claim: college tuition "costs have risen by 25 percent under the democrats."
author: mitt romney
evidence_1: sep 8, 2015 ... in 1974, the median american family earned just under $13,000 a year ...  attending a four-year private college cost around $2,000 a year: ... an average of  $31,000 a year; public tuition, at $9,000, has risen by ..... on average, states have  lowered their per-student funding by 25 percent over the last 15 years ...
evidence_2: aug 14, 2015 ... jeb bush said democrats don't have a great track record for ... owe in student  debt," accompanied by the text, "cost won't be a barrier to an education. ... all ·  top 25 promises · by subject · promise kept · compromise · promise broken ...  since 1980, private college tuition has increased about 200 percent, ...
evidence_3: apr 4, 2016 ... who's a better steward when it comes to texas college costs? ... the data show,  tuition and fees ballooned by more than 300 percent, after ... over the last 25  years, texas universities have steadily increased ... undergraduate tuition and  fees have risen steadily at every texas ... under lawmakers' control
evidence_4: dec 27, 2012 ... the percentage of 30 year-olds who hold a b.a. has remained stubbornly ... in  addition, from 1981- 2010 college tuition-and fees have risen 7% every ...  unemployment among college graduates under the age of 25 is above ...
evidence_5: january 25, 2016; by sophie quinton ... tuition at public universities like unh  has risen beyond the reach of many middle-class families. ... the university's high  prices are an extreme example of rising college costs that have affected students  in ... this election year, democrats, in particular, want to rally voters behind their ...