A collection of current and historically published tuition and fees data from the 350-plus public colleges and universities in WICHE region and analysis of tuition and fee trends in the West.
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Tuition and Fees and Median Household Income
Although tuition and fee rates have stabilized in recent years, average tuition and fees at public four-year institutions are, on average, 9% of median household income and tuition and fees at public two-year institutions is 3% of income. Tuition and fees as a share of income vary widely by population in the region. Learn more about WICHE’s Tuition and Fees in the West here.
Notes: WICHE region median household income, overall and by population, includes all sources of income for households with children aged 0-17 by race and ethnicity of head of household. Tuition and fees are a weighted average of resident or in-district tuition and fees at public two-and four-year institutions and adjusted to constant 2023 dollars using the Higher Education Cost Adjustment (HECA). Income data not available for the U.S. Pacific Territories and Freely Associated States.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata (PUMS) and Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), Tuition and Fees in the West.
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