Four-year-old child care costs as a share of full-time, in-state public college tuition, by state, 2014
State | Child care costs as share of tuition |
---|---|
Alabama | 70.5% |
Alaska | 137.7% |
Arizona | 75.6% |
Arkansas | 73.2% |
California | 92.9% |
Colorado | 122.5% |
Connecticut | 111.0% |
Delaware | 65.3% |
Washington D.C. | 243.5% |
Florida | 153.5% |
Georgia | 91.8% |
Hawaii | 109.6% |
Idaho | 103.2% |
Illinois | 75.9% |
Indiana | 78.0% |
Iowa | 103.0% |
Kansas | 105.3% |
Kentucky | 70.0% |
Louisiana | 75.5% |
Maine | 90.7% |
Maryland | 116.5% |
Massachusetts | 117.5% |
Michigan | 71.9% |
Minnesota | 106.6% |
Mississippi | 74.1% |
Missouri | 77.5% |
Montana | 126.0% |
Nebraska | 112.5% |
Nevada | 166.7% |
New Hampshire | 67.9% |
New Jersey | 79.5% |
New Mexico | 117.4% |
New York | 181.9% |
North Carolina | 116.0% |
North Dakota | 106.9% |
Ohio | 70.1% |
Oklahoma | 97.3% |
Oregon | 102.1% |
Pennsylvania | 70.7% |
Rhode Island | 98.3% |
South Carolina | 49.7% |
South Dakota | 70.2% |
Tennessee | 57.9% |
Texas | 90.7% |
Utah | 110.3% |
Vermont | 73.7% |
Virginia | 74.6% |
Washington | 108.4% |
West Virginia | 115.1% |
Wisconsin | 113.0% |
Wyoming | 215.1% |
Source: EPI analysis of NCES (2014) and EPI Family Budget Calculator (Gould, Cooke, and Kimball 2015)