Alabama colleges are getting more expensive, and not just in tuition prices.

The total cost of college in Alabama has risen by about 21-22% for all students in the past decade, an AL.com analysis found.

That’s counting tuition, books and supplies, fees, housing and other college expenses reported each year to the U.S. Department of Education.

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AL.com analyzed 10 years of tuition and fee data from the National Center for Education Statistics to better understand what kinds of costs were increasing, and where. Here’s what we found.

Four-year colleges outpace two-years on total costs, but not by much.

Students living on campus at four-year colleges typically paid about $12,000 last year in non-tuition college expenses, compared to about $7,500 at community colleges.

That rate was also higher for public four-year colleges, where students spent about $5,000 more on non-tuition expenses than at private schools.

Housing costs made up the bulk of that difference. Four-year institutions charged almost twice as much as two-years for room and board, with students paying an average of $9,609 for on-campus housing in 2022.

Fees hovered above $1,000 for all institutions. Book and supply fees were typically lower at four-year colleges than at two-years, where the average charge was about $1,650 in 2022.

Marion Military Institute charged students the most in general fees alone, at $3,218 for in-state students and $3,418 for out-of-state students. The two-year military school was followed by Tuskegee University and Alabama State University, which charged $3,020 and $2,740, respectively.

Auburn University charged the highest of all universities in combined housing, supplies, application and general fees, which totaled $17,592 in 2022.

Auburn is followed by Birmingham-Southern College and The University of Alabama, which charged more than $15,000 in total fees.

Find your school’s tuition, cost of attendance and fee breakdowns in the charts below. See the graphs online here.

Off-campus housing is skyrocketing near many schools.

Alabama students paid an average of just under $9,000 in off-campus housing in 2022, which was about $2,000 higher than costs in 2013.

But those rates varied greatly in different parts of the state.

Off-campus housing costs at Troy University and Wallace Community College-Dothan, both Dothan-area schools, reached about $10,000 a year in 2022 – a rate that tripled for many community college students.

In Tuscaloosa, housing costs neared about $14,000 for students at The University of Alabama, $10,000 at Stillman College and about $9,000 at Shelton State.

The Mobile area saw some of the highest off-campus housing costs in Alabama.

Students at the U.S. Sports Academy in Daphne paid an average of $18,000 last year, followed by Spring Hill students, who paid just under $16,000 a year.

Jefferson State Community College had the highest off-campus housing costs for public schools, at around $15,000. Auburn University followed, costing students about $14,600.

How do I find out how much college will actually cost me?

There are lots of different ways to measure the true cost of attendance, which can change widely once you account for added fees, scholarships and local costs of living.

But some colleges have recently moved to include more of those added expenses in their listed prices.

Troy University recently raised tuition, but officials say the move was an effort to be more transparent about fees, which are now included in the sticker price.

“Even with the increase in tuition, we think that many students were seeing very similar overall costs due to the elimination of so many fees,” a spokesman told AL.com. “Our hope is that students and parents will find this new pricing structure more transparent.”

Last year, Spring Hill College also eliminated fees for in-state students, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham did not charge in-state or out-of-state students for general fees.

It’s also important to keep in mind how much you may be eligible for in student aid. In 2020, Alabama colleges offered an average of just under $9,000 in federal, state and institutional aid per student.

Most colleges have net price calculators on their websites, which can help determine what the realistic cost of college will be – and how much aid a student may be eligible for.

The U.S. Department of Education has a handy tool to find your college’s calculator if it isn’t easily accessible. If your college doesn’t show up in the search, the College Board also has a tool to estimate the cost yourself.