College tuition and other fees only got a little pricier than they were last year.
But those prices are still rising too fast for financial aid to keep up with.
According to a new report released this week by the College Board, the average "sticker price" for American college students went up between 2 and 4 percent for the 2016-2017 school year.
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That's the price tag a student gets before factoring in any loans, grants or tax credits.
After adjusting for inflation, those sticker prices rose slightly less than they did during the 2015-2016 school year.
But a second report says the amount students actually end up paying after financial aid and other adjustments went up significantly more.
One of the report's authors said in a press release, "These increases, combined with stagnant incomes for many families, raise concerns about ensuring educational opportunities for low- and moderate-income students."
According to the reports, financial aid and the average family income in the U.S. aren't rising fast enough to keep up with the cost of college.
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But the amount of money undergraduate college students borrowed to pay for their education fell for the fifth year in a row, and graduate student borrowing also fell overall.
"The continuing downward trend in undergraduate student borrowing and the significantly higher levels of borrowing among graduate students are critical to understanding student debt problems," report co-author Sandy Baum explained.
The Institute for College Access and Success reports seven out of 10 graduates from public and nonprofit colleges in 2015 have student loan debt.
