Hiltonsmith, Robert2019-07-022019-07-022015http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90846Today, college costs are rising beyond the reach of many Granite Staters. State policy decisions have played a significant role in this rise. This report shows that New Hampshire’s investment in higher education has decreased considerably over the past two decades, and, as a result, the state has the highest average tuition in the country. Students and their families now pay—or borrow—much more than they can afford to get a higher education, a trend which will have grave consequences for both their futures and for New Hampshire’s future economy.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalcollege costseducation, higher--government policystudent financial aideducation, higher--New Hampshirestudent loansReporthttps://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/new_hampshires_great_cost_shift.pdf