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Some US colleges will soon charge US$100,000 a year

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FILE Ñ Students on the campus at Vanderbilt University in Nashville on Aug. 23, 2023. Some Vanderbilt students will have $100,000 in total expenses for the 2024-25 school year. (William DeShazer/The New York Times)

One letter to a newly admitted Vanderbilt University student showed an all-in price of US$98,426 (S$134,000).

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It was only a matter of time before a college would have the nerve to quote its cost of attendance at nearly US$100,000 (S$136,000) a year. This spring, we’re catching our first glimpse of it.

One letter to a newly admitted Vanderbilt University engineering student showed an all-in price – room, board, personal expenses, a high-octane laptop – of US$98,426. A student making three trips home to Los Angeles or London from the Nashville, Tennessee, campus during the year could hit six figures.

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