<p>Or, on a grander scale, UC Berkeley is now $24,000 a year tuition, room, and board for **in-state **students. At what point do monster price increases, rapid erosion of quality with more 1000 seat lectures, and the reality of five years to graduate start to compare unfavorably to a private college?</p>
<p>I think the theory of major shifts in distribution of students is short-sighted. This really is a case of a receeding tide lowering all boats, so jumping from boat to boat is unlikely to produce much advantage.</p>