I agree that comparing Southern CT State to Yale will reveal big differences in spend per student. But I don’t think many people need to do the heavy lifting on the finances to figure that out.
And the contortions to compare Dartmouth (with a med school) to Princeton (no med school) is- in my mind- not worth the trouble. A- because the differences in student experience in these places has nothing to do with money, and B- because a student with a strong preference for one or the other is not likely to be swayed by the spending analysis.
There are MUCH better things to look at IMHO, which most people can’t be bothered to do…