[wludavid]

While I don't regret attending the private liberal arts institution that I did, I'm beginning to question how wise an idea it was to spend 80k on tuition, even if it was a bargain for a private school. If my parents had paid much less or if I had been unable to find a job that pays as much as mine does, I would be having a tough time paying student loans, saving for retirement, and still being able to enjoy a reasonable standard of living. And I have an engineering degree! I sometimes wonder if all my classmates with English and history degrees had rich enough parents that they graduated with zero debt. As others have said, we're at a tipping point -- the monetary costs of a university education in this country may soon outweigh the monetary benefits. I believe that's already true for most students at most private schools.