Hamster wrote:Top college destinations from 2006 to 2010:
Harvard (21), Yale (18), Columbia (16), Princeton
Ага, так вы берете самые лучшие школы и представляете стоимость обучения в них как среднюю? Наверно вы в детстве подвергались социализированному образованию и вас там не научили находить median, потому что качество образования в государственных школах - дрек? Ну ладно. Вот вам -
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3231
Private Schools Cost Less Than You May Think
by David Salisbury
...figures available from the U.S. Department of Education show that in 2000 the average tuition for private elementary schools nationwide was $3,267. Government figures also indicate that 41 percent of all private elementary and secondary schools -- more than 27,000 nationwide -- charged less than $2,500 for tuition. Less than 21 percent of all private schools charged more than $5,000 per year in tuition. According to these figures, elite and very expensive private schools tend to be the exception in their communities, not the rule.
Many people may think private schools are expensive because the costlier private schools also tend to be the most well known. For example, many in Houston have heard about St. John's or Tenney High School, where tuition runs over $13,000 a year. But fewer Houstonians have likely heard of Southeast Academy, Woodward Acres, or Pecan Street Christian Academy, all of which charge less than $3,000 per year, well below the city's private school average of $4,468.
Average private school tuition in other cities tells the same story: a large number of moderately priced private schools with a few very expensive, well-known exceptions. Median private elementary school tuition in Denver is $3,528. In Charleston, $3,150. In Philadelphia, $2,504. In New Orleans, $2,386.
К этому могу добавить что когда мы пару лет назад узнавали цену в местной частной школе, нам сказали 4к с копейками, это с учетом ихнего income tax, sales tax, hidden tax и т.д., которые школа-то и не получит.
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ~ H. L. Mencken
