[FpUser]

The goal of the university is to give you wide angle of view and most importantly teach you how to educate yourself. I've studied physics back in Soviet Union's university ages ago for free and consider it the best ever thing. I later moved to Canada do just fine and can never thank enough my tutors.

[F_J_H]

..for free. Would you have paid $60K - to $100K plus for the same? That is what students are facing now.

Very few would disagree with the intangible benefits of a university education. They question is, how much is it worth, and how much debt should you take on to obtain those benefits?

[FpUser]

This is coulda, shoulda, woulda type of question. I was raised in former Soviet Union and as a consequence was able to get great education without having to pay for it directly.

What it would be for me if I was born in the US - no slightest idea. I could've been rich or poor. It is useless to speculate.

[twblalock]

> Would you have paid $60K - to $100K plus for the same?

Average new grad loan debt in the US is about $33k and the median is about $17k. It's not that bad.