US Colleges Tuition Rates Over The Last Decade

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Last year average tuition rates over US colleges is 4.40 % for in-state tuition and 4.25% for out-of-state tuition. How about last ten years? We analyze US colleges tuition rates for over the past 10 years (2003 - 2012).

Here are the analyzed results as tables and graph by tuition change, year on year tuition rate comparison, and 10 year cumulative tuition rates. The analysis is done through 3484 US colleges and universities.

One interesting thing is the 2008-2009 tuition - the first year for Obama. The tuition goes down only at that year. The tuition increase over 50 %  as of ten years ago.

10 Year Tuition Cost Changes

10 Years Tuition Change Table

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
In-State	$8,159	$8,731	$9,287	$9,803	$10,370	$10,999	$10,902	$11,422	$11,950	$12,476
Out-of-State	$9,881	$10,576	$11,244	$11,811	$12,444	$13,172	$13,132	$13,705	$14,329	$14,938

10 Year Year on Year Tuition Rates

10 Years Year on Year Tuition Rates Table

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
In-State	0.00%	7.01%	6.37%	5.56%	5.79%	6.06%	-0.88%	4.76%	4.62%	4.40%
Out-of-State	0.00%	7.04%	6.31%	5.04%	5.36%	5.85%	-0.30%	4.36%	4.55%	4.25%

10 Year Cumulative Tuition Rates

10 Years Cumulative Tuition Rates Table

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
In-State	0.00%	7.01%	13.82%	20.14%	27.10%	34.80%	33.62%	39.99%	46.46%	52.91%
Out-of-State	0.00%	7.04%	13.80%	19.54%	25.94%	33.31%	32.91%	38.71%	45.02%	51.19%

	In-State	Out-of-State
2003	8159.1013203215	9880.5232491389
2004	8730.900401837	10576.102468427
2005	9286.6383467279	11243.798507463
2006	9802.5307118255	11810.808840413
2007	10369.981056257	12443.730195178
2008	10998.833237658	13171.533295063
2009	10902.245694604	13132.068886338
2010	11421.550803674	13705.262916188
2011	11949.68771527	14328.572043628
2012	12475.802525832	14938.233639495

	In-State	Out-of-State
2003	0	0
2004	7.01	7.04
2005	6.37	6.31
2006	5.56	5.04
2007	5.79	5.36
2008	6.06	5.85
2009	-0.88	-0.30
2010	4.76	4.36
2011	4.62	4.55
2012	4.40	4.25

	In-State	Out-of-State
2003	0	0
2004	7.01	7.04
2005	13.82	13.80
2006	20.14	19.54
2007	27.10	25.94
2008	34.80	33.31
2009	33.62	32.91
2010	39.99	38.71
2011	46.46	45.02
2012	52.91	51.19