This was a very modest increase of only $65 over the 2018-2019 cost of $3,312 per year.Public 2-year colleges including required fees were much less expensive per year, with 2019-2020 averaging only $3,377 per year.Adding in room and board brings the increase to $438, from the in-state 4-year college 2018-2019 total of $20,597.The tuition and required fees for an in-state student at a public 4-year college were only $138 more in 2019-2020 than in 2018-2019, when they totaled $9,212.If the in-state student also needed to pay room ($6,655 on average) and board ($5,031 on average), then their total for the 2019-2020 school year would have been $21,035.In the same year, the average out-of-state student would pay $17,674 more, for a total of $27,023.Nationwide, on average, public school tuition and required fees for a 4-year college in 2019-2020 was $9,349, for an in-state student.This was an increase of $1,261 over the total tuition, required fees, plus room and board for private 4-year colleges for the 2018-2019 school year.Adding in room ($7,401 on average) and board ($5,761 on average) for the 2019-2020 school year, the total cost per year for private 4-year college was $45,932 per year.This was $886 more than the average private 4-year college tuition and required fees from the 2018-2019 school year, which was $31,883.

The average (nationwide) private 4-year college tuition, including required fees, in the 2019-2020 school year was $32,769.

More statistics: Average Private School Tuition – Number of Schools in the US.

The average cost of a year at a private college for the 2020-2021 school year was $38,185.

In the 2020-2021 school year, the average tuition and required fees for a year at a public college for an in-state student was $10,388 and $22,698 for an out-of-state-student.

For the 2019-2020 school year, the nationwide average for a year of tuition and required fees at a private 4-year college was $32,769.

The overall average cost of tuition and required fees in the 2019-2020 school year was $21,035 per year for a public 4-year college, for an in-state student.

The lowest-cost schools are mostly located in the Plains and the South.

The highest cost schools tend to be in the Northeast.

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