Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$23,732
$36,350
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$14,791
$21,397
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Alcorn State University
Johnson C Smith University
Under $30,000
$14,547
$20,863
$30,000–$48,000
$16,203
$20,176
$48,000–$75,000
$16,221
$20,317
$75,000–$110,000
$16,465
$25,561
Over $110,000
$18,464
$27,176
After you start
Measure
Alcorn State University
Johnson C Smith University
Undergrads
2,363
1,244
Graduate within 6 years
46%
34%
Come back for year two
77%
71%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$40,721
$44,849
Median debt at graduation
$27,500
$30,750
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. How we get our numbers