The rising costs of college are a popular subject for everyone from presidential candidates to . Parents and students blanche as published tuition prices climb ever higher. But the published price聽鈥� often referred to as the 鈥渟ticker price鈥� for colleges 鈥� offers a misleading picture of the cost of higher education. OPB has updated our brief to reflect the newest available data on published price vs. net price. Highlights include:
- Sector-wide data on increases in published price and net price for public and private four-year colleges
- A description of how declining state investment in higher education has spurred tuition increases
- A table of the top 25 research universities鈥� net price for resident undergraduates receiving grant or scholarship aid
Our updated brief is accessible .