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Category: Student Debt

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

May 5, 2026 wswail Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 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

Will Anyone Stand Up for America?

Will Anyone Stand Up for America?

EPIGraph

  • 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
  • Percent of Population Who are Under the Poverty Level April 15, 2026
  • Percent of Students Who Score Above Average on the NAEP Mathematics Assessment, by Race/Ethnicity and SES (2024) March 31, 2026
  • EPIGraph – Distribution of people age 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher (2001 – 2021) March 26, 2026
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