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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Colleges that are most affordable and you get the biggest bang for the buck like large Flagship/State Universities. Also community colleges. $65,000 a year for a private is a broken model.[/quote]

Very, very few are actually paying 65K.[/quote]

Actually, plenty of families pay full freight at the top universities, including all the ivies, which don't give merit aid. It's actually a documented problem -- the top universities don't have as much SES diversity as they'd like. There are enough rich families who can afford $65K/year to keep the top 20 private universities in business. Heck, we're doing it for a top 5 university (we aren't rich, we just saved and we get parental help).

The colleges that will be shaken up are the ones in the second tier, where families are quite reasonably asking what $65K buys that the state school can't provide. There will be a big shakeup among the 3rd-tier private universities, and maybe among the 2nd-tier as well. As a PP said, these private universities would be wise to move into a combination of residential and online classes. But then it will be a whole new ballgame, and who knows which schools will break ahead.  [/quote]

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