The cost of attendance for any college is not difficult to find online for anyone motivated beyond pontificating. At Oregon, that figure is $26,502 for residents.
It includes, of course, housing, meals, personal expenses and transportation, which make up more than half of that cost. Tuition, books and supplies total about $12,700.
Those living expenses -- about $13,800 per year -- apply to any high school graduate, whether he or she is attending any college or taking on the cruel working world at age 18. Living at home can mitigate those costs at mom and dad's expense; others may choose to con a parochial college out of a year's tuition, room and board, and fees as a fledgling amoral ethicist.
Still, the hard cost of four years at Oregon for a resident student is about $50,000.