
41,182
86
94
39,000
163,000
Arizona
Tucson
AZ
28,972
85
87
42,000
174,500
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
AZ
18,406
77
98
23,500
98,000
Northern Arizona
Flagstaff
AZ
21,731
85
92
25,500
104,500
Arkansas
Fayetteville
AR
20,559
77
39
38,500
160,000
Arkansas State
State University
AR
6,439
80
78
11,000
45,000
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
AR
6,584
95
77
19,500
80,000
Central Arkansas
Conway
AR
7,634
90
58
5,000
21,000
Southern Arkansas
Magnolia
AR
3,003
65
79
16,500
68,500
Colorado
Boulder
CO
28,877
78
51
44,000
182,000
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
CO
4,930
53
81
37,000
153,500
Colorado State-Ft Collins
Fort Collins
CO
22,247
81
56
31,000
126,500
Colorado Tech
Colorado Springs
CO
15,272
100
23
18,500
75,500
Metro State
Denver
CO
12,250
61
21
34,500
144,500
Howard
Washington
DC
6,269
36
98
27,500
111,500
Kansas
Lawrence
KS
17,257
93
73
27,000
111,000
Kansas State
Manhattan
KS
15,548
95
77
21,500
87,500
Delgado CC
New Orleans
LA
4,864
100
2
17,500
35,500
LSU
Baton Rouge
LA
22,726
75
75
36,000
147,500
LA Tech
Ruston
LA
8,131
64
81
10,000
41,000
McNeese State
Lake Charles
LA
5,407
81
52
19,500
82,000
Louisiana Monroe
Monroe
LA
4,761
80
75
33,000
137,500
NW State Louisiana
Natchitoches
LA
6,340
82
65
19,000
77,000
SE Louisiana
Hammond
LA
9,248
90
67
34,500
142,000
Louisiana Lafayette
Lafayette
LA
11,929
68
57
29,500
120,500
Tulane
New Orleans
LA
7,260
13
76
28,000
114,500
Mississippi
University
MS
15,902
88
63
38,500
158,500
Mississippi State
Mississippi State
MS
17,113
54
86
27,000
111,500
Missouri
Columbia
MO
20,676
81
77
22,000
89,500
Missouri State-Springfield
Springfield
MO
14,005
88
63
24,500
100,500
Central New Mexico CC
Albuquerque
NM
6,119
100
27
14,000
28,500
New Mexico
Albuquerque
NM
12,705
94
70
23,000
93,500
New Mexico State
Las Cruces
NM
9,740
55
97
36,000
149,500
Central Oklahoma
Edmond
OK
9,732
84
47
22,000
91,500
Langston
Langston
OK
1,873
100
32
27,500
113,000
Oklahoma Christian
Edmond
OK
1,659
67
99
21,000
86,500
Oklahoma State
Stillwater
OK
17,291
70
80
28,000
116,000
Oklahoma
Norman
OK
18,996
80
86
33,500
137,500
SE Oklahoma State
Durant
OK
2,390
74
63
16,000
66,000
Memphis
Memphis
TN
12,066
85
79
31,000
127,000
Middle Tennessee State
Murfreesboro
TN
15,721
94
33
41,500
171,000
Tennessee
Knoxville
TN
22,018
79
54
48,500
200,000
Abilene Christian
Abilene
TX
3,352
61
100
28,000
116,000
Alvin CC
Alvin
TX
1,218
100
24
8,000
16,000
Amarillo
Amarillo
TX
3,468
100
18
8,000
16,000
Angelina
Lufkin
TX
1,300
100
27
9,000
18,000
Angelo State
San Angelo
TX
5,469
77
63
15,000
60,500
Austin
Sherman
TX
1,276
51
100
21,500
88,500
Austin CC District
Austin
TX
8,939
100
17
9,500
40,500
Baylor
Waco
TX
13,906
45
93
33,500
137,000
Coastal Bend
Beeville
TX
1,274
100
21
8,500
17,000
Blinn
Brenham
TX
9,635
100
8
18,500
37,000
Brookhaven
Farmers Branch
TX
1,983
100
7
9,000
18,000
Cedar Valley
Lancaster
TX
1,558
100
9
11,000
22,500
Central Texas
Killeen
TX
4,953
100
15
10,000
19,500
Cisco
Cisco
TX
1,421
100
36
10,000
20,500
Concordia Texas
Austin
TX
1,440
90
100
24,500
99,000
North Central Texas
Gainesville
TX
2,196
100
21
7,000
14,500
Texas A & M-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
TX
7,201
80
10
20,500
85,000
Dallas Baptist
Dallas
TX
2,332
90
93
29,500
121,500
Univ of Dallas
Irving
TX
1,443
45
99
21,500
90,500
Del Mar
Corpus Christi
TX
2,661
100
25
8,000
16,500
East Texas Baptist
Marshall
TX
1,230
59
99
23,500
97,000
Texas A&M-Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,248
94
45
12,000
49,500
Texas A & M-Commerce
Commerce
TX
6,177
43
38
15,500
65,500
Eastfield
Mesquite
TX
3,157
100
5
8,500
17,500
El Centro
Dallas
TX
2,005
100
9
8,000
16,000
El Paso CC
El Paso
TX
8,760
100
2
7,000
14,000
Grayson
Denison
TX
1,575
100
5
11,500
23,500
Hardin-Simmons
Abilene
TX
1,615
84
100
20,000
83,500
Trinity Valley CC
Athens
TX
1,913
100
40
9,500
19,000
Hill
Hillsboro
TX
1,583
100
42
11,500
23,500
Houston Baptist
Houston
TX
2,067
71
100
20,500
84,500
U of Houston-Clear Lake
Houston
TX
3,358
74
39
11,500
46,500
Houston CC
Houston
TX
16,397
100
7
8,500
17,000
U of Houston-Downtown
Houston
TX
6,629
89
48
9,500
40,000
U of Houston-Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,748
56
76
11,500
46,000
Houston
Houston
TX
28,368
65
60
14,000
57,500
Howard
Big Spring
TX
1,197
100
34
8,000
16,000
Huston-Tillotson
Austin
TX
1,026
63
39
20,500
82,500
Incarnate Word
San Antonio
TX
4,093
94
98
27,500
115,500
Kilgore
Kilgore
TX
2,365
100
30
10,000
21,000
Lamar
Beaumont
TX
5,243
84
18
15,500
62,500
Laredo
Laredo
TX
3,193
100
15
7,500
15,000
Texas A & M International
Laredo
TX
5,574
54
44
4,500
18,500
Lee
Baytown
TX
1,244
100
18
9,000
18,500
LeTourneau
Longview
TX
1,347
45
98
24,500
100,500
Lubbock Christian
Lubbock
TX
1,201
91
93
25,500
105,500
College of the Mainland
Texas City
TX
1,061
100
19
2,500
5,500
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton
TX
3,113
87
92
27,000
112,000
McLennan CC
Waco
TX
2,746
100
29
9,500
19,000
Midland
Midland
TX
1,579
100
45
6,500
25,500
Midwestern State
Wichita Falls
TX
4,084
79
74
10,000
41,500
Mountain View
Dallas
TX
1,979
100
20
7,000
14,000
Navarro
Corsicana
TX
2,919
100
11
17,000
34,000
Lone Star College
The Woodlands
TX
20,312
100
8
9,000
18,000
North Lake
Irving
TX
1,791
100
5
8,500
17,500
North Texas
Denton
TX
26,055
74
50
16,000
66,000
Northeast Texas CC
Mount Pleasant
TX
1,371
100
12
10,500
21,000
Odessa
Odessa
TX
2,233
100
26
8,500
17,000
Our Lady of the Lake
San Antonio
TX
1,244
68
99
20,000
81,500
UT Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
TX
19,922
80
47
7,500
31,500
Texas Southmost
Brownsville
TX
1,931
100
9
9,500
19,000
Panola
Carthage
TX
980
100
42
10,000
20,000
Paris Junior
Paris
TX
1,667
100
32
9,000
18,000
Prairie View A & M
Prairie View
TX
7,501
80
55
16,500
68,000
Rice
Houston
TX
3,942
9
58
9,500
39,000
Richland
Dallas
TX
4,195
100
7
7,500
15,500
St Edward's
Austin
TX
3,199
88
94
26,000
107,000
St Philip's
San Antonio
TX
2,058
100
10
8,000
16,000
St Thomas
Houston
TX
1,693
87
96
17,500
71,000
Sam Houston State
Huntsville
TX
15,311
83
9
16,000
67,000
San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
4,406
100
9
8,000
16,500
San Jacinto CC
Pasadena
TX
9,244
100
2
10,500
21,000
Schreiner
Kerrville
TX
1,087
93
89
21,500
90,000
St. Mary's
San Antonio
TX
2,162
