Question:
What are the trends in the cost of college education?

Response:
For the 2005� academic year, annual prices for undergraduate tuition, room, and board were estimated to be $10,454 at public colleges and $26,889 at private colleges. Between 1995� and 2005�, prices for undergraduate tuition, room, and board at public colleges rose by 30 percent, and prices at private colleges rose by 21 percent, after adjustment for inflation.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2007). Digest of Education Statistics, 2006 (NCES 2007�7), Chapter 3.

¹Room and board data are estimated.
² Data for private 2-year colleges must be interpreted with caution, because of their low response rate.

NOTE: Data are for the entire academic year and are average total charges for full-time attendance.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2007). Digest of Education Statistics, 2006 (NCES 2007-017), Table 319.

Related Tables and Figures:  (Listed by Release Date)

• 2007, Digest of Education Statistics 2006, Table 320. Average undergraduate tuition and fees and room and board rates charged for full-time students in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2004� and 2005�
  
• 2007, Digest of Education Statistics 2006, Table 321. Average undergraduate tuition and fees and room and board rates of degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution and percentile of students: 2004� and 2005�
  
• 2007, Digest of Education Statistics 2006, Table 322. Average graduate and first-professional tuition and required fees in degree-granting institutions, by first-professional discipline and control of institution: 1987� through 2005�
  
• 2007, The Condition of Education 2007: Total and Net Access Price of Attending a Postsecondary Institution
  
• 2007, The Condition of Education: Total and Net Access Price for Graduate and First-Professional Students
  
• 2004, The Condition of Education 2004: Paying for college
  

Other Resources:  (Listed by Release Date)

• 2005, 2003-04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Undergraduate Financial Aid Estimates for 2003-04 by Type of Institution
  
• 2005, Changes in Patterns of Prices and Financial Aid
  
• 2005, Postsecondary Institutions in the United States: Fall 2004 and Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2003-04
  
• 2003, Congressionally Mandated Studies of College Costs and Prices
  
• 2002, What Students Pay for College: Changes in Net Price of College Attendance Between 1992-93 and 1999-2000