It's the fault of easy access to loans for domestic students and high demand from international students.
Colleges are more keen to serving international students like in China,Korea, and India that can do full pay. As crazy as it sounds, it's the high rising prices that attracts these type of international students. Colleges have to please their highest bidders which ends up twisting education into a piece of paper representing class status and for these internationals the pricier the better.

Anonymous wrote:No. I graduated in 1997, and it was $25k a year at a private New England college. Now it’s probably over $60k. People also make double.

$25,000 in 1997 Dollars = about $39,800 in 2019 Dollars.

https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

I graduated Penn in 1990. Tuition plus room & board was $20k. Now it's $75k.

yes. there will be an inflection point.

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Anonymous wrote:Get Republican governors out of office and it will help. They keep cutting education budgets and this is what happens.

Is this satire?

Just someone who has no clue what they are talking about.

https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/16/why-college-costs-are-so-high-and-rising.html

https://hechingerreport.org/americans-think-state-funding-for-higher-ed-has-held-steady-or-risen-survey-finds/

Satire again?

Think what you want, but don't complain about tuition if you tend to vote for spending cuts.

Some of the cheapest state universities are in Republican states and the most expensive are in Democratic states....

And neither has any bearings on private universities, which is where the 70+ k a year is found and the subject of this thread.

OP, I also graduated from an Ivy in 2002 and the tuition was 35k. I'm stunned it's now this expensive. And, no, people are not making double. Just to put things in perspective. 35k in 2002 bought you a nice BMW. That same car probably sells for 45k today. Hmm....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get Republican governors out of office and it will help. They keep cutting education budgets and this is what happens.

Is this satire?

Just someone who has no clue what they are talking about.

https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/16/why-college-costs-are-so-high-and-rising.html

https://hechingerreport.org/americans-think-state-funding-for-higher-ed-has-held-steady-or-risen-survey-finds/

Satire again?

Think what you want, but don't complain about tuition if you tend to vote for spending cuts.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get Republican governors out of office and it will help. They keep cutting education budgets and this is what happens.

Is this satire?

Just someone who has no clue what they are talking about.

https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/16/why-college-costs-are-so-high-and-rising.html

https://hechingerreport.org/americans-think-state-funding-for-higher-ed-has-held-steady-or-risen-survey-finds/

Satire again?

It's crazy. I graduated from Northwestern in 2002, full pay, and it was about $35K COA at that point. Now it's over 2x that, and they just passed their BIGGEST tuition hike to start the 2019-2020 school year. Will it ever stop?

If you can stomach your offspring attending a public college or university, most of them have a COA well below $35K for 2019-20. All of the VA public colleges are freezing tuition for next year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get Republican governors out of office and it will help. They keep cutting education budgets and this is what happens.

Is this satire?

Just someone who has no clue what they are talking about.

https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/16/why-college-costs-are-so-high-and-rising.html

https://hechingerreport.org/americans-think-state-funding-for-higher-ed-has-held-steady-or-risen-survey-finds/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get Republican governors out of office and it will help. They keep cutting education budgets and this is what happens.

Is this satire?

Just someone who has no clue what they are talking about.

Anonymous wrote:Get Republican governors out of office and it will help. They keep cutting education budgets and this is what happens.

Ah, yes, Northwestern...that noted publicly funded institution.

Anonymous wrote:Get Republican governors out of office and it will help. They keep cutting education budgets and this is what happens.

Is this satire?

Get Republican governors out of office and it will help. They keep cutting education budgets and this is what happens.

No. I graduated in 1997, and it was $25k a year at a private New England college. Now it’s probably over $60k. People also make double.

It's crazy. I graduated from Northwestern in 2002, full pay, and it was about $35K COA at that point. Now it's over 2x that, and they just passed their BIGGEST tuition hike to start the 2019-2020 school year. Will it ever stop?