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Category: Student Debt

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, Higher Education, Student Debt 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 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

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

The Geometry of Student Success

The Geometry of Student Success

America’s International Student Reckoning: New Visa Restrictions and Enrollment Declines Threaten Higher Education

America’s International Student Reckoning: New Visa Restrictions and Enrollment Declines Threaten Higher Education

The War Budget and the Choices We Refuse to Make, or… What $1.79 Trillion Could Have Bought

The War Budget and the Choices We Refuse to Make, or… What $1.79 Trillion Could Have Bought

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