"… most" and … rarely" obviously confused you. And it isn't necessary to look across the pond, either. U of Cal students LAST YEAR had a tuition hike-fueled protest in which a large portion of the student body walked out. 
Perhaps you think it's a great idea to have 23-year olds begin their professional lives $20,000 in debt, with interest rates far higher than cars or homes.
It wasn't always this way, just this way since Republicans began their war on the middle-class and the worship of the financial sector. In the sixties, tuition was extremely cheap at state universities; NDSL's had ridiculously cheap interest rates.