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Primary to tertiary? Does that mean it includes what college students through grad school spend themselves? Because that would shift perception of this a lot.
Edit: The original data does include public funding and private funding:
Every year, governments, private companies, students and their families make decisions about the financial resources invested in education.
They do break it out, but I can’t tell if the graphic is using the total or just the public funding.
So this graphic might just be: Americans spend a stupid amount on college.
The thing is, placebos can actually be pretty effective. Hell, they’re effective even if you know they’re a placebo. And the more elaborate and similar to what you think would be involved in curing you, the more effective. So people going to chiropractors might actually be getting real results even if the things they’re doing are junk.