Affordability

This page presents information on the costs, aid levels and overall affordability of college education in Kentucky.

• GRAPH: Tuition and State Funding per Student, FY 1999-2006, Public Two and Four-Year Institutions (23K PDF)
• GRAPH: Average Grants to Full-Time Kentucky Undergraduates (17K PDF)
• Student Aid and Student Debt by Institution (14K PDF)
• State and Federal Need-Based Student Financial Aid (15K PDF)
• Measuring Up Affordability Indicators (92K PDF)
• Tuition History 1987-2008 
• College Affordability in Kentucky (720K PDF)
  An in-depth look at college affordability in Kentucky, including its impact on access, persistence, and graduation, with policy recommendations. 
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Appendix E

• KHEAA Reports
  Research and reports on KEES and other student financial aid issues in Kentucky.
• Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Data Library
  State and institutional data tables for SREB states on tuition and fees, student financial aid, finance, and budgets.
• Finance Indicators, Condition of Education, NCES
  Overview and data tables on costs, student aid, loans, and public financing.
• IPEDS Digest of Education Statistics
  National and state tables of student costs, financial aid, and institutional income and expenditures.
• Trends in College Pricing and Trends in College Aid, The College Board
  Reports with national, regional, and state-level information.
• State Higher Education Finance
  National and state trends in finance and affordability.
• National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
  National and state-level research and data on financial aid, including surveys of graduate aid and private loans.
• Grapevine
  An Annual Compilation of Data on State Tax Appropriations for the General Operation of Higher Education, Center for the Study of Education Policy, Illinois State University.
• College Opportunities Online Locator (COOL)
  A user-friendly tool to access institutional-level IPEDS data on finance and affordability.
• Economic Diversity of Colleges
  Institutional-level data on student income, race and ethnicity, and student loan usage that can be compared over time and across institutions.
• Finance and Affordability Issue Pages, Education Commission of the States
  Topic overview, research, and reports.
• National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs (NASSGAP)
  National survey of state student aid, research, and reports.
• Educational Policy Institute (EPI)
  Research and reports on numerous topics, especially affordability and student success.
• National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)