Tuition is a red herring - it's a made up number. A better metric would be what is the school's operating budget? In Yale's case it's $3.2 billion...I'm not say

Tuition is a red herring - it's a made up number. A better metric would be what is the school's operating budget? In Yale's case it's $3.2 billion...I'm not saying free tuition isn't an option for a couple of schools with mega endowments, but you're analysis misses the mark. http://finance.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2014-2015%20Annual%20Financial%20Report_0.pdf http://finance.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2014-2015%20Annu...