East Idaho Times

In-state tuition and fees rose 69.5 percent for 2018-19 at the College of Eastern Idaho, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Idaho residents paid $4,126 to attend the two-year public institution this year – $1,632 more than the $2,494 charged for 2017-18.

Non-resident students would have paid 50.8 percent more than residents this year, or $6,222. Non-resident tuition and fees were reduced 31.3 percent from $9,056 in 2017-18.

100 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Idaho residents.

Data shows 73 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 96 students received grants or scholarships totaling $402,294 and 41 students took out student loans totaling more than $239,005.

Including all undergraduates (1,288), 466 students used grants or scholarships totaling $1.9 million, and 294 students took out $2 million in federal student loans.

	Enrollment	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state	1,288	$2,780	$2,434	$2,494	$4,126	48.4%

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the College of Eastern Idaho in 2015-16.

Type of Aid	Number of students receiving aid	Percent receiving aid	Total amount of aid received	Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants	88	60%	$363,930	$4,136
State / local grant or scholarship	7	5%	$20,750	$2,964
Institutional grants or scholarships	21	14%	$17,614	$839
Grant or scholarship aid total	96	66%	$402,294	$4,191
Federal student loans	41	28%	$239,005	$5,829
Other student loans	0	0%	$0	-
Student loan aid	41	28%	$239,005	$5,829
Total student aid	107	73%	-	-