79
100
22,500
93,500
South Plains
Levelland
TX
4,267
100
15
9,500
19,500
Southern Methodist
Dallas
TX
6,519
47
80
32,500
133,500
Southwest Texas Junior
Uvalde
TX
1,867
100
19
10,000
20,500
Swest Assemblies of God Univ
Waxahachie
TX
1,392
88
80
27,500
115,500
Southwestern
Georgetown
TX
1,495
49
100
24,500
102,500
Stephen F Austin State
Nacogdoches
TX
9,213
68
52
14,500
58,500
Texas State
San Marcos
TX
27,923
81
12
15,500
64,500
Sul Ross State
Alpine
TX
1,179
100
37
15,000
60,500
Tarleton State
Stephenville
TX
8,211
56
33
20,000
84,500
Tarrant County District
Fort Worth
TX
13,560
100
11
8,500
17,000
Temple
Temple
TX
1,558
100
8
8,000
16,500
Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,305
100
19
7,500
15,000
Texas A & M-Kingsville
Kingsville
TX
4,670
77
41
16,000
67,000
Texas A & M
College Station
TX
47,667
58
55
20,500
86,000
UT Arlington
Arlington
TX
19,441
83
62
15,500
64,500
UT Austin
Austin
TX
37,515
32
39
17,000
69,000
UT Dallas
Richardson
TX
17,943
79
67
15,500
64,500
UTEP
El Paso
TX
13,858
100
33
12,500
53,000
UT Tyler
Tyler
TX
4,764
83
58
13,500
54,000
Texas Christian
Fort Worth
TX
9,219
47
75
31,500
131,500
Texas College
Tyler
TX
891
100
22
16,000
66,500
Texas Lutheran
Seguin
TX
1,380
56
100
21,000
86,500
UT Permian Basin
Odessa
TX
1,862
88
71
15,500
64,500
UT San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
22,414
77
39
14,500
60,500
Texas Southern
Houston
TX
6,032
91
31
26,000
109,500
Texas Tech
Lubbock
TX
28,062
69
52
18,500
78,000
Texas Wesleyan
Fort Worth
TX
1,327
42
99
22,000
89,500
Texas Woman's
Denton
TX
7,040
93
63
11,000
45,500
Trinity
San Antonio
TX
2,399
29
99
19,500
80,000
Tyler Junior
Tyler
TX
6,020
100
19
12,500
53,000
Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,019
100
29
7,500
14,500
Weatherford
Weatherford
TX
1,805
100
16
10,000
20,500
West Texas A & M
Canyon
TX
5,582
69
46
11,500
47,000
Wharton County Jr
Wharton
TX
3,046
100
11
7,500
15,000
BYU-Provo
Provo
UT
28,288
67
49
13,500
55,500
Utah State
Logan
UT
17,063
91
73
15,500
64,000
Utah Valley
Orem
UT
19,799
100
43
15,000
61,000
Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
18,628
62
70
32,500
134,000
Weber State
Ogden
UT
11,854
100
72
18,500
75,000
Palo Alto
San Antonio
TX
2,466
100
9
6,500
13,500
Collin County CC District
Plano
TX
10,760
100
2
9,000
18,500
Vista
El Paso
TX
3,482
100
7
11,500
23,500
South Texas
McAllen
TX
11,080
100
2
3,500
14,500
Northwest Vista
San Antonio
TX
4,735
100
9
8,000
16,000
Western Governors
Salt Lake City
UT
98,630
100
0
6,000
24,500
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
TX
1,524
100
13
9,500
18,500
Southwest U El Paso
El Paso
TX
1,450
100
7
20,500
85,000
Texas A&M-San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
3,316
44
39
10,500
43,000
2022-23 projected average net cost for selected colleges including both in- and out-of-state schools.
Scenario
Students with families with an average of $90,000 in annual income. Families in this income range on average have approximately $200,000 in financial assets and home equity of approximately $120,000 (Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances).
College City State Full-time students Admissions % % students paying discounted tuition Avg. annual net cost Total cost of degree
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
AL
29,135
83
56
38,500
158,000
Auburn
Auburn University
AL
22,527
81
61
45,000
185,000
Arizona State
Tempe
AZ
41,182
86
94
40,500
167,500
Arizona
Tucson
AZ
28,972
85
87
46,000
190,000
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
AZ
18,406
77
98
25,500
106,500
Northern Arizona
Flagstaff
AZ
21,731
85
92
32,500
132,500
Arkansas
Fayetteville
AR
20,559
77
39
45,000
186,500
Arkansas State
State University
AR
6,439
80
78
12,500
51,000
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
AR
6,584
95
77
19,500
80,000
Central Arkansas
Conway
AR
7,634
90
58
5,500
24,000
Southern Arkansas
Magnolia
AR
3,003
65
79
17,500
73,000
Colorado
Boulder
CO
28,877
78
51
56,500
233,000
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
CO
4,930
53
81
49,000
202,500
Colorado State-Ft Collins
Fort Collins
CO
22,247
81
56
43,000
178,000
Colorado Tech
Colorado Springs
CO
15,272
100
23
21,500
87,000
Metro State
Denver
CO
12,250
61
21
38,500
160,000
Howard
Washington
DC
6,269
36
98
27,500
111,500
Kansas
Lawrence
KS
17,257
93
73
33,000
136,000
Kansas State
Manhattan
KS
15,548
95
77
24,500
100,000
Delgado CC
New Orleans
LA
4,864
100
2
17,500
35,500
LSU
Baton Rouge
LA
22,726
75
75
42,000
172,000
LA Tech
Ruston
LA
8,131
64
81
11,500
47,000
McNeese State
Lake Charles
LA
5,407
81
52
19,500
82,000
Louisiana Monroe
Monroe
LA
4,761
80
75
36,500
151,500
NW State Louisiana
Natchitoches
LA
6,340
82
65
20,500
82,500
SE Louisiana
Hammond
LA
9,248
90
67
34,500
142,500
Louisiana Lafayette
Lafayette
LA
11,929
68
57
33,500
137,000
Tulane
New Orleans
LA
7,260
13
76
35,000
142,500
Mississippi
University
MS
15,902
88
63
42,000
172,500
Mississippi State
Mississippi State
MS
17,113
54
86
27,000
111,500
Missouri
Columbia
MO
20,676
81
77
29,000
117,500
Missouri State-Springfield
Springfield
MO
14,005
88
63
27,500
112,000
Central New Mexico CC
Albuquerque
NM
6,119
100
27
15,500
31,000
New Mexico
Albuquerque
NM
12,705
94
70
25,500
103,500
New Mexico State
Las Cruces
NM
9,740
55
97
36,000
149,500
Central Oklahoma
Edmond
OK
9,732
84
47
22,000
91,500
Langston
Langston
OK
1,873
100
32
27,500
113,000
Oklahoma Christian
Edmond
OK
1,659
67
99
23,000
94,500
Oklahoma State
Stillwater
OK
17,291
70
80
29,000
119,500
Oklahoma
Norman
OK
18,996
80
86
33,500
137,500
SE Oklahoma State
Durant
OK
2,390
74
63
17,500
71,500
Memphis
Memphis
TN
12,066
85
79
31,000
127,000
Middle Tennessee State
Murfreesboro
TN
15,721
94
33
45,000
183,500
Tennessee
Knoxville
TN
22,018
79
54
48,500
200,000
Abilene Christian
Abilene
TX
3,352
61
100
29,500
122,500
Alvin CC
Alvin
TX
1,218
100
24
8,000
16,000
Amarillo
Amarillo
TX
3,468
100
18
9,500
19,500
Angelina
Lufkin
TX
1,300
100
27
9,000
18,500
Angelo State
San Angelo
TX
5,469
77
63
18,500
75,000
Austin
Sherman
TX
1,276
51
100
23,500
96,500
Austin CC District
Austin
TX
8,939
100
17
13,000
53,500
Baylor
Waco
TX
13,906
45
93
38,000
156,500
Coastal Bend
Beeville
TX
1,274
100
21
10,500
20,500
Blinn
Brenham
TX
9,635
100
8
20,000
41,000
Brookhaven
Farmers Branch
TX
1,983
100
7
12,500
25,000
