@elodyCOH how and where we spend our money makes a big difference when it comes to paying for our kids college. Some want a big family which is expensive. The average cost of raising each child is $233,000. While my wife and I would have loved to have a large family we knew that we could not afford to do so if we wanted to have a nice home, save for retirement, travel, and most importantly for this discussion, fund our 2 kids college savings. Giving our kids a great education is very important to us and we wanted to make sure they had good options and no debt upon college graduation.
Regarding UA, it’s a good college with many successful graduates but that doesn’t mean it should be ranked in the top 100 when there are so many great private and public institutions in the US.