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Right, I just looked it up and the largest community college in my city now charges about the same as I paid to go to the nearby state university 10 years ago. It's clearly not going to the instructors. It must be a combination of new construction and administrative bloat.

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Or less state funding: https://www.highereddive.com/news/state-funding-for-communit...

> States are giving four-year colleges $63 million less in fiscal 2021 than they did last year, a 0.1% decline. Meanwhile, they’re cutting funding to two-year institutions by $457 million, a 2% decline.

> Enrollment losses and pandemic-related expenses are buffeting community colleges’ budgets as these schools face cuts in state support.

State funding doesn’t matter as much for many CCs because they have local taxing authority, just like K-12 education.

This is another reason why they are often significantly cheaper than a 4-yr school in the same state.

It depends on the state. I know of at least one state community college system.

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