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I should have said "comparatively cheap". And community college is a tremendous value for the money and pretty close to cheap. So there are those alternatives. That's part of the problem facing ODU. If you read comments from students, they expect more resources and better service for their money. And trust me, most students don't care about the cost of education until after they have graduated. For now they want gourmet food, study abroad trips, personal Career coaches, fancy rec centers, theaters, lazy rivers etc. If you don't rival club med, high achieving kids won't consider you. They are guaranteed loan money to pay for it, and take advantage of that resource for a four year resort lifestyle in many (not all) cases.