That’s just effing dumb. What are you some kind of Communist? Someone has to pay to keep the lights on. Someone pays for the professors’ salaries and pensions. Someone has to pay for the maintenance and construction of the buildings (which are amortized over time). Those someone’s are generally the people who pay tuitions along with the donors (and grants and cash flows from the endowments, and what not, but I’m trying to keep it simple). The tuition is calculated to be the amount needed to be covered by the students who attend, of which some of it is covered by scholarships.
A kid that doesn’t get a scholarship has to pay 72+17 = $89K.
A kid on scholarship doesn’t have to pay anything.
That’s $89K. That’s what the scholarship is worth. For crissakes, are you one of those people who says 2+2 isn’t 4? Let me guess, your politics identify with AOC and Bernie Sanders don’t they?