[FarmBoy]

(as calculated by subtracting financial aid from total costs of attending Stanford

How do they define "financial aid?" Do they subtract the value of loans from the cost of tuition or is that just grants? Because that could misrepresent the true cost significantly. If students in 1992 spent an inflation adjusted $16K plus took on $2K in loans, that's a lot different from students in 2011 paying $16K plus taking on $20K in loans.

[FarmBoy]

(as calculated by subtracting financial aid from total costs of attending Stanford

How do they define "financial aid?" Do they subtract the value of loans from the cost of tuition or is that just grants? Because that could misrepresent the true cost significantly. If students in 1992 spent an inflation adjusted $16K plus took on $2K in loans, that's a lot different from students in 2011 paying $16K plus taking on $20K in loans.