Cedar Valley
Lancaster
TX
1,558
100
9
13,000
26,500
Central Texas
Killeen
TX
4,953
100
15
10,000
20,500
Cisco
Cisco
TX
1,421
100
36
13,500
27,000
Concordia Texas
Austin
TX
1,440
90
100
26,500
109,000
North Central Texas
Gainesville
TX
2,196
100
21
10,000
20,500
Texas A & M-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
TX
7,201
80
10
20,500
86,500
Dallas Baptist
Dallas
TX
2,332
90
93
31,500
130,000
Univ of Dallas
Irving
TX
1,443
45
99
25,500
107,000
Del Mar
Corpus Christi
TX
2,661
100
25
11,000
22,500
East Texas Baptist
Marshall
TX
1,230
59
99
26,000
106,000
Texas A&M-Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,248
94
45
17,000
70,000
Texas A & M-Commerce
Commerce
TX
6,177
43
38
21,000
87,000
Eastfield
Mesquite
TX
3,157
100
5
11,500
23,500
El Centro
Dallas
TX
2,005
100
9
11,500
23,000
El Paso CC
El Paso
TX
8,760
100
2
10,500
21,500
Grayson
Denison
TX
1,575
100
5
14,000
28,500
Hardin-Simmons
Abilene
TX
1,615
84
100
22,500
94,000
Trinity Valley CC
Athens
TX
1,913
100
40
9,500
19,000
Hill
Hillsboro
TX
1,583
100
42
13,000
26,000
Houston Baptist
Houston
TX
2,067
71
100
24,500
100,000
U of Houston-Clear Lake
Houston
TX
3,358
74
39
19,500
79,000
Houston CC
Houston
TX
16,397
100
7
10,000
20,500
U of Houston-Downtown
Houston
TX
6,629
89
48
14,500
60,500
U of Houston-Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,748
56
76
16,000
65,500
Houston
Houston
TX
28,368
65
60
20,000
81,500
Howard
Big Spring
TX
1,197
100
34
10,500
21,500
Huston-Tillotson
Austin
TX
1,026
63
39
20,500
82,500
Incarnate Word
San Antonio
TX
4,093
94
98
30,000
125,500
Kilgore
Kilgore
TX
2,365
100
30
14,000
28,000
Lamar
Beaumont
TX
5,243
84
18
19,500
78,500
Laredo
Laredo
TX
3,193
100
15
8,500
17,500
Texas A & M International
Laredo
TX
5,574
54
44
9,500
38,000
Lee
Baytown
TX
1,244
100
18
11,500
23,500
LeTourneau
Longview
TX
1,347
45
98
25,500
105,000
Lubbock Christian
Lubbock
TX
1,201
91
93
26,500
110,000
College of the Mainland
Texas City
TX
1,061
100
19
2,500
5,500
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton
TX
3,113
87
92
29,000
120,000
McLennan CC
Waco
TX
2,746
100
29
12,500
25,000
Midland
Midland
TX
1,579
100
45
7,500
29,500
Midwestern State
Wichita Falls
TX
4,084
79
74
15,500
62,500
Mountain View
Dallas
TX
1,979
100
20
9,500
19,000
Navarro
Corsicana
TX
2,919
100
11
18,000
36,500
Lone Star College
The Woodlands
TX
20,312
100
8
11,500
23,000
North Lake
Irving
TX
1,791
100
5
11,000
22,000
North Texas
Denton
TX
26,055
74
50
23,500
98,500
Northeast Texas CC
Mount Pleasant
TX
1,371
100
12
14,000
28,500
Odessa
Odessa
TX
2,233
100
26
11,500
23,000
Our Lady of the Lake
San Antonio
TX
1,244
68
99
21,000
86,500
UT Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
TX
19,922
80
47
12,500
52,500
Texas Southmost
Brownsville
TX
1,931
100
9
12,000
24,000
Panola
Carthage
TX
980
100
42
10,000
20,000
Paris Junior
Paris
TX
1,667
100
32
10,000
20,000
Prairie View A & M
Prairie View
TX
7,501
80
55
18,500
77,000
Rice
Houston
TX
3,942
9
58
25,000
104,000
Richland
Dallas
TX
4,195
100
7
11,000
22,500
St Edward's
Austin
TX
3,199
88
94
30,500
125,500
St Philip's
San Antonio
TX
2,058
100
10
8,500
17,500
St Thomas
Houston
TX
1,693
87
96
21,500
87,500
Sam Houston State
Huntsville
TX
15,311
83
9
16,000
67,000
San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
4,406
100
9
11,000
22,500
San Jacinto CC
Pasadena
TX
9,244
100
2
13,500
27,500
Schreiner
Kerrville
TX
1,087
93
89
21,500
90,000
St. Mary's
San Antonio
TX
2,162
79
100
24,000
100,000
South Plains
Levelland
TX
4,267
100
15
12,000
24,000
Southern Methodist
Dallas
TX
6,519
47
80
35,500
147,000
Southwest Texas Junior
Uvalde
TX
1,867
100
19
12,500
26,000
Swest Assemblies of God Univ
Waxahachie
TX
1,392
88
80
29,000
121,000
Southwestern
Georgetown
TX
1,495
49
100
29,000
121,500
Stephen F Austin State
Nacogdoches
TX
9,213
68
52
18,500
75,000
Texas State
San Marcos
TX
27,923
81
12
21,500
89,500
Sul Ross State
Alpine
TX
1,179
100
37
17,000
69,500
Tarleton State
Stephenville
TX
8,211
56
33
20,000
84,500
Tarrant County District
Fort Worth
TX
13,560
100
11
10,500
21,500
Temple
Temple
TX
1,558
100
8
11,000
22,000
Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,305
100
19
11,500
23,000
Texas A & M-Kingsville
Kingsville
TX
4,670
77
41
20,000
82,500
Texas A & M
College Station
TX
47,667
58
55
28,000
117,000
UT Arlington
Arlington
TX
19,441
83
62
18,000
76,000
UT Austin
Austin
TX
37,515
32
39
22,000
90,500
UT Dallas
Richardson
TX
17,943
79
67
22,000
92,500
UTEP
El Paso
TX
13,858
100
33
18,000
75,500
UT Tyler
Tyler
TX
4,764
83
58
19,000
76,500
Texas Christian
Fort Worth
TX
9,219
47
75
35,500
147,500
Texas College
Tyler
TX
891
100
22
16,000
66,500
Texas Lutheran
Seguin
TX
1,380
56
100
22,000
91,000
UT Permian Basin
Odessa
TX
1,862
88
71
15,500
66,000
UT San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
22,414
77
39
19,000
78,500
Texas Southern
Houston
TX
6,032
91
31
26,000
109,500
Texas Tech
Lubbock
TX
28,062
69
52
23,000
95,000
Texas Wesleyan
Fort Worth
TX
1,327
42
99
26,500
106,000
Texas Woman's
Denton
TX
7,040
93
63
15,500
65,500
Trinity
San Antonio
TX
2,399
29
99
27,000
110,500
Tyler Junior
Tyler
TX
6,020
100
19
14,500
61,500
Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,019
100
29
10,000
20,500
Weatherford
Weatherford
TX
1,805
100
16
12,500
25,000
West Texas A & M
Canyon
TX
5,582
69
46
13,000
52,000
Wharton County Jr
Wharton
TX
3,046
100
11
10,000
20,500
BYU-Provo
Provo
UT
28,288
67
49
17,000
70,000
Utah State
Logan
UT
17,063
91
73
19,500
79,000
Utah Valley
Orem
UT
19,799
100
43
19,000
77,000
Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
18,628
62
70
38,000
156,000
Weber State
Ogden
UT
11,854
100
72
21,000
86,500
Palo Alto
San Antonio
TX
2,466
100
9
9,500
19,500
Collin County CC District
Plano
TX
10,760
100
2
11,000
23,000
Vista
El Paso
TX
3,482
100
7
14,500
29,500
South Texas
McAllen
TX
11,080
100
2
5,000
20,500
Northwest Vista
San Antonio
TX
4,735
100
9
10,500
21,500
Western Governors
Salt Lake City
UT
98,630
100
0
7,500
30,000
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
TX
1,524
100
13
9,500
18,500
Southwest U El Paso
El Paso
TX
1,450
100
7
20,500
85,000
Texas A&M-San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
3,316
44
39
14,000
57,500
2022-23 projected average net cost for selected colleges including both in- and out-of-state schools.
