That's wild, I had no idea they had gotten that high. When I was in college (2012-2016), the most expensive places were in the $50k-60k range, which already was quite absurd. The fact that they've grown so much even in the past decade is mind-boggling.

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Aurornis 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

You entered college over a decade ago. We’ve had a lot of inflation in that time.

From an inflation adjusted perspective, I’d actually rather pay $80K now than to have had to pay $60K in 2016 when you graduated.

You also probably know that most students don’t pay full price due to sliding scales.

	▲	saghm 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		I understand. I just didn't really have any other expenditures anywhere close to that high at the time; I've never purchased a car, and like most college students, I certainly never purchased a house back then. I hadn't paid much attention to tuition prices since graduating, so seeing the number now made the inflation feel much more visceral to me than comparing the prices I can recall of much less expensive things I purchasing to what they are now.

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whimsicalism 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

$80k is basically $60k in 2012 dollars