Others have mentioned the proble of government backed loans, but the whole higher education system is broken. People are going in to get a degree with a job, m

Others have mentioned the proble of government backed loans, but the whole higher education system is broken. People are going in to get a degree with a job, meanwhile there's a whole bunch of administrators and people that think universities should be for rounding out your knowledge so you're required to pay thousands more for courses not needed for your degree. If we really wanted to, I am sure we could condense a bachelors down to 1-2 years with 2-3 years of practical learning in the field.