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Table 106.75. Education price indexes: Selected school years, 1919-20 through 2020-21
School year Consumer
Price
Index1 
Higher
Education
Price
Index2 
Research and
Development
Index
Academic
Library
Operations
Index
1 2 3 4 5
1919-20 19.1 --- --- ---
1929-30 17.1 --- --- ---
1939-40 14.0 --- --- ---
1949-50 23.7 --- --- ---
1950-51 25.1 --- --- ---

1956-57
27.7 --- --- ---
1957-58 28.6 --- --- ---
1958-59 29.0 --- --- ---
1959-60 29.4 --- --- ---
1960-61 29.8 25.6 26.7 ---

1961-62
30.1 26.5 27.5 ---
1962-63 30.4 27.6 28.5 ---
1963-64 30.8 28.6 29.5 ---
1964-65 31.2 29.8 30.7 ---
1965-66 31.9 31.3 32.0 ---

1966-67
32.9 32.9 33.8 ---
1967-68 34.0 34.9 35.7 ---
1968-69 35.7 37.1 38.0 ---
1969-70 37.8 39.5 40.3 ---
1970-71 39.7 42.1 42.7 ---

1971-72
41.2 44.3 45.0 ---
1972-73 42.8 46.7 47.1 ---
1973-74 46.6 49.9 50.1 ---
1974-75 51.8 54.3 54.8 ---
1975-76 55.5 57.8 59.0 57.3

1976-77
58.7 61.5 62.7 61.6
1977-78 62.6 65.7 66.8 65.8
1978-79 68.5 70.5 71.7 71.4
1979-80 77.6 77.5 78.3 78.5
1980-81 86.6 85.8 86.6 86.1

1981-82
94.1 93.9 94.0 94.0
1982-83 98.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
1983-84 101.8 104.8 104.3 105.1
1984-85 105.8 110.8 109.8 111.2
1985-86 108.8 116.3 115.2 117.6

1986-87
111.2 120.9 120.0 124.2
1987-88 115.8 126.2 126.8 130.0
1988-89 121.2 132.8 132.1 138.6
1989-90 127.0 140.8 139.0 147.4
1990-91 133.9 148.2 145.8 155.7

1991-92
138.2 153.5 150.6 163.3
1992-93 142.5 157.9 155.2 169.8
1993-94 146.2 163.3 160.1 176.7
1994-95 150.4 168.1 165.4 183.9
1995-96 154.5 173.0 170.8 192.6

1996-97
158.9 178.4 --- ---
1997-98 161.7 184.7 --- ---
1998-99 164.5 189.1 --- ---
1999-2000 169.3 196.9 --- ---
2000-01 175.1 208.7 --- ---

2001-02
178.2 212.7 --- ---
2002-03 182.1 223.5 --- ---
2003-04 186.1 231.7 --- ---
2004-05 191.7 240.8 --- ---
2005-06 199.0 253.1 --- ---

2006-07
204.1 260.3 --- ---
2007-08 211.7 273.2 --- ---
2008-09 214.7 279.3 --- ---
2009-10 216.7 281.8 --- ---
2010-11 221.1 288.4 --- ---

2011-12
227.6 293.2 --- ---
2012-13 231.4 297.8 --- ---
2013-14 235.0 306.7 --- ---
2014-15 236.7 312.9 --- ---
2015-16 238.3 317.7 --- ---

2016-17
242.7 327.4 --- ---
2017-18 248.1 336.1 --- ---
2018-19 253.3 346.0 --- ---
2019-20 257.2 352.7 --- ---
2020-21 263.2 362.3 --- ---
---Not available.
1 Consumer Price Index adjusted to a school-year basis (July through June).
2 Beginning in 2001-02, components of index were weighted through a regression methodology.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, retrieved April 2, 2022, from https://www.bls.gov/data/. Commonfund Institute, retrieved April 2, 2022, from https://www.commonfund.org/research-center/press-releases/2021-higher-education-price-index-hepi-report-released. (This table was prepared April 2022.)

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