Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$23,250
$28,525
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$11,439
$19,890
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$24,149
$32,489
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
University of Houston
Texas Tech University
Under $30,000
$8,468
$15,008
$30,000–$48,000
$8,553
$14,846
$48,000–$75,000
$8,529
$16,756
$75,000–$110,000
$13,799
$20,147
Over $110,000
$21,065
$25,269
After you start
Measure
University of Houston
Texas Tech University
Undergrads
38,380
32,394
Graduate within 6 years
65%
67%
Come back for year two
87%
85%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$68,423
$67,143
Median debt at graduation
$17,250
$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