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Category: College Access

Tuition and Fee Charges Versus Inflation at Public and Private Four-Year Colleges (1987 to 2025)

May 5, 2026 wswail

The graphic below is not a Picasso or some bizarro modern art image. So stay with us, please. This is…

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Posted in: 2026, College Access, College Costs & Affordability, Higher Education, Student Debt Filed under: featured, international comparison, literacy, mathematics, NAEP, race/ethnicity, reading, SES, writing

Average cost of attendance (COA) at four-year institutions, 2024–25

April 27, 2026 wswail

Data from the National Center on Education Statistics illustrate the current total cost of attendance (COA) at a four-year university…

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Posted in: 2026, College Access, College Costs & Affordability, Higher Education, Student Debt Filed under: featured, international comparison, literacy, mathematics, NAEP, race/ethnicity, reading, SES, writing

EPIGraph – College Readiness of High School Graduates, 2018-2023 (ACT)

March 20, 2026 wswail

According to ACT, the college readiness of recent high school graduates declined precipitously between 2018 and 2023. In each of…

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Posted in: 2026, Academics, College Access, EPIGraph, Higher Education, K12 Filed under: international comparison, literacy, reading, writing

EPIGraph – PSE Enrollment as a Percentage of Total Population, by State (2023)

December 17, 2025 wswail

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall Enrollment component, Spring…

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Posted in: 2025, College Access, Enrollment, EPIGraph, Higher Education Filed under: international comparison, literacy, reading, writing

EPIGraph – September 29, 2025

September 29, 2025 wswail

September 29, 2025 Percent of 2024 ACT-Tested High School Graduates Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmarks by Race/Ethnicity and Subject SOURCE:…

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Dual Enrollment Participation

February 6, 2019 wswail

The High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 followed ninth-grade students to and through high school graduation, college, and the workforce.…

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Posted in: 2019, College Access, EPIGraph, K12

ACT High School College and Career Readiness, 2018

January 17, 2019 wswail

A marginal percentage of US high school students are adequately prepared for college and career, according to Iowa City-based ACT.…

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Posted in: 2019, College Access, EPIGraph

Median Caseload per School Counselor, by High School Type, 2009

January 14, 2019 wswail

Data from the High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS:09) that began in 2009 and followed 23,000 students in the United States…

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Posted in: 2019, Advising, College Access, EPIGraph, K12
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The Swail Letter on Higher Education

Putting College Costs in Perspective: A Brief History in Time (and CPI)

Putting College Costs in Perspective: A Brief History in Time (and CPI)

The Workforce Pell Grant—A Cautionary Tale

The Workforce Pell Grant—A Cautionary Tale

It’s All About the Math

It’s All About the Math

EPIGraph

  • Published Tuition and Fees vs. Net Tuition and Fees, Four-Year Public and Private (NP) Institutions, 2010-11 to 2025-26 (in 2025 dollars) June 3, 2026
  • Historical Enrollment in Higher Education (US) – 1870 to 2020 May 21, 2026
  • Wealth Distribution in the US – Why it Matters — Mean Family Income, 1994 to 2024 May 12, 2026
  • Tuition and Fee Charges Versus Inflation at Public and Private Four-Year Colleges (1987 to 2025) May 5, 2026
  • Average cost of attendance (COA) at four-year institutions, 2024–25 April 27, 2026
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