Should We Increase College Tuition Rates?

In 1991 state governments paid 75% of tuition fees with students/their family paying 25%, now it hovers around 50/50 between state governments and students (Fillion). With the number of students going to college increasing, it becomes imperative that student aid funds increase too, so why haven’t they? How come the majority of countries in Europe offer tuition free higher level education, but in America students end up paying $10, $20, to even $50 thousand a year? In the United States, colleges and universities need money to be able to access information through databases, to fund scientific research, and to keep vital learning technologies up to date. A huge part of the money that these colleges and universities receive, in order to do all of the things mentioned, comes from the students that attend the institution. Every student has to pay a tuition fee, without it, …show more content…
The United States has a problem, to put it simply. Young adults are forgoing education because they can’t handle the ever steepening prices of college tuition. This problem has really became relevant in recent years, as Bernie Sanders used college debt as his main talking point throughout the campaign trail in order to draw in young voters, the people who are most impacted from the raising prices. The main reason the college tuition rates are so important to control is because the ever-rising prices of tuition adds to the stress of the average college student. High tuition rates also scare away potential students since the think that they will not be able to afford it, and they would rather get a job to pay bills and rent in the present, rather than prepare themselves for a successful future. As a