Students and their families fret about the rising costs of college tuition, but housing costs are rising faster.
The average cost of a dorm room at a four-year college rose by 37% in 10 years, from $5,433 in the 2012-13 academic year to $7,456 in 2022-23, federal datashows. In the same span, tuition and fees rose only 26%, from $14,099 to $17,709.
Adjusted for inflation, tuition and fees have actually gone down in the past decade, the data shows. Housing costs have gone up.
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