U.S. Department of Education: Promoting Educational Excellence for all Americans

Excerpted from Trends in College Pricing 1999, The College Board.
Source: Annual Survey of College Board, New York, NY; data pre-1984-85 from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics; income data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Figure 7. Average cost of attendance of four-your public instituations as a share of family income, 1072-73 to 1999-00