But is this true in all cases. The cost of most colleges and universities start at around 15,000 and can reach an ultimate high as to 45,000 which is mind-blowing. Cost is a big deal because having to find somewhere to get college funds are not easy unless you get a full ride or the student comes from a wealthy family. “About 77% of parents say they plan to help their children pay for college” (Money Moves). In my college experience I know that financial aid helped me out a lot because my tuition ran about 37,000. But I go to a private HBCU and private schools are always more than public as it should be. Usually tuition includes meal plans, room and board, book vouchers and other miscellaneous. When I got to college it was a shock because we don’t receive book vouchers all books had to be paid out of pocket, so that was another $521.00 out of my parents pockets for 7 books for 6 different classes. Cost is important because you don’t want to have to deal with any loans and debt by graduation time. “Seven in 10 seniors (68%) who graduated from profit and non-profit colleges in 2015 had student loan debt with an average of 30,100 per borrower, a 4% increase since 2014” (Project on Student Debt: State by State …show more content…
Would I like a more diverse campus or would I like a campus that pertains to a certain religion or race? What about the student to teacher ratio, would I prefer to be in a large lecture or a smaller classroom where I will actually get to know my professor? Or would these questions even matter because I know plenty of people who could care less about knowing their professors and what other diverse groups are on campus. I know that for me I have always wanted to attended an HBCU, and no one could ever change that. I feel like at HBCUs they give African American students more opportunities and we are never over looked. The whole student to teacher ratio thing never bothered me and when I did get to college I never was in big classrooms or lecture halls and that is something that I did