Preface; Introduction; Definitions of Cost and Price; Cost of a College Education; Revenues; Expenditures; Sticker Price of a College Education; Subsidising Costs; In-State Versus Out-of-State Tuition at Public Institutions; Price of Attendance; Other Ways of Interpreting Price; Tuition and Fees Adjusted for Inflation; Price as a Share of Family Income; Prices by State; Net Price of a College Education; Federal Financial Aid; Pell Grants; Loan Programs; Students Receiving Aid; Net Price After Grants; Influences on College Costs and Prices; Influences on Costs; Establishing Price at Public Institutions; State Support; Establishing Price at Private Institutions; Tuition Discounting and Net Price; Federal Policy Effects on College Price; Federal Financial Aid and Sticker Price; Federal Tax Legislation and Sticker Price; Actions at the State and Institutional Levels; Tuition and Fees; Reducing Costs; College Credits; Issues for the Higher Education Act Reauthorization; Price Indices; Controlling College Costs; Earning College Credits; Relieving Regulatory Burden; Providing Better Public Information; Appendix. Average Undergraduate Tuition and Fees; Index.