Net Cost of Attendance:
Percent of Family Income Needed to Pay for College - by Type of Institution

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Net Cost as a Percent of Low Quintile Median Family IncomeAverage In-State Tuition & Fees as a Percent of Low Quintile Median Family IncomeLow Quintile Median Family Income (10th percentile)
Alabama
71.7852125757.0599876617323.9587
Alaska
44.4305392923.6706129927657.5481
Arizona
58.2048287751.7218941321376.3467
Arkansas
64.2931264947.8955305517222.649
California
67.6892574944.3654156222693.3728
Colorado
62.6604406738.3644914327353.619
Connecticut
71.5143215547.5444837126340.522
Delaware
64.2512111848.4453184325327.425
Florida
43.1354129824.6833364320261.94
Georgia
55.8573201736.4086577920059.3206
Hawaii
66.688024137.5567144228366.716
Idaho
40.7230105832.0595948722592.0631
Illinois
75.0626021562.0467890122794.6825
Indiana
58.0118973244.0167587521376.3467
Iowa
49.7480083736.1009469524314.328
Kansas
54.7647434238.8826991323301.231
Kentucky
69.2472302361.5263769216918.7199
Louisiana
60.3800196456.9933890616209.552
Maine
46.7302764240.6210822924719.5668
Maryland
52.0592741232.1750762830392.91
Massachusetts
69.2753586548.1828575926543.1414
Michigan
73.5008105861.054610521275.037
Minnesota
54.9602168440.8887937728366.716
Mississippi
61.6213913554.917083214588.5968
Missouri
49.1100500337.0921703421781.5855
Montana
44.9617084627.7461342124516.9474
Nebraska
51.9410169533.9264970824314.328
Nevada
60.866741634.0196712921680.2758
New Hampshire
59.1367008653.0286667630666.44619
New Jersey
74.594749552.6180430526340.522
New Mexico
56.66506448.6268524113879.4289
New York
73.9437386639.4006756520261.94
North Carolina
58.7016471836.6890855120261.94
North Dakota
45.8508265928.9844418828366.716
Ohio
74.4623821749.4475714220667.1788
Oklahoma
52.3120393844.8085893418640.9848
Oregon
69.2490652342.964858624314.328
Pennsylvania
86.9350043860.4831405823807.7795
Rhode Island
74.5359409157.4245750621882.8952
South Carolina
73.89768763.4427041619654.0818
South Dakota
59.1537929438.9182736822288.134
Tennessee
56.8837983752.9034850518235.746
Texas
62.6538672446.7661664919755.3915
Utah
32.1288458623.7212033629278.5033
Vermont
53.6068024161.8719464826745.7608
Virginia
67.8828830449.3563315726239.2123
Washington
54.1781506435.3100493927353.619
West Virginia
65.5991354846.9671070816614.7908
Wisconsin
57.7282034535.6391427625327.425
Wyoming
32.4804796820.2738435525732.6638
Nation
64.5916619145.7294696321477.6564

 Source: IPEDS, NCES