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<p>I have to apologize here; I didn’t mean to imply that it was a bad choice or that people who do spend that amount on college are wrong, only that it was probably an uncommon choice. These articles automatically assume that all students attend colleges that cost much more than the cost of attendance at most in-state publics, an assumption that I find unreasonable because I believe that the majority of students attend in-state publics or community colleges (or have some sort of financial assistance to attend more expensive universities). Therefore, such a sweeping claim (“bypassing a college degree is often a good idea because you can save the $200,000 for something else”) is probably not going to apply to the majority (perhaps even the vast majority) of the people who will read this article. Most people will never have to face that choice so it’s very irksome to see that almost all articles on this subject ignore that.</p>