Education cost reform

I have long thought we should have education cost reform. As anyone can tell you, healthcare already has a model for ensuring uniform cost for services.

In the current paradigm I can use myself as an example. At community college I paid approximately $100/credit hour. At the university down the road I paid $300/credit hour. Both schools had equal quality of instructors and offered many of the same classes. Yet the university is able to charge a disparate rate.

My proposal: all classes should be subject to a fee schedule nationwide that is weighted by geographical location.

Example: English 101 might cost $50/credit hour as a baseline. In New York it might be 110% of baseline cost and 105% in Illinois. (This part is for number crunchers to figure out).
Example: Calculus 1 might cost $70/credit hour baseline due to the rigor of instruction.

Summary: there is no reason generalized classes across the country should be subject to unlimited increase in cost. Much of these costs end up as part of financial aid programs. In other industries, such as healthcare, there is a standard fee schedule (published by CMS) which indicates the amount of money a provider can expect to receive for a given service rendered (CPT code). There is no reason this same system cannot be applied to the higher education model to limit runaway costs and excessive student debt.