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Ron Johnson: “In 1963, the total cost of a four-year undergraduate degree…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson at the Budget Committee

Published | Video Starts at 01:03

… in my PowerPoint presentations as I travel around the state of Wisconsin just laying out some facts and little food for thought here. And what this chart shows is that In 1963, the total cost of a four-year undergraduate degree in a public college was about $929 per year. That's room, board, and tuition. Now, by 1988, the actual cost had risen to $4,678, which was 27% higher than than had it just growing at the rate of inflation. (01:03–01:15)

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