There's interesting comment after the article about why this may actually be very misleading: Public college costs used to be covered more by the state, wherea

There's interesting comment after the article about why this may actually be very misleading: Public college costs used to be covered more by the state, whereas now the states are cutting and cutting and raising tuition and fees dramatically. This raises student's tuition at a much faster rate than the total tuition rate is actually rising. Worth considering?