US Colleges & Universities Tuition Trends For Past 10 Yers

In United States, there are 7,735 colleges and universities: 2110 public, 1,954 private (not-for-profit), and 3,670 private (for-profit) schools. By school level, there are 3,217 4-year, 2,363 4-year, and 2,154 less than 2 year schools.

For all schools in United States, In-state tuition & fees is risen by 50.29% from $3,669 (2006) to $5,514 (2015) and out-of-state tuition & fees grew by 41.22% last 10 years, from $11,916 (2006) to $16,828 (2015).Living costs, including room & board and other expenses, is increased by 42.24% from $8,532 (2006) to $12,135 (2015) when students live on campus and 41.49% from $9,786 (2006) to $13,845 (2015) when living off campus without family.

Next table and chart illustrate the changes of total costs for US College over the past 10 years. The total cost includes the tuition, fees, books & supplies, and living costs. The total costs varies by student tuition rates (i.e. in-state or out-of-state) and living facility (i.e. staying on or off campus).

US College Total Costs Trends

Year	Living On Campus		Living Off Campus
	In-State	Out-of-State	In-State	Out-of-State
2005-6	$13,188	$21,435	$14,442	$22,689
2006-7	$13,928	$22,622	$15,339	$24,033
2007-8	$14,603	$23,796	$16,052	$25,245
2008-9	$15,367	$25,070	$16,873	$26,576
2009-10	$16,124	$26,206	$17,624	$27,706
2010-11	$16,907	$27,126	$18,006	$28,224
2011-12	$17,431	$27,986	$18,194	$28,748
2012-13	$18,046	$28,889	$18,616	$29,459
2013-14	$18,513	$29,641	$18,920	$30,048
2014-15	$19,047	$30,360	$20,757	$32,070

You can see US college tuition trends by State, school type, and for your desired schools at Tuition Trends page.