<p>Yeah, you should be. When I attended Reed, tuition in my freshman year was $1260. Room and board was $600. Total costs, including fees, about $2,000. “Inflating” that to the present time (2007) makes the cost about $14000. </p>
<p>So even in relative terms, Reed was a lot more affordable to the middle class then than it is now; but that’s true of higher education in general. They’ve been trying especially hard in recent years to increase financial aid via special additions to the endowment.</p>
<p>I don’t think you get better value for your money anyplace else.</p>