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The published tuition and fee price at public four-year institutions in 2020–2021 is 2.76 times as high as it was in 1990–1991 after adjusting for increases in the Consumer Price Index; the private four-year published tuition and fee price, by contrast, is 2.10 times as high as it was in 1990–1991.
Change In Inflation-Adjusted Published Tuition, 1990–1991 to 2020–2021
Source: The College Board,
Trends in College Pricing 2018, Figure 4B, page 13. Prepared by the Council of Independent Colleges.
Note: Values for published tuition and fees by sector, adjusted for inflation, relative to 1990–1991 published prices.
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