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$15,142is what the typical student pays a year at a public college after grants. The published price: $27,914.

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Every number on this site comes from public U.S. government data and names its source. Career pages include information from the O*NET® 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; Vocational Index has modified some of this information. Vocational Index is a free platform from the makers of Vocational Finder. Data retrieved 2026-11-11.