The cost of some Ivy League colleges is approaching $90,000 a year, while elite liberal arts colleges are also boosting their total prices to more than $80,000 annually.
The issue is a hot topic on college discussion boards, such as College Confidential, where one parent this week asked for advice from other families about paying for their child's acceptance to the University of Notre Dame in a post titled"Difficulty justifying the cost."
"[I]t's a full $82k/year for us, plus a likely 3 to 5% increase each year. This puts the cost of her undergraduate degree at an astonishing $348K!!" the parentAt the same time, winning admission to an Ivy League university or a highly regarded liberal arts schools like Middlebury or Massachusetts' Williams College is getting harder.
To be sure, the financial pressure on families and students to enroll in college is prompting some soul-searching, with critics questioning whether an"elite" education is actually worth the cost. Others are taking aim atBut top colleges have another way to look at their prices. As Brown puts it,"Regardless of a family's financial situation, attending college is a major investment.
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