The Most Expensive College Dorm Rooms : Planet Money : NPR

I am totally amazed at what College students expect from their dorm rooms today.  My room at Washington and Lee had radiator heat and no air conditioning.  It was about the size of our  bathroom…but it worked fine for me!

We were too busy being out and about exploring our new world to worry about where we slept!

Room and board at U.S. universities has climbed 11% over the past three years, nudged along by expectations that dorm rooms will have amenities like heated pools and plush lounges.

Those costs have helped contribute to the nation’s outstanding student debt— at $829.79 billion— overtaking outstanding credit-card debt— at $826.5 billion, as the Wall Street Journal reports.

via The Most Expensive College Dorm Rooms : Planet Money : NPR.