Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
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$23,049
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
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$13,789
Average paid from out of state, estimated
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$25,093
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Athens State University
Auburn University at Montgomery
Under $30,000
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$12,456
$30,000–$48,000
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$12,325
$48,000–$75,000
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$13,272
$75,000–$110,000
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$15,081
Over $110,000
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$17,463
After you start
Measure
Athens State University
Auburn University at Montgomery
Undergrads
2,446
2,542
Graduate within 6 years
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36%
Come back for year two
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68%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$54,648
$51,305
Median debt at graduation
$17,322
$25,094
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. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers