<prompt> Human: Im probably looking to only have 2 children in the future, and the time they go off to college will be 25 years away. I just used Vanguards college cost calculator. Is the price of a high-end private school really going to be 850,000? per-student? How on earth is anyone going to afford such tuition prices? this is assuming college costs increase at an annual rate of 5 per yearlink to calculator:  <response>: Predicting how the entire higher education landscape will look in a quarter century let alone how much it will cost - what will it even be, anyway? is going to be an exercise in frustration and not much else. I wouldnt try to forecast something thats all but unforecast-able. 