 Dear reader,
When considering the price tag of a four-year college, one cost isn’t immediately apparent: Off-campus housing.
Living off campus can be cheaper than dorm living, especially in some rural areas. But in many parts of the country, the cost of off-campus housing is rising steadily and adding to already untenable student debt loads, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics analyzed by The Hechinger Report.
Our story this week shows that between 2000 and 2017, room and board expenses for students living off campus increased 24 percent at public four-year universities after inflation. All of this adds to the growing inequality that permeates higher education, where money (or lack of it) too often determines who gets a degree.
Liz Willen, Editor
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