NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- State university tuition has leaped 40 percent in the past five years, hitting the three out of four American college students who attend public universities.
Tuition has risen 126 percent (after inflation) since 1984 and is eating up an ever-growing chunk of family incomes. In 1984, the tuition and fees at a public, four-year college was just 4.8 percent of the median family income; today it's 9.5 percent.
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