| Title: | What Is the Price of College? Total, Net, and Out-of-Pocket Prices by Type of Institution in 2011–12 |
| Description: | This report describes three measures of the price of undergraduate education in the 2011–12 academic year: total price of attendance (tuition and living expenses), net price of attendance after all grants, and out-of-pocket net price after all financial aid. It is based on the 2011–12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12), a nationally representative study of students enrolled in postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Students are grouped into four institution types: public 2-year institutions, public 4-year institutions, private nonprofit 4-year institutions, and for-profit institutions at all levels (less-than-2-year, 2-year, and 4-year). |
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| Cover Date: | March 2015 |
| Web Release: | March 26, 2015 |
| Publication #: | NCES 2015165 |
| Center/Program: | NCES |
| Authors: | David Radwin and Christina Chang Wei, RTI International |
| Type of Product: | Statistics in Brief |
| Survey/Program Areas: |
National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) |
| Keywords: |
Cost of Higher Education
Financing Higher Education • cost of
Income, FamilyInstitutional Aid Postsecondary Education • finance
Student Financial AidStudents Tuition/Fees |
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