Is this like, a real sum of money americans pay for a degree? Overhead must be mind-boggiling if like just two students are needed to pay educator's salary for the period.

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pinkmuffinere 3 hours ago | parent [-]

That is very much a real sum of money people pay. The UC system is (I believe) 30k per year tuition if you’re in state. Add rent and you’re probably looking at 45k per year. Out of state is higher. And many systems are more expensive as well

	▲	Coffeewine 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		45k/year is excellent! If you believe business insider, U of Chicago’ll run you 100k / year. https://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-colleges-tuit... Traditionally the story was that almost no one paid the sticker price, but still that’s an eye watering sum even discounted. I’m sure in the next few years we’ll have stories of people 500k in debt or more for their schooling.
	▲	linkregister 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The UC system is an outlier in both price and quality for public education in the United States. The California State system, which costs $7-9 thousand per year, is far more representative.