Tuition & Fees in Public Higher Education in the West, 2020-21. Detailed Data Tables

This report provides comprehensive data about the tuition and fees prices published by public higher education institutions in the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) region for 2020-21, including changes in tuition and fee rates over the past one-, five-, and 10-year periods. Key takeaways from this year's report include: (1) Average resident undergraduate tuition and fees at public four-year institutions are $9,876 in 2020-21, an increase of 1.2 percent compared to the year prior; (2) Average in-district tuition and fees at public two-year institutions (excluding California) are $4,057 in 2020-21, an increase of 0.8 percent from 2019-20; (3) The average increase in tuition and fees in both sectors was the lowest reported annual change over the past decade; and (4) The impacts of COVID-19 on tuition and fees rates appeared to be minimal for 2020-21, with potentially more significant impacts coming in 2021-22. [For the 2019-20 report, see ED603282.]