CHARTS: Just How Fast Has College Tuition Grown? - US News - 7 views
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hcps-mcdonalms on 03 Feb 15"According to data from the Labor Department, the price index for college tuition grew by nearly 80 percent between August 2003 and August 2013. That is nearly twice as fast as growth in costs in medical care, another area widely recognized for fast-rising prices. It's also more than twice as fast as the overall consumer price index during that same period." The increase in the cost of higher education is making it harder for people born into middle and low class families to gain more work and education opportunities. This article shows how the rate of increase is slowing, but it has not stopped.