how many kids start out at the local community college....plenty....to save money...
Actually parents can’t even afford the instate public colleges either. They are now $15k/year tuition. That times 4 years of room and board (also $15k/yr) is $120k per child or for 4 kids (as I have) a half million dollars. Who can save up for that? Not many.
I always recommended community college to kids who couldn’t get scholarship. Get the basic subjects out of the way. Decide where you want to focus your career toward. Gives them a chance to push up their grade average and maybe get scholarship.