TCU raised tuition by tens of thousands since 2016 — and it is not alone

Texas Christian University mirrors other private universities that raised tuition in recent years. The Fort Worth school will offer free tuition to some qualifying students next year.

Data for the 2016-17 through 2023-24 school years was sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics. Data for the 2024-25 school year was sourced through each school's webpages archived September 2024 on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, except for Southern Methodist University and Tulane University, for which that year's data was available on their current webpages. Data for the 2025-26 school year was sourced from each school's current webpage.
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