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Average College Tuition Increases by 8 Percent at Public Schools

Late last month, the College Board released its annual data on the cost of college. Although it is private schools that often get a bad rep for their hefty price tags, the average price increase at public four-year colleges and universities was higher than the average price increase at private not-for-profit colleges and universities for the fifth year in a row.

Roughly 80 percent of American college students attend a public school, which means that most students have firsthand experi…