Net price, by income — cited to federal data
The sticker price isn’t the price.
Almost nobody pays a college’s published tuition. TuitionScan shows the net price students at each income level actually pay after aid — for any U.S. college, tracked over time and cited to the Department of Education.
Public four-year, in-state · 2025–26
Published “sticker” tuition & fees$11,950
Average net tuition & fees, after grant aid$2,300
What the average in-state student actually pays — a $9,650 gap the sticker price hides. Source: College Board, Trends in College Pricing 2025.
Federal data, citedEvery figure traces to the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard and IPEDS — linked on the page, never a black-box score.
Net price, by incomeNot the sticker average — what students in a given family-income band actually paid after grant aid, the number that decides affordability.
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