Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$23,698
$21,720
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$16,414
$15,874
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$20,944
$21,934
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Dallas College
Lone Star College System
Under $30,000
$15,704
$15,059
$30,000–$48,000
$15,522
$14,345
$48,000–$75,000
$16,529
$15,588
$75,000–$110,000
$19,802
$19,358
Over $110,000
$22,795
$20,477
After you start
Measure
Dallas College
Lone Star College System
Undergrads
43,869
45,188
Graduate within 6 years
36%
19%
Come back for year two
67%
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Median earnings 10 years after starting
$44,572
$44,187
Median debt at graduation
$9,686
$10,500
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