States are entering this new period of uncertainty from different starting points. In many places, higher-ed spending had not recovered to pre-recession levels. And, in the majority of states, tuition now makes up more of public colleges' revenues than state appropriations. Send us comments, ideas, or updates you think we should include in this table.

"Student share" refers to the proportion of total educational revenue that comes from tuition dollars. Appropriations are shown per full-time equivalent student and adjusted to constant 2018 dollars using SHEEO's Higher Education Cost Adjustment. Percent change compares 2008, the year before the recession, to 2018 appropriations.
Table: Open Campus Source: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (2019). Get the data