College Tuition: Why Do People Strive To Get In College?

Decent Essays
Erik Phasoukvong
Mrs. Bulthuis
Senior Lit
2017 January 5
College tuition
Why do people strive to get in college? People go to college for a better education or to get a better job or achieve their dream career. College education was not that important, but now with jobs requiring more education and skills in order to get the jobs colleges are becoming more necessary as years go by and will continue to be a growing business. But at what cost? There are many things you have to pay for while you're in college such as food, housing, library, transportation, books, computers, clothing, personal items and of course the tuition fee(collegedata). The average student loan debt in 2013 was $28,000, but they range as low as $2,000 and as high as $70,000(BA,

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