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Rising Costs of Higher Education

From Loan to Learn
Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007

The cost of a four-year college education has nearly doubled since 1992. Over the last 20 years, tuition and fees have increased about 200 percent. According to the College Board, the average annual cost of attendance is $33,301 at a private four-year college and $16,357 at a public four-year college. With tuition costs rising at four times the rate of inflation, and federal aid limits and other financial aid remaining unchanged, more and more students are finding gaps in their financial aid packages. Take a look at the growing gap in aid.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, costs have risen so dramatically that more than half of undergraduate students now receive some kind of financial aid.

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