I went to Boston University for my undergrad degree, one of the most expensive schools in the USA. Current tuition &#x2F; room &#x2F; board is $63k, and another $3k is estimated for expenses [1]. If you could lock in these rates, a 4-year degree would be $264k.<p>But that is assuming a lock-in. Costs increased 3.7% this year [2]. If there was a 3.7% increase every year during your 4 years, you would pay $279k for a 4 year degree. This is a $15k increase over 4 years.<p>What&#x27;s even worse, because of the magic of compound interest, only 9 years after you graduate, yearly costs would be $102k per year.<p>I personally see this as insanity. It will <i>have</i> to self correct itself, because no one can afford those fees.<p>So how does BU get away with it now? Primarily through allowing any foreigner with the ability to pay in, regardless of their educational merits. BU has a massive amount of Asian, Indian, Eastern European, and Middle Eastern students who pay the full costs. Anecdotally, a man in my freshman dorm was the young scion of a wealthy family from Dubai, worth over $100 million.<p>US students rarely pay the full tuition, which is why the outrage isn&#x27;t so large.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bu.edu&#x2F;admissions&#x2F;admitted&#x2F;tuition-and-fees&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bu.edu&#x2F;admissions&#x2F;admitted&#x2F;tuition-and-fees&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bu.edu&#x2F;today&#x2F;2015&#x2F;bu-tuition-and-fees-to-increase-3-7-percent&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bu.edu&#x2F;today&#x2F;2015&#x2F;bu-tuition-and-fees-to-increase...</a>