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The average annual fee for tuition and required services at public higher education institutions in the United States was 7,638 U.S. dollars in 2021. This figure was significantly higher at private higher education institutions, which stood at 32,444 U.S. dollars.

Average annual charges per student for higher education in public and private institutions in the United States from 1970 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars)

Year	Private institutions	Public institutions
2020-21	32,444	7,638
2019-20	32,411	7,410
2018-19	31,527	7,248
2017-18	30,274	7,051
2016-17	28,945	6,818
2015-16	27,436	6,612
2014-15	26,182	6,370
2013-14	25,110	6,120
2012-13	23,943	5,899
2011-12	22,850	5,563
2010-11	22,042	5,075
2009-10	21,764	4,763
2008-09	21,570	4,512
2007-08	20,972	4,291
2006-07	20,048	4,102
2005-06	18,862	3,874
2004-05	18,154	3,629
2003-04	17,315	3,319
2002-03	16,383	2,903
2001-02	15,742	2,700
2000-01	15,000	2,562
1999-00	14,100	2,504
1998-99	13,428	2,430
1997-98	12,801	2,360
1996-97	12,498	2,271
1995-96	11,864	2,179
1994-95	11,111	2,057
1993-94	10,572	1,942
1992-93	9,942	1,782
1991-92	9,419	1,628
1990-91	8,772	1,454
1989-90	8,147	1,356
1988-89	7,461	1,285
1987-88	6,988	1,218
1986-87	6,316	1,106
1985-86	5,789	1,045
1984-85	5,315	971
1983-84	4,851	891
1982-83	4,439	798
1981-82	3,953	714
1980-81	3,498	635
1979-80	3,130	583
1978-79	2,867	543
1977-78	2,624	512
1976-77	2,467	479
1975-76	2,272	433
1974-75	2,117	432
1973-74	1,989	438
1972-73	1,898	407
1971-72	1,820	376
1970-71	1,684	351
1969-70	1,533	323

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