It's unfair to use your public school costs as evidence because they are not comparable to his numbers. Here are the numbers across the board for all college students [1]:
Median: $9K
Mean: $26K
Also, if we were to put opportunity cost into the calculations (because you could work/work more if not going to school), it would quickly approach the $25K figure.
We both linked to the same article, so I'm well aware that my tuition costs are not what everyone else will experience.
A median of $9k is still less than half of what the GP used, and my cost of tuition is a lot closer to the average than the $25k the GP used.
Also, if we were to put opportunity cost into the calculations (because you could work/work more if not going to school), it would quickly approach the $25K figure.
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It's unfair to use your public school costs as evidence because they are not comparable to his numbers. Here are the numbers across the board for all college students [1]: Median: $9K Mean: $26K
Also, if we were to put opportunity cost into the calculations (because you could work/work more if not going to school), it would quickly approach the $25K figure.
[1]http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/add-it-up/4494.html
We both linked to the same article, so I'm well aware that my tuition costs are not what everyone else will experience.
A median of $9k is still less than half of what the GP used, and my cost of tuition is a lot closer to the average than the $25k the GP used.
Also, if we were to put opportunity cost into the calculations (because you could work/work more if not going to school), it would quickly approach the $25K figure.
Which the GP already did.