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      College tuition and fees increase 63 percent since January 2006

      August 30, 2016

      
              
        
                
		


    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
        
    
                
    
    
Back to school season is here! Whether your kids are off to nursery school, college, or a private elementary or high school, paying for tuition, housing, textbooks, and other school-related expenses may pose a challenge to the family budget. From January 2006 to July 2016, the Consumer Price Index for college tuition and fees increased 63 percent, compared with an increase of 21 percent for all items. Over that period, consumer prices for college textbooks increased 88 percent and housing at school (excluding board) increased 51 percent.




	 
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Consumer price indexes for tuition and school-related items, not seasonally adjusted, January 2006–July 2016 (January 2006 = 100)	Month	All items	College tuition

and fees	Elementary

and high school

tuition and fees	Child care and

nursery school	Technical and

business school

tuition and fees	Housing at school,

excluding board	College

textbooks
	
Jan 2006

	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	
Feb 2006

	100.2	100.0	100.0	99.9	100.0	100.0	100.8
	
Mar 2006

	100.8	100.0	100.1	99.9	100.1	99.9	101.0
	
Apr 2006

	101.6	100.1	100.3	100.0	100.2	99.9	101.0
	
May 2006

	102.1	100.3	100.5	100.0	101.1	100.6	101.5
	
Jun 2006

	102.3	100.6	101.2	100.4	101.5	100.8	102.1
	
Jul 2006

	102.6	101.3	101.8	100.8	102.1	101.1	102.0
	
Aug 2006

	102.8	104.2	104.7	101.6	102.9	103.0	103.2
	
Sep 2006

	102.3	106.2	105.9	103.6	103.2	104.7	104.0
	
Oct 2006

	101.8	106.5	105.9	103.9	103.2	105.0	105.1
	
Nov 2006

	101.6	106.8	105.8	103.9	103.4	105.0	105.1
	
Dec 2006

	101.8	106.8	105.9	104.1	103.9	105.0	105.4
	
Jan 2007

	102.1	106.6	105.9	104.3	103.1	105.1	107.1
	
Feb 2007

	102.6	106.7	106.1	104.6	103.4	105.2	107.7
	
Mar 2007

	103.6	106.7	106.1	104.6	104.4	105.3	109.3
	
Apr 2007

	104.2	106.6	106.1	104.8	104.1	105.3	109.4
	
May 2007

	104.9	106.8	106.3	104.8	105.1	105.9	109.6
	
Jun 2007

	105.1	106.9	106.7	104.8	105.5	105.9	109.9
	
Jul 2007

	105.0	107.6	107.2	105.3	104.4	106.4	110.6
	
Aug 2007

	104.8	110.4	109.8	105.6	107.2	108.5	113.0
	
Sep 2007

	105.1	112.0	111.1	107.9	107.7	110.2	113.8
	
Oct 2007

	105.4	112.9	111.4	108.0	108.2	110.4	114.2
	
Nov 2007

	106.0	113.3	111.7	108.0	108.5	110.4	114.1
	
Dec 2007

	105.9	113.3	111.7	108.1	109.1	110.4	114.9
	
Jan 2008

	106.4	113.4	111.7	109.0	108.4	110.5	115.9
	
Feb 2008

	106.8	113.3	111.7	109.1	108.3	110.5	116.3
	
Mar 2008

	107.7	113.2	111.9	109.1	108.4	110.5	116.6
	
Apr 2008

	108.3	113.4	112.0	109.1	108.8	110.5	117.1
	
May 2008

	109.2	113.6	112.3	109.2	109.5	110.8	117.5
	
Jun 2008

	110.3	113.7	112.7	109.5	110.7	110.9	117.6
	
Jul 2008

	110.9	114.4	113.3	109.8	111.1	111.3	117.9
	
Aug 2008

