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It's an aggregate of parents, scholarships and loans, not just any one of those things. Plenty of students spend an unwise chunk of their loan money on consumer goods and housing, since they want those experiences now. At the same time there are also thrifty students and homeless students who are just barely getting by. A lot of different types of people go through large universities, and I think the appeal and the cost is much like big cities in that respect.