U of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to cost $100k per year

Re:U of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to... by _bxg1 on Monday November 04, 2019 @06:07PM (#21447676)

Seeing as 40% of Americans can't cover a $400 emergency, I highly doubt the average American family has a surplus $185 each month just sitting around.

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Re:U of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to... by Aeolun on Monday November 04, 2019 @07:22PM (#21448313)

Plus, what do you do if you have 4 kids? $200ish might be ok, but you don’t want to give only your eldest a university degree.

The $76k figure is median across all US households, I’d be more interested in the median amongst those aged 25-45, which is basically the ages you’d be saving for university (and even then you have to take into account that your income at the start of that range is not going to be what it is at the end).

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Re:U of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to... by mytailorisrich on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @02:22AM (#21450379)

The majority of those people don't have that money because of their spending habits, not because they cannot afford it.

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