>but why should I be paying 100,000 grands for just directions You don't have to spend anywhere near 100k for college, and the vast majority of people don't.

>but why should I be paying 100,000 grands for just directions You don't have to spend anywhere near 100k for college, and the vast majority of people don't. The average in state tuition and fees at a public university is $9,139. Some kind of assistance is available to most people--the Pell Grant is income based and many states have Scholarships. Georgia (where I went to school) has the hope scholarship that covers around 90% of tuition and fees for high school students with a B average and close to 100% for students with a 3.7. In addition almost everyone qualifies for student loans. And if you take out more than $30k or so (I forget the exact amount) you can qualify for income based repayment where you pay back only 10% of your discretionary income (Income - 1.5 * Federal poverty level) for 20 years.