College cost projector

Estimate the future cost of a college education based on today's costs.

Years until college
Years in college
Rate of annual cost increase
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Current annual college cost
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The national average cost data is from The College Board's annual "Trends in College Pricing" report. All Rights Reserved. College cost information used in this tool comes from various governmental and other publicly available sources, including the Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System of the National Center for Educational Statistics of the Institute of Education Sciences, the statistics, research, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education. SS&C Technologies, Inc. and its affiliates are not responsible for the completeness or accuracy of information obtained from such third-party sources.

In recent years, the average rate of inflation in college costs has been about 5%. You can change the rate we use in the calculation.