multiple schools. The Gates Foundation's College Challenge announced College Abacus as one its winners in January 2013; the $100,000 grant from the Gates Foundation will enable College Abacus to expand from its beta version with 2500+ schools to a fully comprehensive version with all the colleges and universities in the United States. The sticker prices of colleges in the United States have increased more than eight percent between 2010 and 2011. College tuition has increased at a faster pace than inflation since at least 1992. See also College admissions in the United States Student financial aid in the United States Transfer admissions in the United States References Education finance in the United States United States federal education legislation