Yikes! College for today’s newborns could cost as much as $422,320.
The Daily analyzed historical, inflation-adjusted price data from the College Board to see what a bachelor’s degree might cost the class of 2034 in 2011 dollars. The result: Total tuition and fees would top $232,000 for an average-priced four-year private college and nearly $81,000 at an average-priced public university — up 111 percent and 167 percent, respectively, from the average class of 2012 tuition.
Room and board brings the average price of a four-year college education up to a projected $288,000 in 2011 dollars for four years beginning in 2030 at an average private school and $123,000 at an average public school. The class of 2012 paid about $149,195 for a private school and $64,591 at a public university, according to College Board data.
Think Progress: BY THE NUMBERS: 10 years at Guantánamo Bay
10 years since the first 20 detainees arrived at Guantánamo Bay’s Camp X-Ray
1 year, 11 months, 21 days since President Barack Obama’s deadline to close Gitmo
242 detainees at Gitmo when Obama took office
171 detainees still held at Guantánamo Bay
89 detainees still held after…
(Source: thinkprogress.org)
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