...despite rising costs

Average undergraduate tuition fees in current US$ for an academic year

'Note: * Data for for-profit institutions. Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for the entire academic year as defined by the institution and are average charges for full-time students. Tuition and fees were weighted by the number of full-time-equivalent undergraduates but were not adjusted to reflect student residency.
Source: US Department of Education
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