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Colleges with frozen or guaranteed tuition

At most schools tuition compounds and your bill grows every year. These schools are the exception: a freeze, a four-year cohort guarantee, or a state-capped rate makes your cost far more predictable. Numbers come from federal IPEDS data.

Named guarantee programs

These schools publish an explicit price promise: a freeze, cohort guarantee, or statutory cap.

  • Berea CollegeNo-tuition model

    Berea charges no tuition; every admitted student receives a full-tuition scholarship. Published sticker is not what students pay.

    KY · private · recent growth 8.2% / yr · latest 2023

  • Purdue University-Main CampusFrozen tuition

    Purdue has held undergraduate tuition flat since 2013, one of the longest freezes in the country.

    IN · public · recent growth 0.0% / yr · latest 2026

  • University of Illinois ChicagoTruth-in-Tuition guarantee

    Same Illinois cohort guarantee: your rate is locked the year you enroll.

    IL · public · recent growth 1.2% / yr · latest 2026

  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignTruth-in-Tuition guarantee

    Illinois law guarantees an entering cohort a fixed tuition rate for four continuous years.

    IL · public · recent growth 0.7% / yr · latest 2026

  • University of Missouri-ColumbiaState-limited increases

    Missouri statute has capped in-state undergraduate tuition increases for several years.

    MO · public · recent growth 4.9% / yr · latest 2026

Detected freezes: flat published tuition

1,212more schools whose published tuition has stayed flat across multiple recent IPEDS years. That's an observation, not a promise; the school may not advertise a guarantee.

1,212 schools match

By state

Coverage expands as the dataset scales to every US institution. A freeze is not a promise. Always confirm the current program with the school. See the methodology, every college, the 4-year cost of college before aid, or what families actually paid.