The rising price of attending college has made college affordability an increasingly important policy issue in recent years. In order to make college more affordable for students and their families, states can pursue three possible options. The first option is to provide additional state appropriations to colleges, which allows institutions to charge lower tuition rates and/or to offset listed tuition prices through the use of institutional grant aid. The second option is to increase state grant aid awards to reduce the price tag paid by students. The drawback to both of these options is that they require additional state resources which are often difficult to obtain. A more politically feasible option in a number of states is to enact price controls by implementing limits on how much (if any) tuition and fees can be increased in a given year. These tuition and fee controls take three main forms, each of which is discussed in this brief. The first section of the brief details how often they are used and the body of research on whether they are effective in achieving their ultimate goal. This brief concludes with three Midwestern states' tuition and fee policies presented as case studies before offering recommendations for policymakers to consider when adopting tuition controls.