It is interesting that you believe this is mainly caused by foreign students. It is a recurring theme in today’s society. If you look at the data here [1] you

It is interesting that you believe this is mainly caused by foreign students. It is a recurring theme in today’s society. If you look at the data here [1] you can see there is a wide range of tuition costs for the top 100 universities in the USA, going as low as 6000 usd with the average in-state cost at 17,000 usd. The most prestigious ones are more expensive. Why is that? A very significant part is the network effect people are buying, they are hoping to either get to know well off or connected colleagues, finish a thesis under a prestigious professor or just simply to have a degree from the fancy university. This is all in an attempt to get ahead. This effect is there regardless of any international students. [1]: https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/best-schools/us-top-100/ https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/best-schools/us-top-10...