Fact-checks about the high cost of college tuition

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2014/sep/01/5-fact-checks-about-high-cost-college-tuition/

By Louis Jacobson on Monday, September 1st, 2014

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PolitiFact has done a number of fact-checks about tuition and student debt. Here are five of them:

• "In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice." Mostly True.

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"In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition." Mostly True.

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U.S. student debt has surpassed credit card debt. True

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