Why College Costs So Much

I went to a rather expensive private college, but that was 40 years ago. After scholarships, my bill was about $2500 a year (I only went three years), and I ended up borrowing $5K. Which I paid back, at $50 a month, within a few years. Now I have a kid in college and two more starting this fall. The costs are frightening. It’s a good thing they all got substantial scholarships and grants.

But that part about college professors’ salaries was shocking. My father was a tenured science professor, and adjusted for inflation, he never made anything near that much. So I looked up the stats, and found that if you take out law school and medical school professors, the average drops way down. Then when you consider how many undergraduate classes at universities are taught by graduate students or part-time adjunct professors, you realize that the tuition you’re paying is not getting your student the benefit it should.