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 (in line with data from Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances).
College City State Full-time students Admissions % % students paying discounted tuition Avg. annual net cost Total cost of degree
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
AL
29,135
83
56
43,000
177,000
Auburn
Auburn University
AL
22,527
81
61
53,500
220,000
Arizona State
Tempe
AZ
41,182
86
94
40,500
167,500
Arizona
Tucson
AZ
28,972
85
87
46,000
190,000
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
AZ
18,406
77
98
29,500
122,000
Northern Arizona
Flagstaff
AZ
21,731
85
92
33,500
138,000
Arkansas
Fayetteville
AR
20,559
77
39
45,500
187,500
Arkansas State
State University
AR
6,439
80
78
15,000
63,000
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
AR
6,584
95
77
19,500
80,000
Central Arkansas
Conway
AR
7,634
90
58
7,000
29,000
Southern Arkansas
Magnolia
AR
3,003
65
79
17,500
73,000
Colorado
Boulder
CO
28,877
78
51
56,500
233,000
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
CO
4,930
53
81
50,500
210,000
Colorado State-Ft Collins
Fort Collins
CO
22,247
81
56
44,000
181,500
Colorado Tech
Colorado Springs
CO
15,272
100
23
22,500
92,000
Metro State
Denver
CO
12,250
61
21
38,500
160,000
Howard
Washington
DC
6,269
36
98
27,500
111,500
Kansas
Lawrence
KS
17,257
93
73
44,000
181,000
Kansas State
Manhattan
KS
15,548
95
77
26,000
105,500
Delgado CC
New Orleans
LA
4,864
100
2
17,500
35,500
LSU
Baton Rouge
LA
22,726
75
75
53,500
219,500
LA Tech
Ruston
LA
8,131
64
81
14,500
59,000
McNeese State
Lake Charles
LA
5,407
81
52
19,500
82,000
Louisiana Monroe
Monroe
LA
4,761
80
75
37,000
154,000
NW State Louisiana
Natchitoches
LA
6,340
82
65
23,000
93,500
SE Louisiana
Hammond
LA
9,248
90
67
34,500
142,500
Louisiana Lafayette
Lafayette
LA
11,929
68
57
41,500
170,000
Tulane
New Orleans
LA
7,260
13
76
38,000
155,500
Mississippi
University
MS
15,902
88
63
42,500
174,500
Mississippi State
Mississippi State
MS
17,113
54
86
27,000
111,500
Missouri
Columbia
MO
20,676
81
77
43,000
173,500
Missouri State-Springfield
Springfield
MO
14,005
88
63
30,000
122,500
Central New Mexico CC
Albuquerque
NM
6,119
100
27
15,500
31,000
New Mexico
Albuquerque
NM
12,705
94
70
27,000
110,000
New Mexico State
Las Cruces
NM
9,740
55
97
36,000
149,500
Central Oklahoma
Edmond
OK
9,732
84
47
22,000
91,500
Langston
Langston
OK
1,873
100
32
27,500
113,000
Oklahoma Christian
Edmond
OK
1,659
67
99
27,500
112,000
Oklahoma State
Stillwater
OK
17,291
70
80
29,000
119,500
Oklahoma
Norman
OK
18,996
80
86
33,500
137,500
SE Oklahoma State
Durant
OK
2,390
74
63
17,500
71,500
Memphis
Memphis
TN
12,066
85
79
31,000
127,000
Middle Tennessee State
Murfreesboro
TN
15,721
94
33
45,000
183,500
Tennessee
Knoxville
TN
22,018
79
54
48,500
200,000
Abilene Christian
Abilene
TX
3,352
61
100
32,500
135,500
Alvin CC
Alvin
TX
1,218
100
24
8,000
16,000
Amarillo
Amarillo
TX
3,468
100
18
12,500
25,000
Angelina
Lufkin
TX
1,300
100
27
9,500
19,000
Angelo State
San Angelo
TX
5,469
77
63
21,000
86,000
Austin
Sherman
TX
1,276
51
100
23,500
96,500
Austin CC District
Austin
TX
8,939
100
17
19,000
80,000
Baylor
Waco
TX
13,906
45
93
47,500
195,000
Coastal Bend
Beeville
TX
1,274
100
21
14,000
28,000
Blinn
Brenham
TX
9,635
100
8
22,500
45,500
Brookhaven
Farmers Branch
TX
1,983
100
7
17,000
34,500
Cedar Valley
Lancaster
TX
1,558
100
9
17,000
34,500
Central Texas
Killeen
TX
4,953
100
15
11,000
21,500
Cisco
Cisco
TX
1,421
100
36
16,500
33,500
Concordia Texas
Austin
TX
1,440
90
100
29,500
120,000
North Central Texas
Gainesville
TX
2,196
100
21
15,500
31,500
Texas A & M-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
TX
7,201
80
10
21,500
89,500
Dallas Baptist
Dallas
TX
2,332
90
93
35,500
147,500
Univ of Dallas
Irving
TX
1,443
45
99
33,500
140,000
Del Mar
Corpus Christi
TX
2,661
100
25
15,000
30,500
East Texas Baptist
Marshall
TX
1,230
59
99
26,500
109,000
Texas A&M-Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,248
94
45
23,000
94,000
Texas A & M-Commerce
Commerce
TX
6,177
43
38
25,000
104,500
Eastfield
Mesquite
TX
3,157
100
5
17,000
34,500
El Centro
Dallas
TX
2,005
100
9
17,000
34,500
El Paso CC
El Paso
TX
8,760
100
2
14,000
28,000
Grayson
Denison
TX
1,575
100
5
14,500
29,500
Hardin-Simmons
Abilene
TX
1,615
84
100
27,500
114,000
Trinity Valley CC
Athens
TX
1,913
100
40
9,500
19,000
Hill
Hillsboro
TX
1,583
100
42
13,000
26,000
Houston Baptist
Houston
TX
2,067
71
100
28,000
114,500
U of Houston-Clear Lake
Houston
TX
3,358
74
39
29,000
117,000
Houston CC
Houston
TX
16,397
100
7
14,000
28,500
U of Houston-Downtown
Houston
TX
6,629
89
48
18,500
78,000
U of Houston-Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,748
56
76
20,000
81,000
Houston
Houston
TX
28,368
65
60
23,500
95,500
Howard
Big Spring
TX
1,197
100
34
15,500
31,500
Huston-Tillotson
Austin
TX
1,026
63
39
20,500
82,000
Incarnate Word
San Antonio
TX
4,093
94
98
32,000
133,500
Kilgore
Kilgore
TX
2,365
100
30
20,500
41,500
Lamar
Beaumont
TX
5,243
84
18
22,500
91,000
Laredo
Laredo
TX
3,193
100
15
11,000
22,000
Texas A & M International
Laredo
TX
5,574
54
44
18,500
74,000
Lee
Baytown
TX
1,244
100
18
11,500
23,500
LeTourneau
Longview
TX
1,347
45
98
27,500
113,500
Lubbock Christian
Lubbock
TX
1,201
91
93
28,500
119,000
College of the Mainland
Texas City
TX
1,061
100
19
2,500
5,500
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton
TX
3,113
87
92
32,500
136,000
McLennan CC
Waco
TX
2,746
100
29
13,500
27,000
Midland
Midland
TX
1,579
100
45
9,000
36,500
Midwestern State
Wichita Falls
TX
4,084
79
74
18,500
75,000
Mountain View
Dallas
TX
1,979
100
20
14,500
29,500
Navarro
Corsicana
TX
2,919
100
11
20,000
41,000
Lone Star College
The Woodlands
TX
20,312
100
8
16,500
33,500
North Lake
Irving
TX
1,791
100
5
15,000
30,500
North Texas
Denton
TX
26,055
74
50
27,500
115,500
Northeast Texas CC
Mount Pleasant
TX
1,371
100
12
21,000
43,000
Odessa
Odessa
TX
2,233
100
26
11,500
23,000
Our Lady of the Lake
San Antonio
TX
1,244
68
99
23,000
96,000
UT Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
TX
19,922
80
47
18,000
74,500
Texas Southmost
Brownsville
TX
1,931
100
9
13,500
27,500
Panola
Carthage
TX
980
100
42
10,000
20,000
Paris Junior
Paris
TX
1,667
100
32
11,500
23,500
Prairie View A & M
Prairie View
TX
7,501
80
55
18,500
77,500
Rice
Houston
TX
3,942
9
58
34,000
140,500
Richland
Dallas
TX
4,195
100
7
17,000
34,500
St Edward's
Austin
TX
3,199
88
94
39,500
162,500
St Philip's
San Antonio
TX
2,058
