As someone under a ton of debt, I'd like to know the answer to your question too.
For a fun-time experiement, plot college cost vs. :
minimum wage
inflation
health care
since the 70s or so.
Right around 1980ish, health care and college costs started heading for the roof relative to inflation.
edit: I haven't worked the math to differentiate between average cost of ivy league schools and average cost of state schools. I think the current difference sits at 4x or so for list price.
Right around 1980ish, health care and college costs started heading for the roof relative to inflation.
Interesting - right around the time computers started making business processes way more efficient, a few areas unaffected by computers started skyrocketing in cost (relative to inflation).
For a fun-time experiement, plot college cost vs. :
minimum wage inflation health care
since the 70s or so.
Right around 1980ish, health care and college costs started heading for the roof relative to inflation.
edit: I haven't worked the math to differentiate between average cost of ivy league schools and average cost of state schools. I think the current difference sits at 4x or so for list price.