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..for free. Would you have paid $60K - to $100K plus for the same? That is what students are facing now.

Very few would disagree with the intangible benefits of a university education. They question is, how much is it worth, and how much debt should you take on to obtain those benefits?

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This is coulda, shoulda, woulda type of question. I was raised in former Soviet Union and as a consequence was able to get great education without having to pay for it directly.

What it would be for me if I was born in the US - no slightest idea. I could've been rich or poor. It is useless to speculate.

> Would you have paid $60K - to $100K plus for the same?

Average new grad loan debt in the US is about $33k and the median is about $17k. It's not that bad.

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