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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The biggest issue IMO is that states have stopped supporting their public universities the way they used to. State universities should not be so unaffordable to most students. Private schools can do whatever they want but if they were competing against more affordable state Us for good students there would be some competitive pressure to keep the price hikes down. But, really, with all the discounting going on the actual price people pay for private Us, on average, has not gone up that much. The real growth in price paid is at public Us as state legislatures gutted their support of higher ed. Yes, you can pay $80K for a private university but that is a choice. Anyone doing that certainly had other, more affordable options.

We are fortunate in this area that there are nearby, good universities like GMU and UMD-CP where students can live at home to minimize cost. But plenty of kids live in areas where they do not have those options. [/quote]
We are a donut hole family and we are saving for in state tuition. For VA, that can be up to $160k per kid. $320k.  It’s crazy. [/quote]

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