Out of Control Cost

This following chart shows the cost of college tuition compared to historical housing prices and the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The CPI is designed to track our cost of living by estimating the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households. Everything was normalized to 100 starting in 1978:

Here is a chart comparing the ridiculous rise in the cost private 4-year colleges versus the also rediculious rise in medical cost versus the CPI:

From: http://www.mymoneyblog.com/charts-college-tuition-vs-housing-bubble-vs-medical-costs.html