Washington — Some 129 colleges would have landed on a federal watch list of institutions with the highest tuition increases if the proposed list had been published this year, according to an analysis by the American Council on Education.

The analysis, which can be found on the council’s Web site, examines the effect of a Congressional plan to place colleges with the highest percentage increases in tuition and fees on a “college affordability and transparency list.” The plan is contained in legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, which the U.S. House of Representatives passed this month.

The 129-institution total represents 4 percent of all two- and four-year institutions. The tally includes 19 public four-year colleges, 38 private four-year colleges, 17 for-profit four-year colleges, 35 public two-year institutions, five private two-year institutions, and 15 for-profit two-year institutions.

Many more colleges would have appeared on the list under the House’s original plan. Under that plan, which would have placed on the list all colleges that raised their tuition and fees by a percentage greater than the average for their sector, half of all institutions would have landed on the list. House Democrats radically revised that plan just days before the House voted to pass the bill. —Kelly Field