If you don't receive payment, you can open an unpaid item case in the Resolution Center as soon as 2 full days (48 hours) after the listing ends. For example, if the listing ends on October 5 at 11:15 am, you can open a case on October 7 at 11:15 am.
Following this caveat, the breakdown of the cost is as follows: 1  In-state tuition for a public four-year college: $7,605 : 30 credit hours = $253.50/credit hour.  Out-of-state tuition for a public four-year college: $19,595 : 30 = $653.16/credit hour.
Suppose you could earn $20,000 per year at a job instead of going to college. This means that the true cost of a year of college is the tuition plus the opportunity cost of not working. The total tuition is the amount you pay ($4,000) plus the government subsidy ($8,000), which equals a total of $12,000.