Attributing to the fact that most prestigious schools have an extremely high tuition fee due to the fact that their professors are extremely skilled at their job, couldn't it also be that it's also to uphold the social standards? Keep the wealthy, wealthy and keep them pristine?
Just food for thought.
Yeah society is basically filled with these kinds of standards, pretty ridiculous to be honest.
i could get 10k a year for four years just for going to school, that is if i get my grades up :O