8. 74% of Fall 2008 freshmen applied to three or more colleges, an increase of 13 percentage points over the last 18 years. The percentage of students who submitted seven or more applications also increased, reaching 22% in Fall 2008.SOURCE: National Association for College Admission Counseling
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Editor's Notes
So how did many pay for this rise in tuition. Mostly loans, and increasingly private loans. Pay particular attention to the for-profits. I’ll get to that later.This graph only shows undergrads and more and more people are going on to graduate and professional schools. The numbers get even more depressing there.