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If the government wasn't paying for tuitions like they are now, these prices formed by "supply and demand" would be much lower.

• notdrunkatall 13y ago
  I generally agree with your implied point: that government subsidization of education leads to price inflation in that sector, but these are private schools, where government subsidies do not (to my knowledge) apply.
  • bskap 13y ago
    The state governments do not directly fund the private institutions, but they still get a lot of government subsidies indirectly. The students can only afford to pay tuition thanks to federal loans and grants, and the professors can only afford their research thanks to government research grants.
    • wtvanhest 13y ago
      I down voted you by accident. You are correct. Imagine a world with no 3rd party student loans. Schools would become cheaper pretty fast.