also, more people are attending college. College didn't used to be something everyone went to. With the proliferation of student loans, universities have no reason to keep fees down.

enraged_camel says>"college is tremendously more expensive today than it was back when Boomers were attending it..."

Especially when you're

- unable to understand cumulative interest (slept in math class),

- unwilling to take advantage of cheaper state and community colleges and trade schools,

- unwilling to avoid careers with little to no viable economic future (women's studies, fine arts, politics, history, English,etc.).

Multiple orders of magnitude? So 100x or 1000x?

I don't think so.