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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That seems awfully high. The most expensive colleges we’ve seen are $70K a year so $280 for four years currently. Even 15 years out that seems high. [/quote]
No, the most expensive schools are now in the $80k range. Prices are rising FAST.

When my oldest started at Tufts in the fall of 2012, cost of attendance (tuition, room, board, fees) was $56k and we thought that was absurdly expensive and sometimes couldn’t believe we were paying that much. Now, for the upcoming school year, that $56k doesn’t even cover tuition at Tufts! Tuition is now $59,500, r&b is $15,500, and fees are $1300. It’s crazy.[/quote]

Except no kid NEEDS to go to Tufts. Or a Nescac. The Ivies at least are the most generous schools in the country. If you are rich enough to not get FA at a top private you can surely afford a state flagship without loans, which not everyone can do. Count your blessings![/quote]
I never said they did. I am grateful we could afford it but would’ve had no problem sending her to a state school if we couldn’t have. The point of the post was not that, but to respond to Pp’s assertion that the estimates seem high and her doubts that private colleges would be that expensive in 15 years. She might not believe it, but it’s true. [/quote]

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