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original sentence:

> 私が選んだのは、Yale並みに学費の高い大学でした。

I think that "並みに" is a **noun suffix**?

A "の" between "並みに" and "学費" is optional:

> 私が選んだのは、Yale並みに **の** 学費の高い大学でした。

Why is that original sentence grammatically correct?
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particle-の suffixes
"Yale並みに学費の高い大学". Is "並みに" a suffix? "の" between "並みに" / "学費" is optional?
並み is a noun suffix which uses の to act adjectivally and に to act adverbially.

In this case, it basically has the image of "stand shoulder-to-shoulder with",
i.e. "on the same level as".

FYI, there is another meaning 並みの～, which means completely unremarkable --
totally ordinary as well.
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