Cost of college education on way to $250,000

I posted about 2009 because this is when my son applied. What Rutgers offered was not truly a full-ride but 4 years of $24.8K that was T+R&B that year. My daughter was offered 5.5K in 2014 and I am totally out of the loop for 2019.
Basically, I am trying to say that not everyone pays full price and this will probably continue.