{"id": 1025935, "name": "US consumer price index for college tuition & fees", "unit": "", "createdAt": "2025-04-16T20:49:05.000Z", "updatedAt": "2025-11-03T13:10:41.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1978-2025", "datasetId": 7060, "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "college_tuition_fees", "catalogPath": "grapher/bls/2025-04-12/us_consumer_prices/us_consumer_prices#college_tuition_fees", "descriptionFromProducer": "College tuition and fees in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted (CUUR0000SEEB01)", "descriptionProcessing": "**Note on current year data:** For the ongoing year (if displayed), annual averages are calculated from available monthly or semi-annual data, providing preliminary CPI values that update throughout the year. Official annual averages from BLS are only available after the year is complete.", "type": "float", "dataChecksum": "12250167590001034245", "metadataChecksum": "-3871282446231980351", "datasetName": "US consumer prices", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2025-04-12", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"name": "College tuition and fees"}, "schemaVersion": 2, "presentation": {"titlePublic": "College tuition and fees (US consumer price index)", "topicTagsLinks": ["Economic Growth"]}, "descriptionKey": ["The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures inflation \u2014 how the average prices of goods and services change over time.", "This CPI item falls under \u201cTuition, other school fees, and childcare,\u201d a subcategory of the broader Education index, and tracks out-of-pocket costs for tuition, school fees, and childcare.          - It's a subcategory of the broader \"Tuition, other school fees, and childcare\" which is part of the \"Education\" category.", "It subtracts scholarships and grants, so the reported cost reflects what people really pay after financial aid.", "Only degree-granting programs are included, such as associate\u2019s, bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, and doctoral degrees.", "Changes in the quality of education \u2014 like more instruction time \u2014 are difficult to measure, so most tuition increases are treated as simple price increases unless the reason for the change is very clear.", "The index uses a base period of 1982\u201384, which is set to 100. Later values show how much prices have changed since then."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1978}, {"id": 1979}, {"id": 1980}, {"id": 1981}, {"id": 1982}, {"id": 1983}, {"id": 1984}, {"id": 1985}, {"id": 1986}, {"id": 1987}, {"id": 1988}, {"id": 1989}, {"id": 1990}, {"id": 1991}, {"id": 1992}, {"id": 1993}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}, {"id": 2025}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 13, "name": "United States", "code": "USA"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 3393, "title": "US consumer prices", "description": "The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) of individual goods and services for urban consumers at the national, city, and state levels. CPI is presented on an annual basis, which we have derived as the average of the monthly CPIs in a given year.", "producer": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics", "citationFull": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics", "urlMain": "https://www.bls.gov/data/tools.htm", "dateAccessed": "2025-04-12", "datePublished": "2025", "license": {"url": "https://www.bls.gov/opub/copyright-information.htm", "name": "Public domain"}}]}