Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$30,124
$33,276
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$22,484
$23,550
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$22,484
$41,160
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
ECPI University
James Madison University
Under $30,000
$21,086
$14,379
$30,000–$48,000
$22,194
$14,452
$48,000–$75,000
$22,650
$16,960
$75,000–$110,000
$26,561
$22,031
Over $110,000
$28,676
$31,907
After you start
Measure
ECPI University
James Madison University
Undergrads
12,090
20,888
Graduate within 6 years
45%
81%
Come back for year two
56%
92%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$49,806
$75,482
Median debt at graduation
$22,570
$19,500
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