The increases in tuition and fee prices in 2015-16 were, like the increases in the two
preceding years, relatively small by historical standards. However, the very low rate of
general inflation makes this year's increases in college prices larger in real terms than those
of 2014-15 and 2013-14. Significantly, and perhaps counter to public impressions, price
increases are not accelerating over time. However, the average published tuition and fee
price of a full-time year at a public four-year institution is 40% higher, after adjusting for …

This report, based on the College Board's Annual Survey of Colleges, provides updated
information on tuition and other expenses associated with attending public and private
nonprofit institutions of postsecondary education in the United States in the 2003-2004
academic year. The annual survey is distributed to more than 2,800 postsecondary
institutions across the country to collect information about enrollment, admissions, degrees
and majors, tuition, financial aid, and other aspects of undergraduate education. For the …