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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEEB

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare

Prices for tuition, other school fees, and childcare rose 3.4% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.8% in the month.

12 months+3.4%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.8%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+6.1%seasonally adjusted
Index927.01982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%2%4%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

8009002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026927.0+0.8%+3.4%
July 2026914.2+0.5%+2.7%
June 2026908.6+0.1%+2.5%
May 2026907.4+0.0%+2.6%
April 2026907.6+0.2%+2.9%
March 2026907.2+0.3%+2.8%
February 2026906.0+0.2%+2.9%
January 2026905.1+0.2%+2.9%
December 2025904.6+0.2%+2.9%
November 2025905.3—+2.9%
September 2025904.2+0.2%+2.9%
August 2025896.7+0.2%+3.3%
July 2025889.9+0.3%+3.5%
June 2025886.4+0.2%+3.4%
May 2025884.2+0.3%+3.5%
April 2025882.2+0.2%+3.6%
March 2025882.2+0.3%+3.7%
February 2025880.9+0.2%+3.5%
January 2025879.6+0.2%+3.6%
December 2024879.2+0.2%+3.8%
November 2024879.5+0.2%+3.9%
October 2024879.3+0.3%+3.8%
September 2024878.5+0.6%+3.6%
August 2024868.1+0.4%+3.2%
July 2024860.0+0.3%+3.0%

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEEB and CUSR0000SEEB). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.