[wilsonnb3]

I disagree that ~$70,000 for a four year degree should be considered affordable, even if private universities cost many times that.

I do agree that public schools are generally a better financial option, as are community colleges.

[dgzl]

I believe the parent is considering that price to include housing and other necessities as well. I really think you'll have a tough time finding a decent University that would cost less than that for a year's worth of use.

[greedo]

No, that's for a commuter student. Room and board would add much more to the debt total.

[vorgisborg]

I don't think anyone here is asking for 10 dollar education, by affordable we want an education that won't take us wage slavery over a million years to pay back with potential interest also contributing towards that elongated time. Job security is always shaky especially out of high demand fields, so that is a factor in determining the 'unaffordability', if you can't pay it back and can't land the actual wage to live a life while being a wage slave then it's simply unacceptable.

public schools are also plagued with debt collectively, what a way to attempt red herring.

[afjl]

It's pretty sad how much Americans pay for our higher education compared to many other developed countries. I recently met a few college-aged Brits who just graduated with ~$5,000 in debt. How can we be paying an entire order of magnitude more for school?

[ghettoimp]

Well for one, our administrators are AWESOME! And we have so many!