In the 2020-2021 school year, families in the United States used around 6,610 U.S. dollars from grants and scholarships to students to pay for college. Additionally, parent income and savings contributed another 11,794 U.S. dollars to college.
Average amounts paid by the typical family for college in the United States, year-over-year, between 2011 and 2021, by contribution source
(in U.S. dollars)
Sample size was 2,000 individuals per survey: about 1,000 parents of 18 to 24-year-old undergraduate students, and about 1,000 18 to 24-year-old undergraduate students.
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Sallie Mae. (July 20, 2021). Average amounts paid by the typical family for college in the United States, year-over-year, between 2011 and 2021, by contribution source (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/259202/average-amount-paid-for-college-year-over-year-between-2008-and-2012/
Sallie Mae. "Average amounts paid by the typical family for college in the United States, year-over-year, between 2011 and 2021, by contribution source (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. July 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259202/average-amount-paid-for-college-year-over-year-between-2008-and-2012/
Sallie Mae. (2021). Average amounts paid by the typical family for college in the United States, year-over-year, between 2011 and 2021, by contribution source (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259202/average-amount-paid-for-college-year-over-year-between-2008-and-2012/
Sallie Mae. "Average Amounts Paid by The Typical Family for College in The United States, Year-over-year, between 2011 and 2021, by Contribution Source (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/259202/average-amount-paid-for-college-year-over-year-between-2008-and-2012/
Sallie Mae, Average amounts paid by the typical family for college in the United States, year-over-year, between 2011 and 2021, by contribution source (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/259202/average-amount-paid-for-college-year-over-year-between-2008-and-2012/ (last visited January 29, 2022)
