"Our #1 son graduated from UMass Amherst. The tuition at the time he attended was $11,000-12,000."
Whew, that was my private school's tuition!--state school was only like $2000 at that time. Maybe it's more expensive on the East Coast?
Oh yeah. You have no idea yeah. The prep school I taught at in MD was half again as expensive as my college tuition at Northern Ariz.
Yeah, it is, but that figure was tuition, room and board. He got a full scholarship, though, so he ended up getting his BA for free! He's paying for it NOW though, cause he started Law school last fall!