United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-09-26 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-00-198R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-198R P0b002ee180373bba f:he00198r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-198R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-198R HEHS-00-198R Education or training costs Higher education College students Inflation Income statistics Comparative analysis Correspondence HEHS Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on college tuition and fees, focusing on the changes in the 1995-1996 and 1999-2000 period compared with median household income.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) in the 4 years since GAO's last report on tuition increases, private colleges have continued to become less affordable when compared to median household income while public colleges have become slightly more affordable; (2) four-year private college tuition and fees increased 31 percent in the 5 years ending in academic year 1999-2000, a faster rate than median household income and the Consumer Price Index; and (3) the 25-percent increase at both 2-year and 4-year public colleges was slightly less than the increase in median household income but about twice the increase of the CPI. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-198R/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-198R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-198R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-198R.pdf GAO/HEHS-00-198R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-198R Correspondence GAO/HEHS-00-198R; College Tuition and Fees: Changes in the 1995-96 to; Education or training costs Higher education College students Inflation Income statistics Comparative analysis