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human
ELI5: Why has college become so ridiculously expensive

my dad and i talk about this all the time. how college is almost like a life sentence to debt at this point and to make matters even worse, jobs are very difficult to find. being a college grad is pretty tough these days with trying to find a job in this economy with only a short period of time before loans start coming around. one of the speakers at my college graduation was talking about how when he was going to college, paying off tuition was no more difficult than paying off a new car.
gpt
In short, tons of free or heavily subsidized money has flowed into higher education, leading to the thing that *always* happens when a ton of money flows into a certain area: a bubble.  However, this bubble isn't going to collapse in the sense of higher educations suddenly becoming worthless, so don't worry about that.  

The best thing to do is just be smart about WHAT you study, WHERE you study, and HOW you transition from your education into a career.  For example, art major at Princeton?  You're going to be drowning in debt.  Engineering major at a solid state school?  Better choice.