014 - The Value of Higher Education

The Numbers: $5,504 - The annual cost of enrolling in a 4-year university in the United States in 1985 $12, 274 - What it would cost in today's dollars to attend a year of education in 1985 $26,593 - What the average cost of a year of 4-year college is today 116% - The percent by which the cost of a year of college has risen from 1985-2016 accounting for inflation. 31% - the average rate of increase in college tuition every 10 years 8:1 - The ratio of how much college tuition increases to how much salaries made by college graduates increase each year on average o.3% - the average rate of salary increase for a 4-year college grad 10% - rate ar wich student loans outpace automobile loans each year 3.9% - Rate of healthcare growth (that is roughly 39% over 10 years) #1 - The United state's rank in the world at providing student welfare (Private Suites, Lazy Rivers) #2 - Rank of the US globally on the cost to educate a student (Luxemburg is #1, but it is free to all adults)