Average Published Undergraduate Charges by Carnegie Classification, 2012-13

The average published tuition and fee price for full-time in-state undergraduates at public master’s universities is 80% of the price at public doctoral universities — $7,606 versus $9,539.

Table 1B: Average Published Charges for Full-Time Undergraduates by Carnegie Classification, 2012-13 (Enrollment-Weighted)
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Average Published Undergraduate Charges by Carnegie Classification, 2012-13

Enrollment-weighted tuition and fees weight the price charged by each institution by the number of full-time students enrolled in fall 2011. Public four-year in-state charges are weighted by total fall 2011 full-time enrollment in each institution, including both in-state students and out-of-state students. Out-of-state tuition and fees are computed by adding the average in-state price to the out-of-state premium weighted by the number of full-time out-of-state students enrolled at each institution. Room and board charges are weighted by the number of students residing on campus.

Notes & Sources 

NOTE: Prices reported for 2011-12 have been revised and may differ from those reported in Trends in College Pricing 2011. See Notes and Sources for definitions of the institutional categories in Table 1B. Public two-year room and board charges are based on commuter housing and food costs.

SOURCE: The College Board, Annual Survey of Colleges.

Key Points
  • In 2012–13, the percentage increase in published prices for out-of-state students was 4.2%, smaller than that for state residents enrolled in public four-year institutions. Still, the dollar gap in the two prices increased from $12,567 to $13,051.
Also Important
  • About 13% of full-time public four-year college students study out of state, but many states have reciprocity agreements with neighboring states that allow students to pay less than the published prices for nonresident students.
  • The prices cited here are not representative of the prices students actually pay. About two-thirds of undergraduate students enrolled full-time receive grants that reduce the actual price of college. In addition, many states and institutions grant tuition waivers to groups of students such as veterans, teachers, or dependents of employees. See Figures 9 and 10 for estimates of net prices paid by students and Trends in Student Aid 2012 for details about student aid.
  • The total price of a college education depends on how long a student is enrolled before completing a degree. Many students spend more than four years earning a bachelor's degree. Average time to degree is longer in public than in private nonprofit colleges.
  • Part-time students pay lower tuition and fees than those reported here. In fall 2011, 60% of students at public two-year colleges were enrolled part-time, as were 22% of undergraduates at public four-year, 17% at private nonprofit four-year, and 24% at for-profit institutions. (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], unpublished data)