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Category: College Costs & Affordability

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 wswail Leave a comment

This EPIGraph highlights the variation between published tuition and fee charges versus net tuition and fee charges, as defined by…

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Posted in: 2026, College Costs & Affordability, Financial Aid, Higher Education Filed under: college, enrollment, featured, higher education, historical

Wealth Distribution in the US – Why it Matters — Mean Family Income, 1994 to 2024

May 12, 2026 wswail

This EPIGraph focuses on income distribution in the US between 1994 and 2024 (adjusted for 2024 dollars; e.g., “inflation adjusted”…

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Posted in: 2026, College Costs & Affordability Filed under: affordability, featured, income, international comparison, literacy, mathematics, NAEP, race/ethnicity, reading, SES, wealth, writing

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 – Expected Family Contributions (EFC) for Undergraduate Students (2020)

March 2, 2026 wswail

Today’s EPIGraph takes a look at what we call the “EFC,” or the Expected Family Contribution, for undergraduate students and…

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Posted in: 2026, College Costs & Affordability, EPIGraph, Financial Aid, Higher Education Filed under: international comparison, literacy, reading, writing

EPIGraph – Running Out of Money – Financial Issues for College Students

December 2, 2025 wswail

Exhibit 1. Percent of Students Who Run Out of Money During the Year (2022). SOURCE: Fletcher, C., Cornett, A., Webster,…

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Posted in: 2025, College Costs & Affordability, EPIGraph, Higher Education Filed under: affordability, college costs, finance, food insecurity, gender, hunger, money issues, race/ethnicity

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September 16, 2025 wswail

September 16, 2025 Total published tuition, fee room, and board (TFRB) charges versus net TFRB at colleges and universities, by…

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Pell Grants vs. Cost of Attendance

July 11, 2019 wswail

The relative purchasing power of the Pell Grant has stayed steady between 2003 and 2015, according to data from the…

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Posted in: 2019, College Costs & Affordability, EPIGraph, Financial Aid
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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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