100
10
10,000
20,500
St Thomas
Houston
TX
1,693
87
96
29,500
120,000
Sam Houston State
Huntsville
TX
15,311
83
9
16,000
67,500
San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
4,406
100
9
16,500
33,500
San Jacinto CC
Pasadena
TX
9,244
100
2
14,000
28,500
Schreiner
Kerrville
TX
1,087
93
89
21,500
90,000
St. Mary's
San Antonio
TX
2,162
79
100
27,000
114,000
South Plains
Levelland
TX
4,267
100
15
15,000
30,500
Southern Methodist
Dallas
TX
6,519
47
80
55,000
226,500
Southwest Texas Junior
Uvalde
TX
1,867
100
19
18,000
36,000
Swest Assemblies of God Univ
Waxahachie
TX
1,392
88
80
29,000
121,000
Southwestern
Georgetown
TX
1,495
49
100
33,000
139,500
Stephen F Austin State
Nacogdoches
TX
9,213
68
52
18,500
75,000
Texas State
San Marcos
TX
27,923
81
12
25,500
107,000
Sul Ross State
Alpine
TX
1,179
100
37
21,000
86,500
Tarleton State
Stephenville
TX
8,211
56
33
20,000
84,500
Tarrant County District
Fort Worth
TX
13,560
100
11
14,000
29,000
Temple
Temple
TX
1,558
100
8
14,500
29,000
Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,305
100
19
13,500
27,000
Texas A & M-Kingsville
Kingsville
TX
4,670
77
41
20,000
82,500
Texas A & M
College Station
TX
47,667
58
55
32,500
137,000
UT Arlington
Arlington
TX
19,441
83
62
18,000
76,000
UT Austin
Austin
TX
37,515
32
39
29,000
118,500
UT Dallas
Richardson
TX
17,943
79
67
32,500
136,000
UTEP
El Paso
TX
13,858
100
33
25,000
105,000
UT Tyler
Tyler
TX
4,764
83
58
22,500
90,000
Texas Christian
Fort Worth
TX
9,219
47
75
35,500
147,000
Texas College
Tyler
TX
891
100
22
16,000
66,000
Texas Lutheran
Seguin
TX
1,380
56
100
22,000
91,000
UT Permian Basin
Odessa
TX
1,862
88
71
16,500
68,500
UT San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
22,414
77
39
21,000
89,000
Texas Southern
Houston
TX
6,032
91
31
26,000
109,500
Texas Tech
Lubbock
TX
28,062
69
52
25,000
104,500
Texas Wesleyan
Fort Worth
TX
1,327
42
99
29,500
118,000
Texas Woman's
Denton
TX
7,040
93
63
22,500
94,000
Trinity
San Antonio
TX
2,399
29
99
42,000
170,500
Tyler Junior
Tyler
TX
6,020
100
19
19,000
79,500
Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,019
100
29
13,000
26,500
Weatherford
Weatherford
TX
1,805
100
16
16,500
33,500
West Texas A & M
Canyon
TX
5,582
69
46
13,000
52,000
Wharton County Jr
Wharton
TX
3,046
100
11
13,000
27,000
BYU-Provo
Provo
UT
28,288
67
49
19,500
80,000
Utah State
Logan
UT
17,063
91
73
25,000
101,500
Utah Valley
Orem
UT
19,799
100
43
19,000
78,000
Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
18,628
62
70
43,500
179,500
Weber State
Ogden
UT
11,854
100
72
26,500
109,500
Palo Alto
San Antonio
TX
2,466
100
9
15,500
31,000
Collin County CC District
Plano
TX
10,760
100
2
15,500
31,500
Vista
El Paso
TX
3,482
100
7
19,000
38,500
South Texas
McAllen
TX
11,080
100
2
8,000
32,500
Northwest Vista
San Antonio
TX
4,735
100
9
16,500
33,000
Western Governors
Salt Lake City
UT
98,630
100
0
10,000
40,000
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
TX
1,524
100
13
9,500
18,500
Southwest U El Paso
El Paso
TX
1,450
100
7
20,500
84,500
Texas A&M-San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
3,316
44
39
17,500
70,000
2022-23 projected average net cost for selected colleges including both in- and out-of-state schools.
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 (in line with data from Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances).
College City State Full-time students Admissions % % students paying discounted tuition Avg. annual net cost Total cost of degree
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
AL
29,135
83
56
46,500
192,500
Auburn
Auburn University
AL
22,527
81
61
53,500
220,000
Arizona State
Tempe
AZ
41,182
86
94
40,500
167,500
Arizona
Tucson
AZ
28,972
85
87
46,000
190,000
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
AZ
18,406
77
98
32,500
134,000
Northern Arizona
Flagstaff
AZ
21,731
85
92
33,500
138,000
Arkansas
Fayetteville
AR
20,559
77
39
45,500
187,500
Arkansas State
State University
AR
6,439
80
78
17,500
73,000
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
AR
6,584
95
77
19,500
80,000
Central Arkansas
Conway
AR
7,634
90
58
8,000
33,500
Southern Arkansas
Magnolia
AR
3,003
65
79
17,500
73,000
Colorado
Boulder
CO
28,877
78
51
56,500
233,000
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
CO
4,930
53
81
50,500
210,000
Colorado State-Ft Collins
Fort Collins
CO
22,247
81
56
44,000
181,500
Colorado Tech
Colorado Springs
CO
15,272
100
23
22,500
92,000
Metro State
Denver
CO
12,250
61
21
38,500
160,000
Howard
Washington
DC
6,269
36
98
27,500
111,500
Kansas
Lawrence
KS
17,257
93
73
44,000
181,000
Kansas State
Manhattan
KS
15,548
95
77
28,000
113,500
Delgado CC
New Orleans
LA
4,864
100
2
17,500
35,500
LSU
Baton Rouge
LA
22,726
75
75
53,500
219,500
LA Tech
Ruston
LA
8,131
64
81
17,000
68,500
McNeese State
Lake Charles
LA
5,407
81
52
19,500
82,000
Louisiana Monroe
Monroe
LA
4,761
80
75
37,000
154,000
NW State Louisiana
Natchitoches
LA
6,340
82
65
25,500
102,500
SE Louisiana
Hammond
LA
9,248
90
67
34,500
142,500
Louisiana Lafayette
Lafayette
LA
11,929
68
57
41,500
171,000
Tulane
New Orleans
LA
7,260
13
76
57,000
234,000
Mississippi
University
MS
15,902
88
63
42,500
174,500
Mississippi State
Mississippi State
MS
17,113
54
86
27,000
112,000
Missouri
Columbia
MO
20,676
81
77
44,500
181,000
Missouri State-Springfield
Springfield
MO
14,005
88
63
30,000
122,500
Central New Mexico CC
Albuquerque
NM
6,119
100
27
15,500
31,000
New Mexico
Albuquerque
NM
12,705
94
70
27,000
110,000
New Mexico State
Las Cruces
NM
9,740
55
97
36,000
149,500
Central Oklahoma
Edmond
OK
9,732
84
47
36,000
149,000
Langston
Langston
OK
1,873
100
32
27,500
113,000
Oklahoma Christian
Edmond
OK
1,659
67
99
27,500
113,000
Oklahoma State
Stillwater
OK
17,291
70
80
30,500
126,000
Oklahoma
Norman
OK
18,996
80
86
41,500
171,000
SE Oklahoma State
Durant
OK
2,390
74
63
17,500
71,500
Memphis
Memphis
TN
12,066
85
79
31,000
127,000
Middle Tennessee State
Murfreesboro
TN
15,721
94
33
45,000
183,500
Tennessee
Knoxville
TN
22,018
79
54
48,500
200,000
Abilene Christian
Abilene
TX
3,352
61
100
35,000
146,500
Alvin CC
Alvin
TX
1,218
100
24
8,000
16,000
Amarillo
Amarillo
TX
3,468
100
18
12,500
25,000
Angelina
Lufkin
TX
1,300
100
27
9,500
19,500
Angelo State
San Angelo
TX
5,469
77
63
21,500
88,000
Austin
Sherman
TX
1,276
51
100
23,500
96,500
Austin CC District
Austin
TX
8,939
100
17
23,500
98,500
Baylor
Waco
TX
13,906
45
93
48,500
199,000
Coastal Bend
Beeville
TX
1,274
100
21
14,000
28,500
