Dive Brief:

• Miami University in Ohio is the most expensive four-year public school, as ranked by net cost, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Education.
• The department released the new figures through its College Affordability and Transparency Center website, which allows users to calculate the top 5 percent and bottom 10 percent tuition or net charges per year for colleges and universities in various categories.
• Those categories include four-year public, four-year private non-profit, four-year for-profit, two-year schools in three categories and less-than-two-year schools. 

Dive Insight:

Miami of Ohio’s average net price is $24,674 per year, with 72 percent of students receiving grants or scholarships. No. 2 in the four-year public school category is Pennsylvania State University’s main campus, at $22,560, with 37 percent of students receiving grants or scholarships. The national average for the category is $11,582. For private not-for-profit four-year schools’ net cost, No. 1 on the list is the Hult International Business School in Massachusetts at $46,746, followed by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, at $44,838. For private for-profit schools, the top two four-year schools as ranked by net cost are the American University of Health Sciences in California and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine-New York, at $66,743 and $49,154, respectively.