Yeah, just don't go to college in the hopes sometime, somewhere the price will go down. You need to consider institutional cost dynamics: less enrollment would put pressure to increase, not decrease, tuition for quite some time.
God forbid that we return to the sensible America I grew up in where we had a feeling of true patriotism and we helped each other out, yes, with our wallets. The young didn't begrudge paying for elderly care, elderly didn't begrudge paying for education. Now, it's become unsustainable 'cause it's all me-me-me! 
Meanwhile, in other countries that invest in both with excellent results, their societies look at ours and just smile.