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College Tuition

Value of $100 in 1978

College Tuition CPI data from BLS.

Year-to-present comparison

$377 in 2025 buying power for College Tuition

CPI 2025: 440.4 – CPI 1978: 116.9. Inflation since 1978: 276.7%.

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Other 1978 CPI baskets

Each value below drives its own “value of $100 in 1978” page.

Buying Power

1978 CPI: 116.9

Open 1978 · value of $100

Food & Groceries

1978 CPI: 116.9

Open 1978 · value of $100

Medical Care

1978 CPI: 116.9

Open 1978 · value of $100

Housing

1978 CPI: 116.9

Open 1978 · value of $100

Gasoline

1978 CPI: 116.9

Open 1978 · value of $100

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Methodology

Each page is auto-generated from data/inflation_master.json via Next.js static paths. The CPI history is sourced from official BLS tables.

Use the menu to explore every combination of category and year, or update the dataset by syncing new CSV files via python scripts/process_inflation.py.