Posted on June 30, 2011 by Doug Schantz Tags: College Rankings, Department of Education, HEOA
Holding true to the Higher Education Opportunity Act legislation, the Department of Education has started it’s own ranking system for colleges and universities. It is called the College Affordability and Transparency List (or CATL for short).
The government has always asked colleges and universities to report statistical data (including costs) every year through the IPEDS survey (Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System) but this is the first year that the financial data will be made widely available for families to sort through, compare, and contrast based upon specific criteria.
The purpose of this list is aimed at highlighting the schools that have the highest prices AND the highest rate of price increases. Schools at the top of this list for the three year period preceding the release of this list will be required to submit additional reports to the Secretary of Education. From what I understand, over 500 colleges will be required to execute the additional reporting piece this year.
The statistics of the data being presented are a little shocking (maybe even mind-numbing) but numbers don’t lie and usually speak for themselves. Should you use this data to help you in your college search process? Maybe, but I would probably advise against it. These numbers are already a couple years old and since they provide a statistical average, your individual financial outlook at one of these colleges may actually be better or worse than the average.
Below are a few different categories that I pulled from the CATL report. If you would like to play around with the data and run your own reports or check out your favorite college or university to see where it stands amongst the others, click here to give it a whirl.
4-year Private Schools With The Highest Percentage Increase In Tuition From 2008-2010
Institution |
State |
2007-08 |
2009-10 |
% Increase  |
Wells College |
NY |
$17,810 |
$29,680 |
67 |
Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture |
AZ |
$18,585 |
$30,100 |
62 |
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science |
CA |
$7,100 |
$11,300 |
59 |
Sage College of Albany† |
NY |
$18,440 |
$27,790 |
51 |
John Dewey College-University Division |
PR |
$3,560 |
$5,000 |
40 |
International Baptist College |
AZ |
$6,930 |
$9,660 |
39 |
Jamestown College |
ND |
$11,535 |
$16,006 |
39 |
Trinity Lutheran College |
WA |
$14,170 |
$19,425 |
37 |
Bluefield College |
VA |
$13,180 |
$18,020 |
37 |
4-year Public Schools With The Highest Percentage Increase In Tuition From 2008-2010
Institution |
State |
2007-08 |
2009-10 |
% Increase  |
Northern New Mexico College |
NM |
$1,668 |
$2,522 |
51 |
Florida State College at Jacksonville |
FL |
$1,714 |
$2,553 |
49 |
San Diego State University-Imperial Valley Campus |
CA |
$2,906 |
$4,260 |
47 |
Georgia State University |
GA |
$5,147 |
$7,498 |
46 |
California State University-East Bay |
CA |
$3,345 |
$4,872 |
46 |
California State University-Stanislaus |
CA |
$3,330 |
$4,840 |
45 |
California State University-Chico |
CA |
$3,690 |
$5,336 |
45 |
Alabama State University |
AL |
$4,508 |
$6,468 |
43 |
California State University-Northridge |
CA |
$3,350 |
$4,801 |
43 |
4-year Private Schools With The Highest Net Tuition Price (after financial aid)
Institution |
State |
Net Price(1)  |
Art Center College of Design |
CA |
$39,672 |
The New School |
NY |
$39,004 |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
IL |
$38,965 |
The Boston Conservatory |
MA |
$37,798 |
California Institute of the Arts |
CA |
$36,997 |
Manhattan School of Music |
NY |
$36,208 |
Rhode Island School of Design |
RI |
$35,991 |
Pratt Institute-Main |
NY |
$35,506 |
Santa Clara University |
CA |
$35,245 |
Northwestern Health Sciences University |
MN |
$35,062 |
4-year Public Schools With The Highest Net Tuition Price (after financial aid)
Institution |
State |
Net Price(1)(2)  |
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio |
TX |
$24,192 |
University of Guam |
GU |
$23,902 |
St. Mary’s College of Maryland |
MD |
$21,468 |
Rowan University |
NJ |
$19,344 |
Miami University-Oxford |
OH |
$19,305 |
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus |
PA |
$19,056 |
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona |
PA |
$18,878 |
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College |
PA |
$18,857 |
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus |
PA |
$18,786 |
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks |
PA |
$18,048 |
4-year Private Schools With The Lowest Net Tuition Price (after financial aid)
Institution |
State |
Net Price(1)  |
Universidad Teologica del Caribe |
PR |
$82 |
Talmudical Academy-New Jersey |
NJ |
$469 |
Colegio Pentecostal Mizpa |
PR |
$1,776 |
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary |
TX |
$1,876 |
John Dewey College-University Division |
PR |
$1,956 |
Turtle Mountain Community College |
ND |
$2,031 |
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce |
PR |
$2,208 |
Southeastern Baptist College |
MS |
$2,699 |
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America |
NY |
$2,839 |
Our Lady of Holy Cross College |
LA |
$2,874 |
4-year Public Schools With The Lowest Net Tuition Price (after financial aid)
Institution |
State |
Net Price(1)(2)  |
Sitting Bull College |
ND |
$938 |
Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Puerto Rico |
PR |
$995 |
South Texas College |
TX |
$1,317 |
University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla |
PR |
$1,591 |
The University of Texas-Pan American |
TX |
$1,646 |
Indian River State College |
FL |
$2,138 |
University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon |
PR |
$2,345 |
California State University-Dominguez Hills |
CA |
$2,451 |
California State University-Los Angeles |
CA |
$3,263 |
Elizabeth City State University |
NC |
$3,335 |
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