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Tuition and Fees by Institution Data

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Description

This dataset shows tuition and fees as reported by institutions in the United States to the NCES IPEDS program. Data is available from 2003 through the most recent year available. The data is reported and displayed here by individual institution.

No aggregations are performed for institutions, so only identity mappings are allowed along the institution dimension.

Use Cases

Questions answered by this dataset:

  • How much is in-state tuition for Stanford?
  • How much is out-of-state tuition for Stanford?
  • How much have prices for books and supplies increased for our institution over the years?
  • How does off-campus room and board compare among the various campuses of the University of Maryland?

Metrics

  • Tuition.Instate: In-state undergraduate tuition and fees for the institution.
  • Tuition.OutState: Out-of-state undergraduate tuition and feeds for the institution.
  • RoomBoard.OnCampus: On-campus room and board for the institution.
  • RoomBoard.OffCampus: Off-campus room and board for the institution.
  • BookSupplies.Latest: The cost of books and supplies for the institution.
  • CreditHourCharge.Graduate.InDistrict
  • CreditHourCharge.Graduate.InState
  • CreditHourCharge.Graduate.OutOfState
  • CreditHourCharge.Undergraduate.InDistrict
  • CreditHourCharge.Undergraduate.InState
  • CreditHourCharge.Undergraduate.OutOfState
  • Fees.Graduate.InDistrict
  • Fees.Graduate.InState
  • Fees.Graduate.OutOfState
  • Fees.Undergraduate.InDistrict
  • Fees.Undergraduate.InState
  • Fees.Undergraduate.OutOfState
  • Tuition.Graduate.InDistrict
  • Tuition.Graduate.InState
  • Tuition.Graduate.OutOfState
  • Tuition.Undergraduate.InDistrict
  • Tuition.Undergraduate.InState
  • Tuition.Undergraduate.OutOfState

Filters

  • Institution
  • Year

Core LMI Metadata

This dataset is offered via the Core LMI API. The metadata for this Core LMI API dataset is below.

AttributeDescription
Dataset IDEMSI.us.Tuition
Dataset URLhttps://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.Tuition/{version}
Area Aggregation Path

The area aggregation path refers to the hierarchy that shows how data is aggregated, starting from the lowest-level geography and progressing to the highest-level geography.

The levels in the aggregation path include:

Aggregation Path

1234

Level

1NationMetropolitan USNationMetropolitan US
2StateMSAStateMSA
3CountyCountyCountyCounty
4Zip CodeZip CodeCensus TractCensus Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

http://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.Tuition/2026.3

Metrics

  {
"name": "<Metric>.<Year>"
  }

Valid Values for Metrics

{"Metric": [
        "Tuition.InState",
        "Tuition.OutState",
        "RoomBoard.OnCampus",
        "RoomBoard.OffCampus",
        "BookSupplies.Latest",
        "Tuition.Undergraduate.InState",
        "Fees.Undergraduate.InState",
        "CreditHourCharge.Undergraduate.InState",
        "CreditHourCharge.Graduate.InState",
        "Fees.Graduate.InState",
        "Tuition.Graduate.InState",
        "CreditHourCharge.Graduate.OutOfState",
        "Fees.Graduate.OutOfState",
        "Tuition.Graduate.OutOfState",
        "CreditHourCharge.Undergraduate.OutOfState",
        "Fees.Undergraduate.OutOfState",
        "Tuition.Undergraduate.OutOfState",
        "CreditHourCharge.Graduate.InDistrict",
        "CreditHourCharge.Undergraduate.InDistrict",
        "Fees.Graduate.InDistrict",
        "Fees.Undergraduate.InDistrict",
        "Tuition.Graduate.InDistrict",
        "Tuition.Undergraduate.InDistrict"
],
"Year": "2003-2023"    
}

Dimensions

[
{
  "name": "Unit",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "0"
  ]
}
]

Attributes

{
"minYearInclusive": "2003",
"name": "Tuition",
"path": "Tuition",
"type": "dataset",
"maxYearInclusive": "2023",
"description": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"countryCode": "us",
"displayName": "US Tuition and Fees by Institution",
"currentYear": "2023",
"releaseDate": "2026-06-03 18:52:42.7914706Z",
"datarun": "2026.3",
"onlyIdentityMapping": "UnitID"
}

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