-$27,711: Average tuition, room and board at the nation's four-year private colleges and universities for an entire academic year; that is up 84% from 1990.
-56 % of U.S. college students are women. Women have held the majority status in college enrollment since 1979.
-27% of the nation's adults 25 and over have at least a bachelor's degree.
-4,084: Number of institutions of higher learning that grant college degrees.
-The term "freshman 15" refers to the number of pounds many students gain during their first year in college.