It may be advantageous for students abroad who wish to study at U.S. schools but to my knowledge I have not seen a drop in the cost of tuitions plans, whether that be for medical school or just graduate programs. In fact I live in California and I know that they are actually raising the cost of tuition in both the UC and Cal State systems. It has been a continual tuition hike each year since I entered freshman year at Cal Poly SLO. In the case of most state schools tuition will continue to rise due to the budget cuts in education, especially now that they will divert money to stimulus packages. What I am waiting to see is whether the current crisis where they are laying off teachers in the elementary and high school levels will also arrive at the university level.