Comment by harrall

Liberal arts is cheap and is not why university is expensive. You can get it for relative pennies at a community college.

I’ve studied at university, state college and community college and my best history teacher was at a community college.

University is expensive probably because there is job demand but almost no real downward pressure to keep it cheap. Students can’t provide much pressure and it’s not directly affecting companies that ask for it. A lot of families also carry this “prestige” element that pushes the cost up.