“The fact is, college has never been more necessary, but it’s also never been more expensive.”- President Barack Obama. The average cost of an in-state “moderate” college for the 2014-2015 academic year is $23,410 (CollegeData).  What would you do with $23.410? Buy a car? Maybe put a down payment on a house? Maybe fly from Des Moines to Paris 16 times? However if you are an out of state student, the average was nearly doubled of an in-state student for the 2014-2015 academic year. Over the past 30 years, college has increased 10 fold. Why is the cost of college rising? The cost of attending college is increasing dramatically over the years and it is not stopping. The average cost in 1978 was $2,145.  Now the average is being totaled at  $23,410 for an instate student at a public university, however, in the year 2029-2030 the average cost will be $52,410 (MassMutual). Over double what we are paying now. This is just for public universities, imagine the price for a private university. The numbers are shocking. The average cost of a private university in 1978 was $17,721. The average cost for the 2014-2015 year is $46,272 (CollegeData) which nearly doubles the cost of an in state public university. In the year 2029-2030 the average cost of a private university will hit an extraordinary amount  reaching $116,055 (MassMutual). Those who can afford these outrageous prices, can usually also ignore it. As for the rest of us, when every penny counts, you would want to know where every penny of yours is going. College administrators continually give us very broad answers by telling us that it is all due to rising costs. "What costs," you ask? Well, conveniently enough, a "cost" is anything the college chooses to spend its money on (Sowell, 16). So where are these rising "costs" coming from? Well college faculty is one source. Although average faculty salaries were about the same in 1990 as they were in 1970, the number of faculty members increased by 76% (Hood, 11). Meanwhile, total student enrollment had only grown by 59% -- that's 17% less than increase in faculty (Hood, 11). Which raises the question if universities have too many