It's worse, basically students are taking loans to pay for this. This requires even more admin work so they hire even more administrators.
They offer free tuition if your family income is under 125K, free room and board if under 65K. They also claim 77% of students graduate with no debt[0]
[0}https://money.cnn.com/2015/04/01/pf/college/stanford-financi...
How many of them have their parents paying anyways?