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gral 
standpoint of the institution the main items are the cost of physical expan- 
sion, which may be divided into building wages and building material, real 
estate values, salaries, and cost of equipment. In Table 7 may be found an 
index of some of these factors, showing the relative change in price, using 
1913 as a base. These changes in prices are plotted in Charts 3A and 
3B to show the relation between tuition charges and the cost of living, 
and the cost of building. They are self-explana.tory as they give a moving 
picture of what has been happening. 
TABLE 7 
INDICES OF COST OF EDUCATION, COST OF BUILDING, 
AND COST OF LIVING COMPARED 
Year 
Tuition and 
Fees in Private 
Institutions 1 
Tuition and 
Fees in State 
Institutions 2 
Cost of 
Building 3 
Cost of 
Living 4 
Resident 
Non-Resident 
1900.. 
90 
81 
78 
1905.. 
95 
85 
84 
1910.. 
95 
95 
92 
1913.. 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
1914.. 
96 
103 
1915.. 
104 
104 
105 
98 
105 
1916.. 
114 
118 
1917.. 
138 
142 
1918.. 
152 
174 
1919.. 
179 
199 
1920... 
131 
141 
130 
234 
216 
1921.. 
151 
153 
179 
175 
180 
1922.. 
174 
166 
1923.. 
194 
172 
1924.. 
19T 
169 
1925.. 
160 
154 
186 
173 
1 
Bureau 
Based on data in Sears, Op. 
of Lducation, “Statistics 
Cit., pp. 55-61, 
of Universities. 
up to 1915 and 
, Colleges and 
after 1915 from Bulletins of the 
Professional Schools” for the 
respective years. 
2 Based on data in Sears, Op. Cit., pp. 55-61, up to 1915 and after 1915 from Bulletins of 
the Bureau of Lducation, “Statistics of State Colleges and Universities” for the respective years. 
3 Index of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 
4 U. S. Department of Labor Index. 
5 First nine months only. 
Chart 3A shows that the cost of living went up much more rapidly 
from 1913 to 1921 and reached a higher point than did any of the fees 
and tuitions; and from 1921 to 1925 still remained higher than did fees 
and tuitions for residents in state universities and students in private 
institutions.