Traditional B&Ms behaving like for-profits

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Top 100 private universities have always been expensive. Hardly anyone pays sticker price at the very top private universities (like top 20) because of all of the scholarships and grants they offer, but they aren't really in the online undergraduate education game. Also, this aid is usually not available to online students even when these schools do offer online undergraduate programs. IIRC, the average tuition rate at non-profit, private colleges is higher than the average tuition rate at for-profit colleges. However, for-profit students tend to graduate with more debt and are more likely to default on their loans. This probably has a lot to do with for-profits having a disproportionate share of economically disadvantaged students. In-state tuition at public colleges and universities are the cheapest, on average; but, this is because they are subsidized. Out-of-state tuition rates have always been high at most public universities.
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