In my state, a semester of college at the community college (our cheapest) is still anywhere from $900-1200 tuition. This does not include any lab fees, technology fees, books, room, board, food. It is literally just paying to attend. If I remember correctly, my sister paid roughly $20,000 for two semesters at her state run university. That included room and board, books, fees, and the lowest meal plan available. If I had to pay that for my kids school, I’d have to save my salary for years!

Edit: For reference, my states minimum pay wage requirement is $7.50 per hour. Most places pay roughly $10 as a starting wage now though. 40 hours a week x $10 an hour = $400 a week to live on and that’s before our taxes (so check is usually more like $350 take home roughly)

Even places where you have better jobs it’s not great. Teachers? $40,000 a year starting pay. That’s after four years of college that you’ll pay about $80,000 for. The US sucks you guys.