States ranked by college tuition

Lowest median first. A state is ranked in a group only if at least 3 of its schools in that group report a price. Academic year 2023-24; IPEDS status: file published by NCES on 2024-08-20; provisional/final status not independently confirmed. Prices are the published charges for full-time undergraduates before any financial aid.

Public 4-year colleges: median in-state tuition and fees

Public 4-year colleges: median in-state tuition and fees: lowest median first (48 areas)
#	State	Median in-state tuition & fees	Schools with price
1	Arizona	$2,358	16
2	Florida	$3,155	41
3	Nevada	$4,110	7
4	Wyoming	$4,680	5
5	Washington	$4,989	42
6	Georgia	$5,392	27
7	Utah	$6,391	7
8	Montana	$6,430	9
9	California	$7,069	54
10	New Mexico	$7,260	9
11	Alaska	$7,263	4
12	Ohio	$7,272	48
13	North Carolina	$7,317	17
14	Oklahoma	$7,392	17
15	Hawaii	$7,711	4
16	Texas	$7,878	59
17	Nebraska	$8,280	7
18	Idaho	$8,356	5
19	Wisconsin	$8,487	15
20	Arkansas	$8,508	11
21	North Dakota	$8,514	9
22	New York	$8,577	40
23	Louisiana	$8,662	14
24	Kansas	$8,665	8
25	West Virginia	$8,837	12
26	Mississippi	$8,848	8
27	Colorado	$8,901	24
28	South Dakota	$9,000	9
29	Indiana	$9,254	15
30	Missouri	$9,496	15
31	Maryland	$9,885	12
32	Tennessee	$10,114	10
33	Delaware	$10,314	3
34	Minnesota	$10,336	13
35	Iowa	$10,497	3
36	Kentucky	$10,513	8
37	Maine	$10,920	7
38	Oregon	$11,238	11
39	Alabama	$11,248	13
40	South Carolina	$11,640	13
41	Massachusetts	$11,883	14
42	Illinois	$13,083	12
43	Michigan	$14,190	21
44	Pennsylvania	$14,500	38
45	Virginia	$14,559	15
46	New Hampshire	$14,710	5
47	Connecticut	$15,372	10
48	New Jersey	$15,839	14

Public 2-year colleges: median in-state tuition and fees

Public 2-year colleges: median in-state tuition and fees: lowest median first (40 areas)
#	State	Median in-state tuition & fees	Schools with price
1	California	$1,288	94
2	New Mexico	$2,004	19
3	Arizona	$2,358	8
4	North Carolina	$2,549	58
5	Georgia	$3,172	23
6	Hawaii	$3,209	6
7	Nebraska	$3,570	8
8	Arkansas	$3,842	22
9	Maine	$3,864	7
10	Mississippi	$3,865	15
11	Montana	$3,975	9
12	Kansas	$4,180	24
13	Louisiana	$4,220	14
14	Texas	$4,320	35
15	Idaho	$4,390	3
16	Wyoming	$4,410	3
17	Colorado	$4,422	5
18	Tennessee	$4,540	13
19	Kentucky	$4,656	16
20	Wisconsin	$4,724	15
21	West Virginia	$4,881	8
22	Virginia	$4,933	24
23	Oklahoma	$4,943	11
24	Alabama	$5,040	23
25	Ohio	$5,058	10
26	North Dakota	$5,347	5
27	Massachusetts	$5,688	15
28	Oregon	$5,727	14
29	South Carolina	$6,008	19
30	New York	$6,084	36
31	Iowa	$6,144	16
32	Minnesota	$6,182	27
33	Missouri	$6,415	12
34	New Hampshire	$7,090	7
35	New Jersey	$7,140	19
36	Michigan	$7,250	25
37	Maryland	$7,269	16
38	South Dakota	$7,587	4
39	Pennsylvania	$9,792	16
40	Illinois	$10,270	45

Private nonprofit 4-year colleges: median tuition and fees

Private nonprofit 4-year colleges: median tuition and fees: lowest median first (46 areas)
#	State	Median in-state tuition & fees	Schools with price
1	Utah	$8,256	5
2	New Jersey	$12,750	37
3	Mississippi	$14,685	9
4	North Dakota	$18,762	5
5	Arkansas	$20,330	13
6	Alabama	$20,369	14
7	Hawaii	$21,175	4
8	Louisiana	$22,194	13
9	New York	$23,207	144
10	Florida	$23,618	46
11	Idaho	$23,635	4
12	South Carolina	$24,650	23
13	Nebraska	$25,665	14
14	Missouri	$25,709	42
15	Tennessee	$25,870	32
16	Georgia	$27,048	30
17	Kentucky	$27,850	21
18	Oklahoma	$29,600	11
19	Texas	$30,050	51
20	Montana	$31,135	4
21	North Carolina	$31,250	45
22	West Virginia	$31,270	7
23	Michigan	$32,790	28
24	South Dakota	$32,995	4
25	Kansas	$33,470	21
26	Wisconsin	$34,390	25
27	Ohio	$34,899	59
28	Arizona	$34,999	6
29	Virginia	$35,280	29
30	Indiana	$35,500	37
31	Iowa	$35,598	29
32	Illinois	$36,258	47
33	California	$37,150	83
34	Washington	$39,364	16
35	New Hampshire	$39,685	8
36	Pennsylvania	$40,105	82
37	Minnesota	$40,454	27
38	Oregon	$40,940	13
39	Colorado	$41,623	6
40	Maryland	$41,910	17
41	Maine	$42,550	11
42	Rhode Island	$45,298	10
43	Connecticut	$47,647	15
44	Massachusetts	$48,592	58
45	Vermont	$50,040	7
46	District of Columbia (not a state)	$55,834	7

The District of Columbia is shown with "(not a state)" where it appears. Medians are across schools and are not weighted by enrollment.