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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

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

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

Who Receives Financial Aid? (2016-17)

February 28, 2019 wswail

It may be of interest to readers which students receive financial aid at US colleges and universities. This EPIGraph illustrates…

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Posted in: 2019, EPIGraph, Financial Aid, Higher Education

Total Student Loan Balances by Age Group, 2013 to 2017

January 4, 2019 wswail

A few weeks back to published an EPIGraph about the number of student borrowers by age group. This edition we…

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Posted in: 2019, EPIGraph, Financial Aid, Student Debt
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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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