In answer to toowonderful’s question,
“Isn’t your experience with your two kids an anecdote? Couldn’t it have worked out differently for a different two kids?”
I would answer “Yes”, to both questions. Which is exactly why I wrote immediately after telling that anecdote, “I must point out that my experience is just another story. It doesn’t prove anything.”
To prove something you need data, not more anecdotes, and I have endeavored to provide data sources to back up my assertion that on average, a public school education is cheaper than a private school education.
And in response to this comment from toowonderful, which pointed out that I had stipulated a condition,
"But in post #26 you said ‘Finally, I stand by my assertion that, all things being equal, the average college student will graduate from college with less debt from a public school than a private school.’
I can only say that if suggesting that we use the average student as a comparison point is a stipulation, then, yes, I stipulated the average student.
Once again, here is some data to support my assertion:
"In 2012:
At public colleges, average debt was $25,550 — 25% higher than in 2008, when the average was $20,450.
At private nonprofit colleges, average debt was $32,300 — 15% higher than in 2008, when the average was $28,200."
Suggested citation: The Institute for College Access & Success. 2014. Quick Facts about Student Debt. http://■■■■■■/1lxjskr