Change in Average 2-Year and 4-Year Public Tuition & Fees
All Dollar Amounts are in Current Dollars

Source: The Rising Costs of Public Education
Note: Rankings are for percent change. 1 denotes the highest change, 50 denotes the lowest.

State

2 Year

4 Year

2001-02

2002-03

% Change

Rank

2001-02

2002-03

% Change

Rank

Alabama

$1,964

$2,099

6.9

24

$3,261

$3,488

7.0

 34

Alaska

2,148

2,208

2.8

44

3,495

3,595

2.9

 49

Arizona

930

977

5.1

 34

2,486

2,583

3.9

 44

Arkansas

1,503

1,752

16.6

 4

3,477

3,725

7.1

 33

California

330

330

0.0

 48

1,897

1,993

5.1

 40

Colorado

1,999

2,117

5.9

 29

2,511

2,704

7.7

 30

Connecticut

1,888

2,034

7.7

 20

4,172

4,556

9.2

 22

Delaware

1,710

1,806

5.6

 32

5,290

5,640

6.6

 38
Florida

1,525

1,576

3.3

 42

2,551

2,691

5.5

 39

Georgia

1,486

1,550

4.3

 38

2,480

2,605

5.0

 41

Hawaii

1,322

1,323

0.1

 47

3,253

3,349

3.0

 48

Idaho

1,406

1,547

10.0

 14

2,732

3,060

12.0

 13

Illinois

1,580

1,684

6.6

 25

4,215

4,606

9.3

 21

Indiana

2,601

2,957

13.7

 5

3,947

4,468

13.2

 11

Iowa

2,422

2,670

10.2

 12

3,440

4,118

19.7

 3

Kansas

1,446

1,554

7.5

 22

2,424

2,593

7.0

 34

Kentucky

1,450

1,536

5.9

 29

2,897

3,205

10.6

 16

Louisiana

1,403

1,485

5.8

 31

2,492

2,587

3.8

 45

Maine

2,040

2,040

0.0

 48

3,690

3,860

4.6

 43

Maryland

2,345

2,564

9.3

 15

4,759

5,148

8.2

 26

Massachusetts

2,279

2,861

25.5

 2

3,295

4,075

23.7

 1

Michigan

1,677

1,752

4.5

 37

4,501

4,891

8.7

 25

Minnesota

2,750

3,049

10.9

 8

3,561

3,970

11.5

 14

Mississippi

1,278

1,396

9.2

 16

3,207

3,531

10.1

 17

Missouri

2,214

2,437

10.1

 13

3,436

4,127

20.1

 2

Montana

1,818

1,891

4.0

 39

3,222

3,707

15.1

 7

Nebraska

1,480

1,536

3.8

 40

2,916

3,199

9.7

 19

Nevada

1,320

1,365

3.4

 41

2,295

2,370

3.3

 47

New Hampshire

3,780

4,429

17.2

 3

5,557

5,995

7.9

 27

New Jersey

2,399

2,524

5.2

 33

5,762

6,533

13.4

 10

New Mexico

 744

768

3.2

 43

2,042

2,222

8.8

 24

New York

2,838

2,855

0.6

 46

4,068

4,153

2.1

 50

North Carolina

992

1,096

10.5

 11

2,255

2,677

18.7

 5

North Dakota

2,040

2,263

10.9

 8

2,909

3,307

13.7

 9

Ohio

2,138

2,300

7.6

 21

5,058

5,920

17.0

 6
Oklahoma

1,520

1,613

6.1

 27

2,171

2,377

9.5

 20

Oregon

1,934

2,059

6.5

 26

3,650

3,773

3.4

 46

Pennsylvania

2,252

2,285

1.5

 45

4,969

5,532

11.3

 15

Rhode Island

1,854

2,014

8.6

 19

3,521

3,761

6.8

 36

South Carolina

1,856

2,343

26.2

 1

3,790

4,340

14.5

 8

South Dakota

NA*

NA*

    

3,702

3,987

7.7

 30

Tennessee

 1,626

1,740

7.0

 23

3,246

3,491

7.5

 32

Texas

895

977

9.2

 16

2,724

3,259

19.6

 4

Utah

1,626

1,770

8.9

 18

2,252

2,427

7.8

 28

Vermont

3,124

3,312

6.0

 28

5,132

5,374

4.7

 42

Virginia

1,159

1,304

12.5

 7

3,841

4,195

9.2

 22

Washington

1,743

1,982

13.7

 5

3,071

3,471

13.0

 12

West Virginia

 1,628

1,708

4.9

 35

2,593

2,856

10.1

 17

Wisconsin

2,619

2,902

10.8

 10

3,272

3,526

7.8

 28

Wyoming

1,501

1,575

4.9

 35

2,807

2,997

6.8

 36

National Average

$1,808

$1,957

8.2

 

$3,379

$3,718

10.0

  

*Not Available