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
17.9976081412.1965940250381.2
Alaska
14.200893496.40539601477788.5728
Arizona
16.8280599312.1067700955419.32
Arkansas
13.4353968412.1288499547257.5656
California
18.2276350110.3014111965495.56
Colorado
17.229876489.38018605967913.8576
Connecticut
16.1809735110.2908691381012.9696
Delaware
21.0876213712.8129786570533.68
Florida
14.081377927.91469597953404.072
Georgia
13.806161439.81982749355318.5576
Hawaii
15.361230818.71011198476680.1864
Idaho
15.691653829.28586521352597.9728
Illinois
21.953416516.0810034865495.56
Indiana
19.9332094513.6223894355419.32
Iowa
16.285546111.0715100960658.9648
Kansas
16.11448210.6506030960558.2024
Kentucky
16.6280832514.231166650481.9624
Louisiana
10.1723058.25336441352396.448
Maine
22.9252589315.2601644257333.8056
Maryland
14.492445059.09678395382625.168
Massachusetts
17.4503120211.8436068778594.672
Michigan
22.4072109217.0121683256426.944
Minnesota
16.7715551212.7006384670533.68
Mississippi
14.718793310.9955644645343.08
Missouri
15.9810492112.3685520456426.944
Montana
15.934768049.76007679156426.944
Nebraska
15.4177234710.3123187460487.66872
Nevada
19.863880848.02838455660155.1528
New Hampshire
19.8470147414.8027037375571.8
New Jersey
19.9742287513.5597698182524.4056
New Mexico
14.065290629.18355957550713.71592
New York
17.184596278.81376780165717.23728
North Carolina
13.86496728.66128028452900.26
North Dakota
15.8662626210.0177926763480.312
Ohio
22.7969677114.9227175156930.756
Oklahoma
13.713738810.4511450551993.3984
Oregon
21.4677534412.185293856930.756
Pennsylvania
23.9143196316.9132649161565.8264
Rhode Island
20.5170046912.7542335167510.808
South Carolina
19.4616609818.1894655751892.636
South Dakota
13.9829701110.1686413760558.2024
Tennessee
11.9000990111.8004168850885.012
Texas
15.7602935111.8496964456426.944
Utah
11.597320757.26474650160961.252
Vermont
19.0234384819.139186562573.4504
Virginia
16.7474028310.7654147273153.5024
Washington
17.9651792210.742161267510.808
West Virginia
16.0341490810.0797800449373.576
Wisconsin
17.9658478811.7073090861868.1136
Wyoming
9.2575748445.51911628767510.808
Nation
17.512257411.7637824760457.44

 Source: IPEDS, NCES