	110.5	117.4	116.2	111.0	112.5	113.7	122.0
	
Sep 2008

	110.3	119.5	118.0	112.8	112.9	115.1	123.1
	
Oct 2008

	109.2	119.8	118.3	113.3	112.6	115.5	123.4
	
Nov 2008

	107.1	119.9	118.5	113.3	112.6	115.6	123.0
	
Dec 2008

	106.0	119.9	118.5	113.5	112.8	115.6	123.5
	
Jan 2009

	106.5	120.0	118.5	113.8	112.9	115.9	124.6
	
Feb 2009

	107.0	119.9	118.5	113.9	113.2	116.1	125.0
	
Mar 2009

	107.3	119.8	118.6	114.0	113.5	116.1	125.7
	
Apr 2009

	107.5	119.9	118.7	114.0	113.6	116.2	125.9
	
May 2009

	107.8	120.3	118.8	114.0	115.2	116.2	125.9
	
Jun 2009

	108.8	120.4	119.0	114.2	115.8	116.2	127.1
	
Jul 2009

	108.6	121.1	119.8	114.4	117.0	116.9	128.4
	
Aug 2009

	108.8	125.1	122.2	114.7	117.9	119.7	130.6
	
Sep 2009

	108.9	127.1	123.3	116.0	116.8	121.0	131.7
	
Oct 2009

	109.0	127.5	123.2	116.0	116.8	121.3	131.8
	
Nov 2009

	109.1	127.1	123.2	116.0	116.8	121.4	132.3
	
Dec 2009

	108.9	127.1	123.2	116.1	117.1	121.4	132.6
	
Jan 2010

	109.3	126.9	123.2	116.4	117.0	121.6	133.7
	
Feb 2010

	109.3	126.8	123.3	117.2	117.2	121.6	134.5
	
Mar 2010

	109.7	127.0	123.5	117.4	117.4	121.6	134.5
	
Apr 2010

	109.9	127.2	123.6	117.8	118.0	121.6	134.1
	
May 2010

	110.0	127.3	123.7	117.7	118.3	121.8	134.5
	
Jun 2010

	109.9	127.4	124.0	118.1	119.4	121.9	135.1
	
Jul 2010

	109.9	128.1	125.1	118.3	120.5	122.3	135.1
	
Aug 2010

	110.1	131.5	126.5	118.9	121.1	125.1	135.3
	
Sep 2010

	110.2	132.7	128.1	120.0	121.7	126.2	136.3
	
Oct 2010

	110.3	132.3	128.0	119.8	121.8	126.5	136.7
	
Nov 2010

	110.3	132.4	128.0	119.9	121.8	126.5	136.6
	
Dec 2010

	110.5	132.2	128.0	120.4	121.9	126.5	137.7
	
Jan 2011

	111.1	132.7	128.0	120.7	122.1	126.7	139.9
	
Feb 2011

	111.6	132.8	128.0	120.8	122.1	126.7	139.7
	
Mar 2011

	112.7	132.8	128.2	120.8	122.1	126.8	140.3
	
Apr 2011

	113.4	132.7	128.2	121.0	123.8	126.8	140.4
	
May 2011

	114.0	133.1	128.3	121.1	123.9	126.9	140.6
	
Jun 2011

	113.8	133.0	128.8	121.2	124.7	127.0	140.7
	
Jul 2011

	113.9	134.2	129.9	121.4	126.8	127.5	141.2
	
Aug 2011

	114.2	138.4	131.3	122.0	128.5	130.0	142.7
	
Sep 2011

	114.4	140.0	132.8	122.6	128.4	131.2	145.0
	
Oct 2011

	114.2	139.9	132.8	123.5	128.5	131.4	145.2
	
Nov 2011

	114.1	140.2	132.8	123.0	128.5	131.4	145.6
	
Dec 2011

	113.8	140.2	132.8	123.1	128.7	131.4	145.3
	
Jan 2012

	114.3	140.1	132.8	123.6	128.8	131.4	147.3
	
Feb 2012

	114.8	139.9	132.9	123.7	129.7	131.6	147.6
	
Mar 2012

	115.7	139.9	132.9	123.7	130.0	131.6	148.2
	
Apr 2012

	116.0	139.9	132.9	123.9	130.1	131.6	148.6
	
May 2012

	115.9	140.1	133.0	124.0	130.4	131.8	149.6
	
Jun 2012

	115.7	140.1	133.4	124.0	130.9	131.9	149.7
	
Jul 2012

	115.5	141.4	134.3	124.4	131.0	132.6	152.6
	
Aug 2012

	116.2	144.2	136.1	124.8	131.7	135.2	154.7
	
Sep 2012

	116.7	145.7	137.2	126.1	132.5	136.4	156.2
	
Oct 2012

	116.7	146.0	137.4	126.2	132.6	136.8	156.5
	
Nov 2012

	116.1	145.9	137.4	126.3	132.4	136.9	157.2
	
Dec 2012

	115.8	145.8	137.4	126.4	132.4	136.9	156.8
	
Jan 2013

	116.1	146.4	137.5	127.1	133.6	137.1	159.0
	
Feb 2013

