CostByCollegeCostByCollege is a reference site about what colleges and universities in the United States cost, school by school.
What the site does
The pilot covers 300 schools. Each school has a cost page that shows the total cost for one year, broken into tuition, required fees, books and supplies, room and board, and other expenses, with the total added up from the parts shown on the page. Most schools also have an acceptance rate page that shows how many students applied, how many were admitted, and how many enrolled.
Cost pages also show the average net price, which is what students pay on average after grant and scholarship aid, plus median earnings ten years after entry, median debt at graduation, and the graduation rate. Cost means little on its own, so those outcomes sit beside it on every page.
What the site does not do
The site does not estimate or model any figure. A figure that is not published in the federal data is left blank and the page says so. The site does not rank schools by quality, does not promise admission or aid to any student, and does not give financial advice.
Where the numbers come from
Every number comes from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System or College Scorecard, both published by the United States Department of Education. The methodology page names each source, the year of each figure, and how totals and averages are worked out.