The College Board's "Trends In Pricing" report, released this week, reveals that public university tuition rose by an average of 6.5% this fall while private university costs increased by only 4.4%.
The discrepancy is no surprise, in an atompshere of reduced state education budgets, declining out-of-state enrollment, and notable increases in in-state applications (and attendant costs) to public universities. For more on the topic, read me here.
