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Everyone discusses the absurd increases in housing... but education may be even worse.

Out of bored curiosity, I did some digging and found the cost of my bachelors degree tuition: just over 11k total. This covered four complete years of in-state tuition at a public university in California, and without one dollar of assistance from scholarships or financial aid. It also wasn't THAT long ago (2004-2008).

Today, a four-year degree from the same school (with the same in-state status) would cost about 27k in tuition, or 2.5x what it cost me about 15 years ago. Not even the cost of housing in the region has increased by that much during this timeframe.

So yeah, I feel really bad for people who are dealing with the cost of college now.

Also, if that 11k I paid (or even the 27k cost of today) seem oddly low, I attended what is generally considered one of the most affordable public universities in the country (CSULB).