Causes Of College Tuition

The cost of attending college in the United States, which can be called the sticker price, has been steadily increasing for the last few years. The cost of tuition has sparked controversy as universities attempt to find a price that pays for tuition, but also is affordable for their students. This has become a problem because it is important to attend college in order to have a successful career, but the initial price of college isn’t possible for some students. As a student who is paying college tuition, I have realized how difficult it can be to pay for one year of college, and can only imagine the cost of multiple degrees. College is expensive considering tuition alone, but adding the cost of books and room, the cost quickly increases. I …show more content…
The low tuition will cause college to make sure every dollar counts which could mean cutting corners where they can, making the quality of the education as great as it could be. Lowering tuition would make colleges have the mindset of quantity over quality. Colleges would look to enroll as many students as possible in order to make up for the money they are losing with the lower tuition. Lauren Camera stated, “Burd also warns that some colleges that have adopted similar rescheduling of tuition costs have actually seen their enrollment decrease because people, wrongfully, associate a drop in tuition with a drop in quality” (Camera). Even if it is wrong, we automatically associate the high cost something, like tuition, as it being more valuable and a better use of their money. It’s the idea that something valuable like an education has to cost more, and a lower cost gives students the idea that there is something wrong with that college or the degree they are providing. Although it could make sense that a low tuition would mean a lower education, a business degree is just a business degree. Any college that a degree comes from that student will have learned the same basic material at a costly school than at a low cost college. Additionally, if the of the same type of shoes is different, that doesn’t mean that one is better than the other. The higher price just means one store is able make its customers think it’s worth the higher price. This is the same with tuition, a medical degree at a college that has a high tuition price, is the same as a college who has a lower tuition