Supremes about to make college loan decision grew up in a differnt time

Business Insider -  When Justice Clarence Thomas finished his undergraduate degree at The College of the Holy Cross in 1971, the estimated cost of attendance for four years was $14,550, according to a research memo from the progressive-leaning advocacy group Take Back the Court. Now, a four-year degree would cost $299,920.  

A four-year degree at Princeton University would now cost about $318,160 over four years. That degree only cost $15,040 when Justice Samuel Alito graduated in 1972. The cost of attendance was $21,900 in 1976 when Justice Sonia Sotomayor graduated and $41,055 when Justice Elena Kagan graduated in 1981.  

Justices John Roberts and Ketanji Brown Jackson both graduated from Harvard. The cost to attend the prestigious university is an estimated $337,652, according to Take Back the Court. When Roberts graduated in 1979, it cost $21,400; in 1992 when Jackson earned her undergraduate degree, it would have cost $75,360.  

When Justice Brett Kavanaugh graduated from Yale as an undergraduate in 1987, it would have cost an estimated $57,990. Now, four years at Yale would cost around $338,100, according to the memo. A year later, in 1988, Justice Neil Gorsuch would graduate from Columbia University, costing an estimated $64,900 for four years. Now that cost is around $343,868. 

In 1994, when Justice Amy Coney Barrett graduated from Rhodes College, the four-year cost of attendance would have been around $70,664. Today, four years would cost around $273,112.