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[quote=Anonymous]The most expensive college tuition is $66k/yr
This includes the overcharge for rich people subsidizing financial aid, thank you! (Full-pay families should get a tax deduction for this charitable contribution; it's not fair otherwise.)

A private high school costs $30K-$60K/yr for small classes, nice labs, etc. Getting the same at college is right priced. Public high school spends around $15K for non-SpecialEd, larger classes, cutting corners on facilities. True unsubsidized cost of community college is similar.

If you aren't getting financial aid or merit discount, and aren't happy to pay a classmate's tuition, you're probably looking at the wrong school.

The rest of the $84K is paying for your child to not live and eat at home. If you downsized your now emptier house or took in a boarder, and your child learns to cook with roommates, the net cost is much lower.

ROI is tricky. A good education improves your live, including and beyond career. Money has to be spent somewhere, and education is a social environment with direct improvement of the mind, as opposed to many other purchases that only indirectly improve our social and individual happiness. 
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