2022 Average College Tuition By State

The 2022 average tuition & fees is $6,852 for State residents and $13,401 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs. The graduate program average tuition & fees is $11,073 for State residents and $20,153 for out-of-state students. Vermont colleges have the highest undergraduate tuition & fees and New Mexico colleges have the lowest tuition & fees. For graduate programs, Hawaii colleges have the highest tuition & fees and North Dakota colleges have the lowest graduate tuition & fees.

The following table illustrates the average tuition & fees by U.S. State for both undergraduate and graduate programs. The average in-state rate (for state residents) and out-of-state rate are computed based on public schools' rate only. You can check more detailed information about your state by following the link on the state name in the table.

U.S. Colleges Tuition & Fees by State (2021-2022)
StateUndergraduateGraduate
In-StateOut-of-StatePrivate SchoolsIn-StateOut-of-StatePrivate Schools
Alaska$6,124$15,412$14,086$12,475$24,842$12,110
Alabama$6,985$13,389$15,397$9,627$20,405$13,162
Arkansas$4,754$7,704$16,327$7,757$13,794$18,431
Arizona$4,720$12,256$19,811$11,769$24,184$17,008
California$3,755$12,406$22,366$11,266$21,959$22,460
Colorado$7,255$16,246$17,512$11,814$19,977$17,987
Connecticut$8,575$17,907$26,309$13,945$26,483$19,624
District of Columbia$6,152$13,004$25,621$10,094$18,608$25,725
Delaware$7,156$17,054$15,484$20,233$14,927$13,361
Florida$3,908$9,027$17,865$9,987$24,411$15,760
Georgia$4,741$11,294$19,667$7,489$19,275$15,764
Hawaii$5,020$13,411$21,470$14,366$30,806$17,329
Iowa$8,125$10,777$24,666$11,125$17,029$12,592
Idaho$5,941$13,956$16,101$8,594$23,121$14,337
Illinois$6,362$11,520$21,855$11,885$18,659$19,492
Indiana$8,613$21,753$21,871$8,852$20,012$19,299
Kansas$5,397$8,149$20,023$8,703$18,983$10,065
Kentucky$6,496$17,391$18,745$11,162$18,360$11,056
Louisiana$6,524$11,510$17,032$9,838$19,304$19,486
Massachusetts$9,431$15,747$31,382$13,595$19,554$29,083
Maryland$7,002$14,873$22,727$12,624$18,880$17,401
Maine$7,731$14,356$31,501$8,618$14,552$25,735
Michigan$7,353$12,438$20,157$16,534$25,731$18,659
Minnesota$7,196$8,988$23,706$11,202$14,841$15,556
Missouri$8,822$12,141$18,053$9,142$16,808$14,330
Mississippi$5,134$8,239$15,552$8,209$11,022$14,305
Montana$4,547$11,504$16,438$6,871$21,477$25,785
North Carolina$3,532$10,851$21,747$8,195$21,934$15,200
North Dakota$6,406$8,260$14,158$8,172$9,962$8,864
Nebraska$6,954$10,263$20,890$8,333$14,381$13,395
New Hampshire$11,839$20,901$25,101$16,646$21,051$23,259
New Jersey$8,872$13,967$19,259$17,405$23,087$20,299
New Mexico$3,427$7,193$21,556$6,633$12,669$21,619
Nevada$5,360$16,478$18,111$5,929$21,111$22,706
New York$9,181$14,312$22,699$12,292$23,177$24,668
Ohio$7,869$12,032$20,006$11,668$22,930$17,471
Oklahoma$4,717$7,880$17,664$6,612$15,925$12,699
Oregon$7,713$16,436$22,396$17,256$24,305$19,951
Pennsylvania$13,547$18,426$24,426$19,361$25,898$20,649
Rhode Island$10,338$24,171$27,796$12,956$23,804$26,321
South Carolina$8,236$15,545$19,335$13,117$25,358$14,934
South Dakota$7,723$9,707$14,269$7,618$13,148$13,107
Tennessee$5,599$11,136$18,566$11,392$22,012$19,004
Texas$5,435$11,681$17,419$8,135$17,733$17,684
Utah$4,373$10,918$16,362$8,191$21,595$14,089
Virginia$8,415$18,133$19,150$14,613$27,804$15,707
Vermont$13,577$28,793$35,357$13,164$22,277$24,631
Washington$5,643$11,513$20,880$14,375$27,745$21,429
Wisconsin$6,531$11,432$25,218$9,339$17,695$15,636
West Virginia$5,796$9,393$16,226$8,706$16,629$12,371
Wyoming$4,549$11,565$20,574$6,859$17,569-
Average$6,852$13,401$20,606$11,073$20,153$17,482