The State University of New York (SUNY) system is moving forward with its plan to increase tuition once again, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports.
This week, SUNY leaders urged the state to support another round of tuition increases.
They are seeking an extension of the SUNY 2020 that took effect in 2011, which allowed every four-year SUNY college to raise tuition by up to $300 each year for five years.
We’ve written extensively how college costs, both public and private, have risen dramatically over the past two decades and continue to rise each year.
While nearly every college has raised tuition, some have increased much more than others. The charts from Quartz rank public and private colleges by the largest tuition increases in 2014 US dollars, after adjusting for inflation.
It’s no secret that college costs have been on the rise for the last few decades.The infographic above lays out in simple terms how the price of college tuition, textbooks, and fees has skyrocketed, and how student debt has ballooned as a result.