November 30, 2011

College Spending - Net Tuition Versus Subsidies by State

Can you guess which states have the highest and lowest subsidizes per student for their colleges?    I would have thought California would have spend the most but I was wrong.   I found  the data from Trends in College Spending 1999 to 2009 from the Delta Project   I got the data below out of figure 19 from their report.

Below is a table listing each state and giving the average amount of spending per student looking at Net tuition versus state subsidies.  This data is specific to public research universities and smaller schools will differ.


State Net Tuition Subsidy Student share
USA  $   8,030  $  7,889 50%
AK  $   5,126  $20,283 20%
AL  $   8,358  $ 11,356 42%
AR  $   5,685  $   5,411 51%
AZ  $   7,109  $   6,311 53%
CA  $  8,268  $ 14,144 37%
CO  $ 11,214  $   3,863 74%
CT  $   9,624  $ 17,935 35%
DE  $ 14,039  $   8,027 64%
FL  $   4,785  $   7,183 40%
GA  $   6,611  $   5,862 53%
HI  $   6,471  $ 14,948 30%
IA  $   8,450  $   7,682 52%
ID  $   5,186  $   8,154 39%
Il  $   9,592  $   9,133 51%
IN  $   9,589  $   8,424 53%
KS  $   6,911  $   6,575 51%
KY  $   8,565  $  8,928 49%
LA  $   4,726  $   7,296 39%
MA  $ 10,205  $   6,312 62%
MD  $   7,468  $   8,071 48%
ME  $   8,069  $   5,296 60%
MI  $10,364  $   6,187 63%
MN  $11,141  $ 14,375 44%
MO  $  8,743  $   7,077 55%
MS  $   6,020  $   5,786 51%
MT  $   7,827  $   3,408 70%
NC  $   6,115  $ 11,723 34%
ND  $  7,627  $   7,024 52%
NE  $   5,484  $   6,238 47%
NH  $ 11,644  $   3,181 79%
NJ  $ 12,490  $   5,057 71%
NM  $   4,709  $   7,520 39%
NV  $   6,534  $ 10,637 38%
Ny  $   5,610  $ 15,421 27%
OH  $   9,947  $   5,908 63%
OK  $   7,427  $   5,962 55%
OR  $   8,458  $   3,733 69%
PA  $ 14,479  $   6,065 70%
RI  $ 11,813  $   1,828 87%
SC  $ 11,214  $   3,863 74%
SD  $   5,782  $   6,183 48%
TN  $   6,737  $ 11,115 38%
TX  $   7,148  $   5,636 56%
UT  $  5,129  $   8,760 37%
VA  $   9,602  $   6,305 60%
VT  $ 17,797  $   4,395 80%
WA  $ 10,192  $ 14,134 42%
WI  $   7,624  $   6,865 53%
WV  $   9,227  $   3,863 70%
WY  $   4,310  $ 14,021 24%

As you can see there is a huge difference from state to state. 

Net tuition varies from $4,310 in Wyoming up to $17,797 in Vermont.

Subsidy levels range from just $1,828 in Rhode Island all the way up to $20,283 in oil rich Alaska.   
Alaksa has the lowest % share paid by students at 20% and Rhode Island students pay the most at 87%.

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