<p>Per the chronicle of higher education, there are approximately 2150 4-year public and private (non-profit) schools in the US.</p>
<p>Public 4-year institutions 615
Private 4-year institutions, non-profit 1,536
<a href=“http://chronicle.com/free/almanac/1999/nation/nation.htm[/url]”>http://chronicle.com/free/almanac/1999/nation/nation.htm</a></p>
<p>If Wake is #75 on the price list, that puts it the top 4% of most expensive schools. When you couple this with the fact that Wake appears to offers less merit aid than other schools (see the previous posts that provide some antecdotal evidence on this–as well as our own personal experience), the net cost of going to Wake is even higher relative to other schools. There is always talk about taxing the richest 5% of people in this country—based on tuition, Wake is among the “richest” schools.</p>