2017 Is College Tuition too Expensive? Imagine, it’s 1974. The average family in America earned just under $13,000.00 a year. College wasn’t too expensive. It was $2,000.00 for private, and $510.00 for public for a year's tuition. Now come back to 2017, where the average family income is $64,000.00, and the price for a private university is $20,160.00. 10 times more expensive than it was in 1974. And that’s not even including room and board. It’s hard to believe, but it’s true. College tuition is on
Is College Tuition Too Expensive? According to TED; The Economics Daily, tuition and fees increase 63% since January of 2006. Some people believe that the cost of college tuition is acceptable. However, college tuition cost is too high. They ought to be lowered and made affordable to all. College tuition cost is too high, a high tuition can prevent some students from receiving college education, forces some to take out loans, and ultimately can cause future financial instability. An increasing
attending college. The main argument that we have is whether college tuition is too expensive or not. Over the last few decades the college tuition rates have increased drastically, but is a rate increase necessarily a good or bad thing. I personally believe that the cost to attend college is too expensive especially for low and middle-income families. There are many reasons why tuition could be considered too expensive they include, rise of tuition, little financial aid, and lack of college savings
attending college. The main argument is whether college tuition is too expensive or not. Over the last few decades the college tuition rates have increased drastically, but is a rate increase necessarily a good or bad thing. The cost to attend is too expensive especially for low and middle-income families. There are many reasons why tuition could be considered too expensive; they include, rise in tuition, little financial aid, and lack of college savings, to name a few. The first reason why college tuition
College is a place where few describe it as being the best time of their life, while others describe it as being one of the most strenuous points of their life. Books plus room and board are just a small amount of the various expenses a college student must face. But the most important expense is college tuition. A countless amount of tuition prices are unreasonably costly. That an average person, like a college student, cannot afford it. College tuition should be free for the four following reasons
Decrease the Cost Now that a college education is no longer an option, but it’s rather vital, parents and students all across the nation fear to pay tuition every year. Over the past few decades the cost of tuition has increased by 137.2 percent. That is going from 13 thousand dollars a school year to 31 thousand dollars a school year. This 137.2 percent increase just goes to show you that tuition is way too high and has been substantially increasing over the past fifty decades. These increases
in higher education. Forty years ago, tuition in some of the great American public universities and colleges was virtually free. Today, the cost is unaffordable for many working class families (Senator Sanders).” College tuition is way too high and it is making it harder for parents to send their children to college. As a senior in high school with two older siblings who both graduated from 4 year colleges, I know about how hard it is to pay for college tuition. I have personally witnessed my parents
The Progressive Escalation of Tuition In the year 2017, Americans owe about $875 billion in student loans, which is more than what is owed on the nation’s credit cards combined. Student debt is flooding the country and burdening millions of Americans to the point where it is nearly impossible to pay off. Despite the fact that the majority of people believe tuition is outrageously expensive, there are many that believe the cost of college is exactly where it needs to be. Author Dylan Matthews
As a freshman college student I believe that college tuition is much higher compared to what it used to be. One reason why it continues to increase is mainly because of the significant amount of loans that are borrowed by college students but are not getting paid back; however, does anyone ever wonder where does the money that is put into colleges go to? College professors are not the reason that college cost so much; in addition to, the money also goes towards sport teams, scholarships, and construction
College tuition is a subject that I am certain is on every college student's mind. The current cost of college has become so outrageously high and so students are graduating college with what you think is a feeling of excitement for their lives starting, when in reality they are entering a pool of stress due to high amounts of debt and no job guarantees. With that being said overly expensive College Tuition is merely taking away opportunities from potential students. According to Collegefactual.com