From the report: Between 2018-19 and 2020-21, the average tuition and required fees at 4-year public institutions increased less than 1 percent for in-state and decreased approximately 1 percent for out-of-state students (after adjusting for inflation). During that same time period, tuition and required fees increased approximately 2 percent at 4-year nonprofit institutions and decreased about 2 percent at for-profit institutions.

The National Center for Education Statistics released a new set of data and web tables today (July 27) that includes fully edited and imputed data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) fall 2020 collection. This collection included three survey components: Institutional Characteristics for the 2020-21 academic year, Completions covering the period July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, and data on 12-Month Enrollment for the 2019-20 academic year.