Blinn
Brenham
TX
9,635
100
8
22,500
46,000
Brookhaven
Farmers Branch
TX
1,983
100
7
17,000
34,500
Cedar Valley
Lancaster
TX
1,558
100
9
17,000
34,500
Central Texas
Killeen
TX
4,953
100
15
11,500
22,500
Cisco
Cisco
TX
1,421
100
36
16,500
33,500
Concordia Texas
Austin
TX
1,440
90
100
29,500
120,000
North Central Texas
Gainesville
TX
2,196
100
21
15,500
31,500
Texas A & M-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
TX
7,201
80
10
22,000
92,000
Dallas Baptist
Dallas
TX
2,332
90
93
39,000
162,500
Univ of Dallas
Irving
TX
1,443
45
99
40,000
167,000
Del Mar
Corpus Christi
TX
2,661
100
25
15,000
30,500
East Texas Baptist
Marshall
TX
1,230
59
99
26,500
109,000
Texas A&M-Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,248
94
45
23,000
94,000
Texas A & M-Commerce
Commerce
TX
6,177
43
38
25,000
104,500
Eastfield
Mesquite
TX
3,157
100
5
17,000
34,500
El Centro
Dallas
TX
2,005
100
9
17,000
34,500
El Paso CC
El Paso
TX
8,760
100
2
14,000
28,000
Grayson
Denison
TX
1,575
100
5
14,500
29,500
Hardin-Simmons
Abilene
TX
1,615
84
100
30,000
124,000
Trinity Valley CC
Athens
TX
1,913
100
40
9,500
19,000
Hill
Hillsboro
TX
1,583
100
42
13,000
26,000
Houston Baptist
Houston
TX
2,067
71
100
28,000
114,500
U of Houston-Clear Lake
Houston
TX
3,358
74
39
29,000
117,000
Houston CC
Houston
TX
16,397
100
7
15,500
31,500
U of Houston-Downtown
Houston
TX
6,629
89
48
18,500
78,000
U of Houston-Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,748
56
76
20,000
82,000
Houston
Houston
TX
28,368
65
60
24,000
97,500
Howard
Big Spring
TX
1,197
100
34
16,500
34,000
Huston-Tillotson
Austin
TX
1,026
63
39
20,500
82,000
Incarnate Word
San Antonio
TX
4,093
94
98
32,000
133,500
Kilgore
Kilgore
TX
2,365
100
30
20,500
41,500
Lamar
Beaumont
TX
5,243
84
18
23,500
95,000
Laredo
Laredo
TX
3,193
100
15
12,000
23,500
Texas A & M International
Laredo
TX
5,574
54
44
18,500
74,000
Lee
Baytown
TX
1,244
100
18
11,500
23,500
LeTourneau
Longview
TX
1,347
45
98
29,500
121,000
Lubbock Christian
Lubbock
TX
1,201
91
93
30,500
126,000
College of the Mainland
Texas City
TX
1,061
100
19
2,500
5,500
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton
TX
3,113
87
92
36,000
149,500
McLennan CC
Waco
TX
2,746
100
29
13,500
27,000
Midland
Midland
TX
1,579
100
45
11,000
43,000
Midwestern State
Wichita Falls
TX
4,084
79
74
23,500
94,500
Mountain View
Dallas
TX
1,979
100
20
16,500
34,000
Navarro
Corsicana
TX
2,919
100
11
21,500
43,500
Lone Star College
The Woodlands
TX
20,312
100
8
20,500
42,000
North Lake
Irving
TX
1,791
100
5
17,000
34,500
North Texas
Denton
TX
26,055
74
50
27,500
116,500
Northeast Texas CC
Mount Pleasant
TX
1,371
100
12
21,000
43,000
Odessa
Odessa
TX
2,233
100
26
12,500
25,500
Our Lady of the Lake
San Antonio
TX
1,244
68
99
25,000
104,000
UT Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
TX
19,922
80
47
22,000
92,500
Texas Southmost
Brownsville
TX
1,931
100
9
13,500
27,500
Panola
Carthage
TX
980
100
42
10,000
20,000
Paris Junior
Paris
TX
1,667
100
32
13,500
27,000
Prairie View A & M
Prairie View
TX
7,501
80
55
27,500
115,500
Rice
Houston
TX
3,942
9
58
64,000
263,000
Richland
Dallas
TX
4,195
100
7
17,000
34,500
St Edward's
Austin
TX
3,199
88
94
46,000
190,000
St Philip's
San Antonio
TX
2,058
100
10
11,500
23,000
St Thomas
Houston
TX
1,693
87
96
32,000
129,500
Sam Houston State
Huntsville
TX
15,311
83
9
25,500
107,500
San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
4,406
100
9
18,000
36,000
San Jacinto CC
Pasadena
TX
9,244
100
2
14,000
28,500
Schreiner
Kerrville
TX
1,087
93
89
24,000
101,000
St. Mary's
San Antonio
TX
2,162
79
100
29,500
125,000
South Plains
Levelland
TX
4,267
100
15
15,000
30,500
Southern Methodist
Dallas
TX
6,519
47
80
71,000
293,500
Southwest Texas Junior
Uvalde
TX
1,867
100
19
18,000
36,000
Swest Assemblies of God Univ
Waxahachie
TX
1,392
88
80
29,000
121,500
Southwestern
Georgetown
TX
1,495
49
100
34,500
144,500
Stephen F Austin State
Nacogdoches
TX
9,213
68
52
23,500
94,000
Texas State
San Marcos
TX
27,923
81
12
25,500
107,000
Sul Ross State
Alpine
TX
1,179
100
37
24,000
99,000
Tarleton State
Stephenville
TX
8,211
56
33
24,000
101,000
Tarrant County District
Fort Worth
TX
13,560
100
11
14,000
29,000
Temple
Temple
TX
1,558
100
8
14,500
29,000
Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,305
100
19
13,500
27,000
Texas A & M-Kingsville
Kingsville
TX
4,670
77
41
24,500
102,500
Texas A & M
College Station
TX
47,667
58
55
33,000
139,500
UT Arlington
Arlington
TX
19,441
83
62
28,500
119,500
UT Austin
Austin
TX
37,515
32
39
29,000
118,500
UT Dallas
Richardson
TX
17,943
79
67
32,500
136,000
UTEP
El Paso
TX
13,858
100
33
25,000
105,000
UT Tyler
Tyler
TX
4,764
83
58
22,500
90,000
Texas Christian
Fort Worth
TX
9,219
47
75
52,500
219,000
Texas College
Tyler
TX
891
100
22
16,000
66,000
Texas Lutheran
Seguin
TX
1,380
56
100
22,000
91,000
UT Permian Basin
Odessa
TX
1,862
88
71
17,000
70,500
UT San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
22,414
77
39
21,000
89,000
Texas Southern
Houston
TX
6,032
91
31
26,000
109,500
Texas Tech
Lubbock
TX
28,062
69
52
25,000
104,500
Texas Wesleyan
Fort Worth
TX
1,327
42
99
29,500
118,000
Texas Woman's
Denton
TX
7,040
93
63
23,000
95,500
Trinity
San Antonio
TX
2,399
29
99
43,000
175,000
Tyler Junior
Tyler
TX
6,020
100
19
21,500
90,000
Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,019
100
29
13,000
26,500
Weatherford
Weatherford
TX
1,805
100
16
17,500
35,500
West Texas A & M
Canyon
TX
5,582
69
46
13,000
52,000
Wharton County Jr
Wharton
TX
3,046
100
11
13,000
27,000
BYU-Provo
Provo
UT
28,288
67
49
19,500
80,000
Utah State
Logan
UT
17,063
91
73
25,000
101,500
Utah Valley
Orem
UT
19,799
100
43
19,000
78,000
Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
18,628
62
70
43,500
179,500
Weber State
Ogden
UT
11,854
100
72
30,500
124,500
Palo Alto
San Antonio
TX
2,466
100
9
18,000
36,000
Collin County CC District
Plano
TX
10,760
100
2
18,500
37,500
Vista
El Paso
TX
3,482
100
7
19,000
38,500
South Texas
McAllen
TX
11,080
100
2
10,000
43,000
Northwest Vista
San Antonio
TX
4,735
100
9
18,000
36,000
Western Governors
Salt Lake City
UT
98,630
100
0
12,000
49,500
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
TX
1,524
100
13
9,500
18,500
Southwest U El Paso
El Paso
TX
1,450
100
7
20,500
84,500
Texas A&M-San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
3,316
44
39
17,500
70,000
2022-23 projected average net cost for selected colleges including both in- and out-of-state schools.
