In the most up-to-date information available through the U.S. Department of Education, which tracks money spent through Jan.

For more than a century, public universities offered a more affordable path to higher education. In the last 20 years, that path has grown more expensive.

The end of the agency doesn't necessarily mean that federal school funds will dry up, but some states would be hurt more than others if the department were eliminated.

After four years of programmed education in a controlled environment ... be a graduate in some cities than others, as our ...