 Dear reader,
College tuition is often jaw-dropping. Even still, it may come as a surprise to find out that the cost of attending the University of Chicago and a handful of other private colleges will likely break $100,000 within a few years.
This is just one of the many things you can learn from The Hechinger Report’s Tuition Tracker tool, which debuted in a new, improved format last week thanks to an analysis by our data visualization developer Pete D’Amato. Tuition Tracker is incredibly useful for understanding the difference between the advertised cost of college and what families are actually expected to pay in the coming years, based on their income.
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If I’ve learned one thing about tuition over many years of writing about education (and paying for two college educations) it is this: Tuition only goes up, rarely down – and the shock value of big increases will continue. I recently glanced back at a story I wrote about the cost of attending a private New York City kindergarten in 2004, after tuition had jumped over $26,000. Today? It’s above $53,000.
We’d love to hear about your experience using Tuition Tracker. Send us your feedback.
Liz Willen, Editor
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Our updated Tuition Tracker is an interactive tool designed to help parents and students compare colleges using data that shows what schools will actually cost in the coming academic year. You can also compare institutions' graduation rates, which indicate the likelihood that a student will successfully complete their degree within a reasonable time frame.
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