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 (in line with data from Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances).
College City State Full-time students Admissions % % students paying discounted tuition Avg. annual net cost Total cost of degree
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
AL
29,135
83
56
49,000
203,000
Auburn
Auburn University
AL
22,527
81
61
53,500
220,000
Arizona State
Tempe
AZ
41,182
86
94
40,500
167,500
Arizona
Tucson
AZ
28,972
85
87
50,000
207,000
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
AZ
18,406
77
98
33,500
139,500
Northern Arizona
Flagstaff
AZ
21,731
85
92
33,500
138,000
Arkansas
Fayetteville
AR
20,559
77
39
45,500
187,500
Arkansas State
State University
AR
6,439
80
78
22,500
93,000
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
AR
6,584
95
77
19,500
80,000
Central Arkansas
Conway
AR
7,634
90
58
10,500
42,500
Southern Arkansas
Magnolia
AR
3,003
65
79
17,500
73,000
Colorado
Boulder
CO
28,877
78
51
56,500
233,000
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
CO
4,930
53
81
50,500
210,000
Colorado State-Ft Collins
Fort Collins
CO
22,247
81
56
44,000
181,500
Colorado Tech
Colorado Springs
CO
15,272
100
23
22,500
92,000
Metro State
Denver
CO
12,250
61
21
38,500
160,000
Howard
Washington
DC
6,269
36
98
27,500
111,500
Kansas
Lawrence
KS
17,257
93
73
44,000
181,000
Kansas State
Manhattan
KS
15,548
95
77
28,000
113,500
Delgado CC
New Orleans
LA
4,864
100
2
17,500
35,500
LSU
Baton Rouge
LA
22,726
75
75
53,500
219,500
LA Tech
Ruston
LA
8,131
64
81
17,000
68,500
McNeese State
Lake Charles
LA
5,407
81
52
19,500
82,000
Louisiana Monroe
Monroe
LA
4,761
80
75
37,000
154,000
NW State Louisiana
Natchitoches
LA
6,340
82
65
30,000
121,000
SE Louisiana
Hammond
LA
9,248
90
67
34,500
142,500
Louisiana Lafayette
Lafayette
LA
11,929
68
57
41,500
171,000
Tulane
New Orleans
LA
7,260
13
76
75,500
308,500
Mississippi
University
MS
15,902
88
63
42,500
174,500
Mississippi State
Mississippi State
MS
17,113
54
86
27,000
112,000
Missouri
Columbia
MO
20,676
81
77
44,500
181,000
Missouri State-Springfield
Springfield
MO
14,005
88
63
30,000
122,500
Central New Mexico CC
Albuquerque
NM
6,119
100
27
15,500
31,000
New Mexico
Albuquerque
NM
12,705
94
70
27,000
110,000
New Mexico State
Las Cruces
NM
9,740
55
97
36,000
149,500
Central Oklahoma
Edmond
OK
9,732
84
47
36,000
149,000
Langston
Langston
OK
1,873
100
32
27,500
113,000
Oklahoma Christian
Edmond
OK
1,659
67
99
27,500
113,000
Oklahoma State
Stillwater
OK
17,291
70
80
30,500
126,000
Oklahoma
Norman
OK
18,996
80
86
41,500
171,000
SE Oklahoma State
Durant
OK
2,390
74
63
17,500
71,500
Memphis
Memphis
TN
12,066
85
79
31,000
127,000
Middle Tennessee State
Murfreesboro
TN
15,721
94
33
45,000
183,500
Tennessee
Knoxville
TN
22,018
79
54
48,500
200,000
Abilene Christian
Abilene
TX
3,352
61
100
40,500
168,000
Alvin CC
Alvin
TX
1,218
100
24
8,000
16,000
Amarillo
Amarillo
TX
3,468
100
18
12,500
25,000
Angelina
Lufkin
TX
1,300
100
27
10,000
20,000
Angelo State
San Angelo
TX
5,469
77
63
21,500
88,000
Austin
Sherman
TX
1,276
51
100
23,500
96,500
Austin CC District
Austin
TX
8,939
100
17
23,500
98,500
Baylor
Waco
TX
13,906
45
93
48,500
199,000
Coastal Bend
Beeville
TX
1,274
100
21
14,000
28,500
Blinn
Brenham
TX
9,635
100
8
22,500
46,000
Brookhaven
Farmers Branch
TX
1,983
100
7
17,000
34,500
Cedar Valley
Lancaster
TX
1,558
100
9
17,000
34,500
Central Texas
Killeen
TX
4,953
100
15
12,500
25,000
Cisco
Cisco
TX
1,421
100
36
16,500
33,500
Concordia Texas
Austin
TX
1,440
90
100
29,500
120,000
North Central Texas
Gainesville
TX
2,196
100
21
15,500
31,500
Texas A & M-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
TX
7,201
80
10
23,000
97,000
Dallas Baptist
Dallas
TX
2,332
90
93
41,000
169,000
Univ of Dallas
Irving
TX
1,443
45
99
40,000
168,000
Del Mar
Corpus Christi
TX
2,661
100
25
15,000
30,500
East Texas Baptist
Marshall
TX
1,230
59
99
26,500
109,000
Texas A&M-Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,248
94
45
23,000
94,000
Texas A & M-Commerce
Commerce
TX
6,177
43
38
25,000
104,500
Eastfield
Mesquite
TX
3,157
100
5
17,000
34,500
El Centro
Dallas
TX
2,005
100
9
17,000
34,500
El Paso CC
El Paso
TX
8,760
100
2
14,000
28,000
Grayson
Denison
TX
1,575
100
5
14,500
29,500
Hardin-Simmons
Abilene
TX
1,615
84
100
30,000
124,000
Trinity Valley CC
Athens
TX
1,913
100
40
9,500
19,000
Hill
Hillsboro
TX
1,583
100
42
13,000
26,000
Houston Baptist
Houston
TX
2,067
71
100
28,000
114,500
U of Houston-Clear Lake
Houston
TX
3,358
74
39
29,000
117,000
Houston CC
Houston
TX
16,397
100
7
15,500
31,500
U of Houston-Downtown
Houston
TX
6,629
89
48
18,500
78,000
U of Houston-Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,748
56
76
20,000
82,000
Houston
Houston
TX
28,368
65
60
24,000
97,500
Howard
Big Spring
TX
1,197
100
34
16,500
34,000
Huston-Tillotson
Austin
TX
1,026
63
39
20,500
82,000
Incarnate Word
San Antonio
TX
4,093
94
98
32,000
133,500
Kilgore
Kilgore
TX
2,365
100
30
20,500
41,500
Lamar
Beaumont
TX
5,243
84
18
23,500
95,000
Laredo
Laredo
TX
3,193
100
15
12,000
23,500
Texas A & M International
Laredo
TX
5,574
54
44
18,500
74,000
Lee
Baytown
TX
1,244
100
18
11,500
23,500
LeTourneau
Longview
TX
1,347
45
98
33,000
135,500
Lubbock Christian
Lubbock
TX
1,201
91
93
34,000
141,000
College of the Mainland
Texas City
TX
1,061
100
19
2,500
5,500
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton
TX
3,113
87
92
42,500
176,000
McLennan CC
Waco
TX
2,746
100
29
13,500
27,000
Midland
Midland
TX
1,579
100
45
13,000
51,000
Midwestern State
Wichita Falls
TX
4,084
79
74
23,500
94,500
Mountain View
Dallas
TX
1,979
100
20
16,500
34,000
Navarro
Corsicana
TX
2,919
100
11
21,500
43,500
Lone Star College
The Woodlands
TX
20,312
100
8
21,500
44,000
North Lake
Irving
TX
1,791
100
5
17,000
34,500
North Texas
Denton
TX
26,055
74
50
27,500
116,500
Northeast Texas CC
Mount Pleasant
TX
1,371
100
12
21,000
43,000
Odessa
Odessa
TX
2,233
100
26
12,500
25,500
Our Lady of the Lake
San Antonio
TX
1,244
68
99
26,500
109,000
UT Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
TX
19,922
80
47
22,000
92,500
Texas Southmost
Brownsville
TX
1,931
100
9
13,500
27,500
Panola
Carthage
TX
980
100
42
10,000
20,000
Paris Junior
Paris
TX
1,667
100
32
16,000
32,500
Prairie View A & M
Prairie View
TX
7,501
80
55
27,500
115,500
Rice
Houston
TX
3,942
9
58
71,500
294,500
Richland
Dallas
TX
4,195
100
7
17,000
34,500
St Edward's
Austin
TX
3,199
88
94
46,000
190,000
St Philip's
San Antonio
TX
2,058
100
10
14,000
28,500
St Thomas
Houston
TX
1,693
87
96
32,000
129,500
Sam Houston State
Huntsville
TX
15,311
83
9
25,500
107,500
San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
4,406
100
9
18,000
36,000
San Jacinto CC
Pasadena
TX
9,244
100
2
14,000
28,500
Schreiner
Kerrville
TX
1,087
93
89
24,000
101,000
St. Mary's
San Antonio
TX
2,162
79
100
29,500
125,000
South Plains
Levelland
TX
4,267
100
15
15,000
30,500
Southern Methodist
Dallas
TX
6,519
47
80
82,500
340,500
