Postsecondary Tuition, Fees and Degrees

Between the 2020-21 and 2022-23 academic years, public 4-year institutions reported approximately a 9 percent decrease in required tuition and fees for in-state, full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (after adjusting for inflation) and a little more than a 9 percent decrease for out-of-state students. Private nonprofit 4-year institutions reported a decrease of approximately 7 percent, while private for-profit institutions reported a decrease of approximately 5 percent.  The National Center for Education Statistics released a new set of provisional data and web tables today (September 21) that includes fully edited and imputed data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) fall 2022 collection. This collection included three survey components: Institutional Characteristics for the 2022-23 academic year, Completions covering the period July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, and data on 12-Month Enrollment for the 2021-22 academic year. Other findings include:  During the 2022-23 academic year, there were 5,918 Title IV institutions in the United States and other U.S. jurisdictions. Of this total, 2,710 were classified as 4-year institutions, 1,550 were 2-year institutions, and the remaining 1,658 were less-than-2-year institutions. Of the roughly 3.6 million students receiving degrees or certificates at 4-year Title IV degree-granting institutions during the 2021-22 academic year, about 56 percent received a bachelor’s degree. This percentage varied by control of institution, with approximately 60 percent of the 2.2 million students at public institutions receiving a bachelor’s degree, roughly 51 percent of the 1.1 million students at private nonprofit institutions receiving a bachelor’s degree, and approximately 41 percent of the 248,000 students at private for-profit institutions receiving a bachelor’s degree.  During the 2021-22 academic year, the 12-month unduplicated headcount enrollment of students enrolled exclusively in distance education courses varied by institutional control. Of the approximately 6.3 million undergraduate students enrolled exclusively in distance education, around 4.6 million were enrolled at public institutions, approximately 876,000 were enrolled at private nonprofit institutions, and almost 758,000 were enrolled at private for-profit institutions. To view these tables and the corresponding data release memo, please visit https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/survey-components