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Category: Student Debt & Borrowing

College Costs and Student Debt at US Institutions of Higher Education, 2024

June 29, 2026 wswail

According to data from The College Board, tuition and fee charges at public four-year institutions averaged $11,560 for in-state students…

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Posted in: 2026, College Costs & Affordability, Institutions, Rankings, & Systems, Student Debt & Borrowing Filed under: college, college costs, enrollment, featured, higher education, historical, student debt, tuition and fees

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 Costs & Affordability, Institutions, Rankings, & Systems, Student Debt & Borrowing 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 Costs & Affordability, Institutions, Rankings, & Systems, Student Debt & Borrowing Filed under: featured, international comparison, literacy, mathematics, NAEP, race/ethnicity, reading, SES, writing

Cumulative amount borrowed for undergraduate studies (2020)

August 18, 2025 wswail

Today’s EPIGraph focuses on the cumulative amount of funds borrowed to support undergraduate studies for students who borrowed. The four…

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Posted in: 2025, College Costs & Affordability, Financial Aid & FAFSA, Student Debt & Borrowing Filed under: Loan Debt, Undergraduate borrowing

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 & FAFSA, Student Debt & Borrowing
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The Swail Letter on Higher Education

Beyond the Earnings Premium: What Provosts/CAOs Need to Know About the New ROI Agenda in Higher Education

Beyond the Earnings Premium: What Provosts/CAOs Need to Know About the New ROI Agenda in Higher Education

Things That Sound Too Good to Be True (They Are)

Things That Sound Too Good to Be True (They Are)

Mark Cuban and the Job Skills that are Worthless Today

Mark Cuban and the Job Skills that are Worthless Today

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