You know, I wonder how many places are captured like Wyoming is.

Fun lesson on the sparsest state in the nation, their constitution allows for a single public university. One. It's in Laramie. That college basically owns Laramie, the college campus takes up the majority of the town. Cost of living there is similar to the Chicago suburbs as a result. The college is the only option for in-state tuition for residents to get a 4 year degree with federal aid.

It's the only public option and trying to open another one would be illegal.

The president of UW is one of the most insanely compensated individuals I have ever met. He has a mansion in the mountains and owns the surrounding few miles. He is so filthy rich it's disgusting.

The teachers, on the high end mind you, make $55,000 a year. By high end I mean multiple doctorals and decades of experience teaching 40+ credits per semester.

I bet the private colleges would stand to lose money, and honestly fuck those guys with a spiked tentpole. That scum is worse than UW and UW should make anyone with a degree bearing their name feel a deep sense of shame and regret at the least. That administration is outright racist, ableist, and corrupt garbage and a good chunk of the teachers are complicit in funnelling kids that have no business being in college at all into crippling debt just to make a buck.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if the private colleges had a similarly corrupted state of affairs when it comes to federal loans and aid.