What an absolute farce. How long do they think this can go on for?
CNBC reports:
College sticker prices top $100,000 at 16 schools — but many students pay significantly lessThe yearly cost of attendance at over a dozen colleges is now six figures, after factoring in tuition, fees, room and board, books, transportation and other expenses.For the 2026-27 academic year, 16 institutions — including Duke, Georgetown, New York University and University of Chicago — have a sticker price of more than $100,000, according to data exclusively provided to CNBC from The Princeton Review’s upcoming “The Best 392 Colleges” list. Others, such as Brown University, Northwestern and Pepperdine, cost more than $99,000.As more schools cross the $100,000 threshold, others will follow, according to Jeff Selingo, the author of “Dream School.”“We just keep going up and it just never stops,” he said.“We have been moving toward this six-figure price tag for a long time, and now we are here — and for a lot of people that feels significant,” Selingo said.Some students and their families have reached their breaking point, he added, and as a result, smaller liberal arts colleges have started losing ground to larger — and less expensive — public schools. “There is a group of institutions that used to be able to command increasing their price without a problem, and now they are finding students and families pushing back,” Selingo said.Overall, undergraduate enrollment continues to notch modest increases, according to the latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit that tracks higher education enrollment data. However, the uptick is now driven by gains at community colleges and four-year public schools.The high cost of college has turned some students off pricey private schools as more students question the return on investment, Selingo said.“The cost of college is sobering — no doubt about that,” said Robert Franek, editor in chief at The Princeton Review, “and with some schools’ sticker prices crossing the $100,000 mark, paying for college seems all the more daunting.”
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