I don't know where you have been, but college is not fancy - not even the best of them - and RIT is certainly not one of those. In fact, it is pretty normal to go to 4 year colleges, and 4 year colleges charge these kinds of fees, large or small, good or bad, public or private.
Where have I been? I just got out of college. It cost me about $2,000 a year for tuition and $1,000 for books. I’ll be starting my MBA in the fall and it will cost about twice that.