	117.1	146.3	137.5	127.1	133.7	137.1	159.1
	
Mar 2013

	117.4	146.3	137.5	127.2	134.0	137.2	159.7
	
Apr 2013

	117.3	146.3	137.5	127.3	134.1	137.2	159.8
	
May 2013

	117.5	146.3	137.6	127.4	134.2	137.4	160.5
	
Jun 2013

	117.8	146.4	138.1	127.2	134.2	137.5	160.7
	
Jul 2013

	117.8	147.3	139.2	127.5	134.6	137.9	161.6
	
Aug 2013

	117.9	150.2	141.4	127.8	135.4	139.8	161.0
	
Sep 2013

	118.1	151.1	142.6	128.7	135.8	141.0	163.4
	
Oct 2013

	117.8	151.3	142.7	128.8	136.1	141.4	165.0
	
Nov 2013

	117.5	151.5	142.7	129.0	136.2	141.5	165.4
	
Dec 2013

	117.5	151.5	142.7	129.1	136.4	141.5	165.7
	
Jan 2014

	118.0	151.6	142.7	128.9	136.1	141.6	163.4
	
Feb 2014

	118.4	152.0	142.7	129.0	136.0	141.7	164.6
	
Mar 2014

	119.2	152.0	142.7	129.7	136.1	141.8	164.0
	
Apr 2014

	119.6	152.1	142.7	129.7	136.3	141.8	165.4
	
May 2014

	120.0	152.2	143.1	129.9	136.8	141.8	165.9
	
Jun 2014

	120.2	152.5	143.7	130.0	137.0	141.9	165.5
	
Jul 2014

	120.1	153.1	144.9	130.1	137.3	142.3	166.4
	
Aug 2014

	119.9	155.2	146.7	130.9	138.1	143.8	170.0
	
Sep 2014

	120.0	156.2	148.2	132.0	138.2	144.9	171.7
	
Oct 2014

	119.7	156.6	148.2	132.1	138.7	145.3	172.9
	
Nov 2014

	119.1	156.8	148.3	132.2	138.8	145.4	172.8
	
Dec 2014

	118.4	156.7	148.3	132.0	138.8	145.4	174.1
	
Jan 2015

	117.9	157.1	148.3	132.8	138.8	145.5	175.6
	
Feb 2015

	118.4	157.0	148.3	132.9	138.8	145.8	175.0
	
Mar 2015

	119.1	157.1	148.4	134.1	138.8	145.5	175.8
	
Apr 2015

	119.3	157.3	148.4	135.1	138.4	145.5	176.0
	
May 2015

	119.9	157.3	148.9	135.3	138.9	145.5	176.2
	
Jun 2015

	120.3	157.7	149.5	135.6	139.1	145.7	174.7
	
Jul 2015

	120.3	158.4	150.4	135.9	139.5	146.4	175.9
	
Aug 2015

	120.2	160.3	152.0	136.5	139.8	147.6	179.2
	
Sep 2015

	120.0	161.9	153.5	137.6	140.1	149.1	180.4
	
Oct 2015

	119.9	162.2	153.7	137.7	140.2	149.6	181.8
	
Nov 2015

	119.7	162.2	153.9	137.7	140.3	149.7	182.3
	
Dec 2015

	119.3	162.2	153.9	137.3	140.4	149.7	183.4
	
Jan 2016

	119.5	161.9	153.9	137.8	140.9	149.8	183.5
	
Feb 2016

	119.6	162.0	154.0	138.1	140.9	149.9	182.1
	
Mar 2016

	120.1	161.9	154.1	138.3	141.0	149.7	181.5
	
Apr 2016

	120.7	162.1	154.2	138.5	141.1	149.7	184.4
	
May 2016

	121.1	162.2	154.3	138.6	141.1	149.8	184.2
	
Jun 2016

	121.6	162.4	154.5	138.8	141.3	150.2	186.8
	
Jul 2016

	121.4	162.7	155.2	139.2	141.7	150.5	187.5

              
          

       

	       
       
      
      

  

  

	
	  
          
              
              
              
  

From January 2006 to July 2016, consumer prices for tuition and fees for private elementary and high schools increased 55 percent. Over that period, consumer prices for childcare and nursery schools increased 39 percent.


These data are from the BLS Consumer Price Index program and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see “Consumer Price Index — July 2016” (HTML) (PDF).

    



                            
                                                     
          
     
     
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