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App State tuition and net price

Appalachian State University · Boone, North Carolina · Public · 19,444 undergraduates

$7,642
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$25,932
out-of-state tuition and fees
$24,140
full cost of attendance a year
$16,082
average net price after aid

Out-of-state students pay 3.4 times the in-state price: $25,932 against $7,642 in tuition and fees for 2025-26. For families earning under $30,000 the average net price ($11,070) is higher than in-state tuition, because it also covers housing, food and books. Sam Houston State University has the lowest average net price among the schools closest to App State in size and selectivity ($14,788), and Illinois State University the highest ($17,829).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $11,070Income under $30,000$11,070Income $30,001 to $48,000: $10,994Income $30,001 to $48,000$10,994Income $48,001 to $75,000: $12,977Income $48,001 to $75,000$12,977Income $75,001 to $110,000: $19,354Income $75,001 to $110,000$19,354Income over $110,000: $22,753Income over $110,000$22,753
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid and paying the in-state rate.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use App State's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$10k$20k$30k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26Out-of-stateIn-state2014-15 Out-of-state: $20k In-state: $7k2015-16 Out-of-state: $21k In-state: $7k2016-17 Out-of-state: $22k In-state: $7k2017-18 Out-of-state: $22k In-state: $7k2018-19 Out-of-state: $22k In-state: $7k2019-20 Out-of-state: $22k In-state: $7k2020-21 Out-of-state: $22k In-state: $7k2021-22 Out-of-state: $23k In-state: $7k2022-23 Out-of-state: $23k In-state: $7k2023-24 Out-of-state: $25k In-state: $8k2024-25 Out-of-state: no data In-state: no data2025-26 Out-of-state: $26k In-state: $8k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearIn-stateOut-of-state
2025-26$7,642$25,932
2023-24$7,541$24,537
2022-23$7,450$23,454
2021-22$7,410$23,017
2020-21$7,410$22,217
2019-20$7,409$22,216
2018-19$7,364$22,171
2017-18$7,302$22,109
2016-17$7,136$21,652
2015-16$6,852$20,677
2014-15$6,553$19,720

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$7,642 in-state, $25,932 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$12,985
Books and supplies
$800
Full cost of attendance
$24,140 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
31%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
38%
Median federal debt at graduation
$19,500

Colleges similar to App State

The six public four-year colleges closest to App State in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC		89%19,896$16,880$60,387
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX		90%17,743$14,788$56,877
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE		87%19,178$16,214$61,819
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI		91%16,758$15,625$59,268
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ		88%18,376$15,193$63,846
Illinois State University
Normal, IL		88%19,057$17,829$67,557

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · App State on College Scorecard