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| 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 | --- | --- |
| 2021-22 | 282.0 | 381.1 | --- | --- |
| ---Not available. | ||||
| 1Consumer Price Index adjusted to a school-year basis (July through June). | ||||
| 2Beginning in 2001-02, components of index were weighted through a regression methodology. | ||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, retrieved June 10, 2023, from https://www.bls.gov/data/. Commonfund Institute, retrieved June 13, 2023, from https://www.commonfund.org/research-center/press-releases/2022-higher-education-price-index-hepi-report-released. (This table was prepared June 2023.) | ||||
