ERIC Number: ED607564
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Publication Date: 2020
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Tuition and Fees: Iowa Community Colleges, Fiscal Year 2021
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education
The annual community college tuition and fees report provides information about tuition and fees charged at each of Iowa's 15 community colleges. This report also provides trends in tuition and fees among Iowa's community colleges, sources of general operating revenue, and comparisons among states and institutions. For fiscal year (FY) 2021, average in-state tuition for students attending Iowa's community colleges is $179.38 per credit hour, a 3.3 percent increase from last year, and average mandatory fees are $15.10 per credit hour, up 1.2 percent from last year. Therefore, the average total in-state cost of enrollment (tuition plus fees) is $194.48 per credit hour, which represents a 3.1 percent increase from last year. Tuition and fees accounted for approximately 51.3 percent of community colleges' unrestricted operating revenue during FY 2019, the latest year for which data are available. This percentage peaked in FY2012 when tuition and fees accounted for 57.8 percent, and has gradually decreased since then. Nationally, provisional data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) suggest that Iowa's in-state cost of enrollment in FY 2019 (the latest year available) ranked in the 86th percentile. This indicates that Iowa's average cost of enrollment is greater than or equal to 86 percent of community colleges in the nation. Regionally, the average IPEDS total in-state enrollment costs per credit hour during FY 2019 were higher in South Dakota and Minnesota than in Iowa. IPEDS data also suggest that the average total in-state enrollment cost at Iowa's community colleges was 15.0 percent higher than the regional average ($4,608.72) during FY 2019. Iowa Code stipulates that the highest tuition charged by Iowa's community colleges must be less than the lowest tuition charged at Iowa's public universities. In FY 2021, the highest community college in-state tuition for 24 credit hours ($4,584.00) is 40.3 percent less than the lowest public university in-state tuition for the same number of credit hours ($7,680.00). [For the 2020 report, see ED603368.]
Descriptors: Tuition, Fees, Community Colleges, Trend Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Federal Aid, State Aid, Enrollment, Online Courses
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education. Grimes State Office Building, 400 East 14th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0146. Tel: 515-281-3125; Fax: 515-281-6544; Web site: http://educateiowa.gov/
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Iowa Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation
Identifiers - Location: Iowa
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