This is a good summary of how College Tuition costs have increased from 1970 through 2018. What's particularly good is that it is broken into Privates vs Publics, and also how it uses actual then-year dollars as well as comparison-inflated-to-today dollars.
Also good is that there is little "analysis", so that the reader may form and then explore their own opinions as to causes.
The data is presented in approx 5 year increment periods.
Here is the 1970-1971 vs 2018-2019 comparison:
1970-71:
Public: $2,697/year (these dollars are inflated to today's dollars)
Private: $11,933/year (dollars are inflated to today's dollars)
2018-19:
Public: $10,339/year (actual current dollars)
Private: $36,386/year (actual current dollars)
Thus it is 3.83 x as costly to attend Public colleges --
and 3.10 x as costly to attend Private colleges.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/college-cost-graduated-high-school
Also good is that there is little "analysis", so that the reader may form and then explore their own opinions as to causes.
The data is presented in approx 5 year increment periods.
Here is the 1970-1971 vs 2018-2019 comparison:
1970-71:
Public: $2,697/year (these dollars are inflated to today's dollars)
Private: $11,933/year (dollars are inflated to today's dollars)
2018-19:
Public: $10,339/year (actual current dollars)
Private: $36,386/year (actual current dollars)
Thus it is 3.83 x as costly to attend Public colleges --
and 3.10 x as costly to attend Private colleges.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/college-cost-graduated-high-school
