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 Median Family IncomeAverage In-State Tuition & Fees as a Percent of Median Family IncomeMedian Family Income (50th percentile)
Alabama
19.6404341615.6116126263318.5625
Alaska
13.736735257.3183208989456.4651
Arizona
17.7988679315.8164053169903.693
Arkansas
19.0084026214.1604177358253.0775
California
17.8297197511.6860925486153.76888
Colorado
19.4017419511.8789136388342.0584
Connecticut
19.1687872212.7438822398270.409
Delaware
20.3842675115.3697076279832.0436
Florida
12.992594277.43473988967269.6408
Georgia
15.7996419910.2984489270916.79
Hawaii
19.6554176311.0693474196244.215
Idaho
13.9711251710.9989071665851.305
Illinois
21.1113568617.4506594181047.76
Indiana
17.6122450813.3633612970410.2415
Iowa
15.8981651311.5369204676083.5847
Kansas
17.0214743112.0851632474969.178
Kentucky
18.8650692516.7616720262102.8461
Louisiana
15.8633877614.9736325961697.6073
Maine
15.7706603713.7089129773246.9131
Maryland
15.617782249.652522884101309.7
Massachusetts
18.1501439712.62390869101309.7
Michigan
21.7396763718.0584059271929.887
Minnesota
17.6883456513.1596117988139.439
Mississippi
15.8455006314.1215356856733.432
Missouri
15.5274422911.7276715168890.596
Montana
16.00107869.87435952968890.596
Nebraska
16.6211254210.8564790675982.275
Nevada
18.5892431910.389909670987.70679
New Hampshire
19.206737517.2229371694420.6404
New Jersey
19.3946348713.68069119101309.7
New Mexico
13.6194978411.6875066357746.529
New York
17.84787329.51017997983945.21742
North Carolina
17.5228797510.9519658267877.499
North Dakota
14.92817619.4367950387126.342
Ohio
21.2988305714.1437248672254.07804
Oklahoma
15.278436913.0869530863825.111
Oregon
21.1986934413.1525077379426.8048
Pennsylvania
26.4633756918.411318778211.0884
Rhode Island
19.3506769714.9083031484289.6704
South Carolina
22.2611044719.1116220665243.4468
South Dakota
18.3293442912.059183471929.887
Tennessee
15.7524364714.6501958665851.305
Texas
17.2077522712.8442288371929.887
Utah
11.584824028.55324737681199.72455
Vermont
17.6902447920.4177423481047.76
Virginia
19.7769029314.3794036890064.3233
Washington
16.8139088210.9582911988139.439
West Virginia
18.3275267813.1219856259468.7939
Wisconsin
18.7917328911.6012834577805.8496
Wyoming
10.563433856.59354194879122.8757
Nation
18.1803403112.8712792976306.46604

 Source: IPEDS, NCES