Adding to this: we should be looking at the actual amount paid by students have receiving financial aid. Analyses of tuition - average financial aid show that

Adding to this: we should be looking at the actual amount paid by students have receiving financial aid. Analyses of tuition - average financial aid show that the actual amount paid has been relatively flat at private institutions. A lot of private institutions (mine included) give a 50% scholarship to most students. Increased costs at public universities are driven largely by lack of state funding. This is also in part because the number of students attending public universities has gone up tremendously but state funding hasn't kept up. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/college-prices-arent-skyrocketing-but-theyre-still-too-high-for-some/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/college-prices-arent-skyr...