shl333: kateoplis: One Year of Prison Costs...

shl333:

kateoplis:

One Year of Prison Costs More Than One Year at Princeton (full chart)

I’m pretty sure this is a gross exaggeration when it comes to the cost of one year at Princeton. Sure tuition might be $37,000 but then when you add room and board, cost of living, etc. suddenly the price jumps way above $44,000, about $52,670 to be exact going off Princeton’s estimates as this chart seems to have. Now I’m not saying the correlation between the amount of people in the United States incarcerated vs the amount of people getting degrees isn’t horrible but if we’re going to make info charts shouldn’t the info actual be correct? Just sayin’.

Here’s another pretty good answer: 2011-2012 Tuition and Fees, All Private Institutions in New Jersey (Chronicle of Higher Ed).

[No-click-through version: According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, the cost of Princeton with room and board included, which is a much better point of comparison to prisons, is $49,069. There’s still a valuable conversation to be had here, but using goofy numbers isn’t going to make that conversation better.]