Public College Tuition Cost Change Over Past 10 Years

We analyze public college  tuition rates for over the past 10 years (2003 - 2012). We provide tuition change graph, year on year tuition rate comparison chart, and 10 year cumulative tuition chart.

1577 major public colleges in US were analyzed. (due to the lack of data, we excluded minor colleges. data source: IPEDS)

Public school offers in-state tuition to the state residents and ,as widely known, public school tuition is lower than private school even comparing its out-of-state tuition.

You can check the increased amount of tuition cost, change percentile by year-on-year and cumulative tuition rates.

10 Years Public College Tuition Change

10 Years Public College Tuition Change Table
2003200420052006200720082009201020112012
In-State$2,780$3,080$3,343$3,538$3,719$3,905$3,416$3,611$3,832$4,086
Out-of-State$6,572$7,144$7,653$7,964$8,289$8,693$8,332$8,644$9,069$9,505




10 Year Year on Year Public College Tuition Rates

10 Years Public College Tuition Rates (Year on Year) Table
2003200420052006200720082009201020112012
In-State0.00%10.77%8.55%5.84%5.13%4.99%-12.52%5.72%6.10%6.63%
Out-of-State0.00%8.70%7.12%4.06%4.08%4.88%-4.15%3.75%4.91%4.80%

10 Year Cumulative Public College Tuition Rates

10 Years Public College Tuition Rates (cumulative) Table
2003200420052006200720082009201020112012
In-State0.00%10.77%20.24%27.26%33.79%40.46%22.88%29.90%37.82%46.96%
Out-of-State0.00%8.70%16.45%21.18%26.12%32.27%26.78%31.53%37.99%44.62%



In-StateOut-of-State
20032780.10906785036572.125554851
20043079.55548509837144.0393151554
20053342.78947368427652.9473684211
20063538.00887761577963.9061509195
20073719.44451490178288.9911223843
20083904.99239061518693.2187698161
20093416.06087507938332.1819911224
20103611.33925174388644.4812935954
20113831.56055802169069.1249207356
20124085.60494610029504.693088142
In-StateOut-of-State
200300
200410.77 8.70
20058.55 7.12
20065.84 4.06
20075.13 4.08
20084.99 4.88
2009-12.52 -4.15
20105.72 3.75
20116.10 4.91
20126.63 4.80
In-StateOut-of-State
200300
200410.77 8.70
200520.24 16.45
200627.26 21.18
200733.79 26.12
200840.46 32.27
200922.88 26.78
201029.90 31.53
201137.82 37.99
201246.96 44.62