Southwest Texas Junior
Uvalde
TX
1,867
100
19
18,000
36,000
Swest Assemblies of God Univ
Waxahachie
TX
1,392
88
80
29,000
121,500
Southwestern
Georgetown
TX
1,495
49
100
34,500
144,500
Stephen F Austin State
Nacogdoches
TX
9,213
68
52
23,500
94,000
Texas State
San Marcos
TX
27,923
81
12
25,500
107,000
Sul Ross State
Alpine
TX
1,179
100
37
24,000
99,000
Tarleton State
Stephenville
TX
8,211
56
33
24,000
101,000
Tarrant County District
Fort Worth
TX
13,560
100
11
14,000
29,000
Temple
Temple
TX
1,558
100
8
14,500
29,000
Texarkana
Texarkana
TX
1,305
100
19
13,500
27,000
Texas A & M-Kingsville
Kingsville
TX
4,670
77
41
24,500
102,500
Texas A & M
College Station
TX
47,667
58
55
33,000
139,500
UT Arlington
Arlington
TX
19,441
83
62
28,500
119,500
UT Austin
Austin
TX
37,515
32
39
29,000
118,500
UT Dallas
Richardson
TX
17,943
79
67
32,500
136,000
UTEP
El Paso
TX
13,858
100
33
25,000
105,000
UT Tyler
Tyler
TX
4,764
83
58
22,500
90,000
Texas Christian
Fort Worth
TX
9,219
47
75
68,000
281,000
Texas College
Tyler
TX
891
100
22
16,000
66,000
Texas Lutheran
Seguin
TX
1,380
56
100
22,000
91,000
UT Permian Basin
Odessa
TX
1,862
88
71
17,500
74,500
UT San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
22,414
77
39
21,000
89,000
Texas Southern
Houston
TX
6,032
91
31
26,000
109,500
Texas Tech
Lubbock
TX
28,062
69
52
25,000
104,500
Texas Wesleyan
Fort Worth
TX
1,327
42
99
29,500
118,000
Texas Woman's
Denton
TX
7,040
93
63
23,000
95,500
Trinity
San Antonio
TX
2,399
29
99
43,000
175,000
Tyler Junior
Tyler
TX
6,020
100
19
21,500
90,000
Victoria
Victoria
TX
1,019
100
29
13,000
26,500
Weatherford
Weatherford
TX
1,805
100
16
17,500
35,500
West Texas A & M
Canyon
TX
5,582
69
46
13,000
52,000
Wharton County Jr
Wharton
TX
3,046
100
11
13,000
27,000
BYU-Provo
Provo
UT
28,288
67
49
19,500
80,000
Utah State
Logan
UT
17,063
91
73
25,000
101,500
Utah Valley
Orem
UT
19,799
100
43
19,000
78,000
Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
18,628
62
70
43,500
179,500
Weber State
Ogden
UT
11,854
100
72
30,500
124,500
Palo Alto
San Antonio
TX
2,466
100
9
18,000
36,000
Collin County CC District
Plano
TX
10,760
100
2
18,500
37,500
Vista
El Paso
TX
3,482
100
7
19,000
38,500
South Texas
McAllen
TX
11,080
100
2
12,000
51,500
Northwest Vista
San Antonio
TX
4,735
100
9
18,000
36,000
Western Governors
Salt Lake City
UT
98,630
100
0
13,000
52,000
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
TX
1,524
100
13
9,500
18,500
Southwest U El Paso
El Paso
TX
1,450
100
7
20,500
84,500
Texas A&M-San Antonio
San Antonio
TX
3,316
44
39
17,500
70,000
2022-23 projected average net cost for selected colleges including both in- and out-of-state schools.
National Online Colleges
Online education has been a growing trend in undergraduate education and is expected to increase in the future. Most of the schools included in this report have portions of their traditional class load presented online. Several large national online colleges have established themselves. Most popular among older undergraduates, these colleges are accessible to all students wherever they live. The list below provides details about these schools and their costs. These schools are almost all open admission, often with rolling classes that allow students to start their degrees weeks after applying.
wdt_ID | Name | Location | Number of Undergraduates (total) | Number of Undergraduates (online only) | 2020 Tuition & fees, In-state | 2020 tuition & fees, Out-of-state |
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1 | Western Governors | UT | 88,921 | 88,921 | 7,100 | 7,100 |
2 | Southern New Hampshire | NH | 82,693 | 76,904 | 9,600 | 9,600 |
3 | American Public University | WV | 37,746 | 37,746 | 9,200 | 9,200 |
4 | Maryland- Global Campus | MD | 47,253 | 36,385 | 9,325 | 15,295 |
5 | Grand Canyon University | AZ | 54,139 | 36,273 | 14,750 | 14,750 |
6 | Liberty University | VA | 45,935 | 32,614 | 12,098 | 12,098 |
7 | Strayer | Multiple | 34,395 | 30,789 | 14,930 | 14,930 |
8 | Arizona Global Campus | CA | 28,701 | 28,701 | 16,450 | 16,450 |
9 | Purdue Global | IA | 97,404 | 26,505 | 13,290 | 17,385 |
10 | Brigham Young-Idaho | ID | 42,341 | 21,171 | 1,920 | 1,920 |

Glossary
Cost of Attendance – Full tuition, room, board, fees and an estimate of supplies. The maximum a student can receive or borrow from a Federal Title IV program is the cost of attendance at the college where they enroll.
Federal student financing– Classified as Title IV aid, the US Department of Education finances higher education through several programs, some which obligate the borrower to repay the amount (loans) and some that do not need to be repaid (grants). Loans made through this program are NOT dischargeable in bankruptcy. Major federal programs include:
Pell Grants – Up to $6,345 in 2020/21 calculated based on the student’s FAFSA filing EFC. The lower your EFC, the more in Pell Grants you can receive. Generally, families with incomes below about $90,000 will be eligible for Pell Grants, with declining amount of grants as income and assets increase.
Direct Subsidized Loans – Loans from the federal government that do not accrue interest while the student is enrolled in college and begin to accrue interest when the student graduates or leaves school. In 2020/21, Direct Subsidized Loans charged an interest rate of 2.75%, which is fixed for the life of the loan, and had relatively low maximum amounts and a low 1.1% upfront cost. These loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy.
Direct Unsubsidized Loans – Loans from the federal government that accrue interest while the student is enrolled in college. In 2020/21, Direct Unsubsidized Loans charged an interest rate of 2.75%, which is fixed for the life of the loan, and had relatively low maximum amounts and a low 1.1% upfront cost. These loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy.
Direct PLUS loans – Loans from the federal government to the parent of the undergraduate. Larger amounts can be borrowed under this PLUS program compared to the Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized programs described above, covering need up to the Cost of Attendance. In 2020/21, Direct Subsidized and Unsibsidized Loans charged an interest rate of 7.1%, which is fixed for the life of the loan. The loan costs 4.2% upfront, so add that amount to your college costs if you borrow using this program. These loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy.
Full tuition – The maximum a college has decided to charge its undergraduates. Colleges often lower the actual cost on a student-by-student basis for the reasons stated earlier.
Room & board – Traditional undergraduate education usually includes on-campus lodging and meals. This room and board is included in the net cost found here. Schools also provide estimates of room, board and living costs for students living off campus. These estimates vary widely even for colleges close to one other.