[blackguardx]

Most students go into debt to attend college. I fell into a bracket where I didn’t get any financial assistance but my parents didn’t want to/couldn’t pay for tuition. I got personal loans for everything. I think this is a common scenario.

[grecy]

* in the US.

In many developed countries higher education costs the same as high school.

[accrual]

Same here. I paid "full price" for my degree coming from a normal middle class family. Fortunately I was able to pay it all off a few years out of school with my first job.

[bmitc]

The large majority of MIT undergraduates graduate debt free.