Real Price by Income

Public 4-year universities

Public 2-year and community colleges

Private nonprofit colleges

At private schools the average covers all aided first-time, full-time students.

Private for-profit colleges

At private schools the average covers all aided first-time, full-time students.

How to read this

• Each figure is the average paid by aided first-time, full-time in-state students in that income band. It is not a quote for any one family.
• At private schools the group is all aided first-time, full-time students, not only in-state students.
• Net price counts tuition, fees, books and living costs, minus grants and scholarships. A student living at home may pay less, so keep that in mind when comparing community colleges.
• Income means the income the school used to set aid. For a dependent student, that is the student plus parents.
• Schools are sorted from lowest average to highest. The order is not a recommendation.
• The newest column is academic year 2024-25, from College Scorecard file MERGED2025_26, released October 15, 2026. The federal data dictionary has not mapped this file yet, so the year follows the rule it states for earlier files.
• Earlier years are shown as reported, not adjusted for inflation. Averages can swing from year to year, especially at small schools.
• We hide a figure when fewer than 10 students sit behind it, when no count is published, or when it is under $500 or 5% of the school’s listed cost, whichever is higher.
• School type is as coded in the federal file.
• Graduation rates are left out on purpose. They undercount community college students who transfer.
• Arizona Promise is not modeled per family. These figures are not a Promise estimate. Read about Arizona Promise.
• Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard.