Typical Cost of College Tuition by State
Published in-state tuition and required fees at public four-year colleges for 2023–24. Across all states' institutions the median is $9,755 a year.
The spread across states
Each tick is one state's median. The highlighted band holds the middle half of them, and the dark line is the median.
Every state, highest in-state tuition first
Tuition and required fees for a year, as published by the colleges. Room, board, books and financial aid are not included.
| State | In-state, public 4-year | Against all states | Out-of-state | Private nonprofit | Public 2-year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | $15,700 | +60.9% | $24,888 | $24,820 | $7,140 |
| Connecticut | $15,372 | +57.6% | $33,112 | $48,054 | |
| New Hampshire | $14,710 | +50.8% | $26,186 | $37,791 | $7,090 |
| Michigan | $14,628 | +50.0% | $23,188 | $32,580 | $7,250 |
| Virginia | $14,559 | +49.2% | $32,540 | $35,410 | $4,933 |
| Pennsylvania | $14,500 | +48.6% | $23,872 | $41,100 | $9,360 |
| Illinois | $13,083 | +34.1% | $15,416 | $35,740 | $10,270 |
| Arizona | $12,652 | +29.7% | $32,193 | $34,999 | $2,358 |
| Oregon | $12,344 | +26.5% | $32,840 | $44,033 | $5,879 |
| Massachusetts | $11,884 | +21.8% | $20,559 | $48,592 | $5,688 |
| South Carolina | $11,670 | +19.6% | $26,087 | $26,075 | $6,008 |
| Alabama | $11,248 | +15.3% | $21,864 | $21,838 | $5,040 |
| Ohio | $11,188 | +14.7% | $18,847 | $36,032 | $5,058 |
| Washington | $10,923 | +12.0% | $30,027 | $39,364 | $5,103 |
| Maine | $10,920 | +11.9% | $23,079 | $42,692 | $3,864 |
| Kentucky | $10,513 | +7.8% | $21,150 | $27,562 | $4,656 |
| Iowa | $10,497 | +7.6% | $27,683 | $35,960 | $6,144 |
| Minnesota | $10,417 | +6.8% | $13,760 | $42,930 | $6,182 |
| Tennessee | $10,114 | +3.7% | $17,228 | $26,995 | $4,540 |
| Colorado | $10,017 | +2.7% | $24,312 | $41,623 | $4,438 |
| Maryland | $9,885 | +1.3% | $22,411 | $41,910 | $7,269 |
| Missouri | $9,739 | −0.2% | $17,870 | $26,209 | $6,415 |
| Texas | $9,711 | −0.5% | $21,330 | $30,711 | $4,326 |
| Indiana | $9,623 | −1.4% | $22,043 | $35,640 | |
| Kansas | $9,322 | −4.4% | $19,692 | $33,890 | $4,180 |
| South Dakota | $9,299 | −4.7% | $12,735 | $32,890 | $7,587 |
| West Virginia | $8,996 | −7.8% | $18,727 | $31,270 | $4,881 |
| Nevada | $8,994 | −7.8% | $25,950 | ||
| North Dakota | $8,876 | −9.0% | $12,348 | $21,468 | $5,347 |
| Mississippi | $8,848 | −9.3% | $9,358 | $16,983 | $3,865 |
| Arkansas | $8,737 | −10.4% | $16,215 | $20,330 | $3,842 |
| Louisiana | $8,662 | −11.2% | $17,032 | $20,967 | $4,220 |
| Wisconsin | $8,606 | −11.8% | $17,854 | $34,965 | $4,724 |
| New York | $8,576 | −12.1% | $18,434 | $34,535 | $6,084 |
| Idaho | $8,569 | −12.2% | $27,221 | $15,700 | $4,390 |
| Nebraska | $8,291 | −15.0% | $11,270 | $27,990 | $3,570 |
| Oklahoma | $7,922 | −18.8% | $16,410 | $27,750 | $5,032 |
| New Mexico | $7,868 | −19.3% | $14,354 | $2,004 | |
| Hawaii | $7,838 | −19.7% | $20,798 | $21,175 | $3,209 |
| California | $7,826 | −19.8% | $19,619 | $36,930 | $1,288 |
| Alaska | $7,566 | −22.4% | $21,693 | ||
| Montana | $7,378 | −24.4% | $23,039 | $33,252 | $3,975 |
| North Carolina | $7,266 | −25.5% | $22,431 | $31,250 | $2,549 |
| Florida | $6,360 | −34.8% | $19,241 | $23,100 | |
| Georgia | $5,751 | −41.0% | $16,656 | $27,048 | $3,172 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Institutional Characteristics 2023-24, retrieved on October 6, 2026. Each figure is the median of the prices published by a state's institutions of that kind, worked out on this site. A state with fewer than three such institutions is not listed, and an empty cell means the same for that kind.