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California leads nation in escalation of college costs
- 10-26-2011
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By Larry Gordon/Los Angeles Times
Steep funding cuts to higher education in California and elsewhere were significant factors in pushing average tuition and fees up 8.3% at four-year public colleges and universities nationwide this fall, according to a report by the nonprofit College Board. California's public universities enacted the highest average tuition increase, 21%, of any state, the annual study on college costs found. The state enrolls a tenth of the nation's public four-year college students. But even excluding California, tuition prices at such colleges rose significantly nationwide this year, an average of 7%, the College Board found. (more...)
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