On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "A bit of research shows that in-state resident, undergraduate tuition and >> fees for full time students in 1980-81 was $969. In 2009-10 it was $7,430." >> >> Wow, a 667% increase without factoring in room, board, fees, and books. > > It does factor in fees, but not room and board or books, that is correct.
It should also be noted that those figures are not adjusted for inflation. $969 in 1980 would be $2,564 in 2010. So that would be 190% increase in inflation-adjusted dollars. Still big, obviously. Cheers, Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352074 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
