College tuition

The costs and fees of college education in the U.S. has risen dramatically over the decades. These cost risen high enough to the point where students are estimated to be in thousands of dollars of debt as soon as they graduate college. With a growing competitive job market and with more people attending universities across the nation, it has become much more difficult for men and women to pay off their student debt. Due to the major growth in college tuition and costs, it has become one of the…

raising tuition costs on all students, except illegal immigrant students, according to the Daily Caller. Last month, the University of California system approved a measure to raise tuition for out-of-state students by $972, but not for illegal immigrant students. The state's system board of regents was content on raising tuition for American students, but allows illegal alien students to evade the new measure. “All students — regardless of immigration status — are subject to the same tuition…

average, tuition increases at around eight percent per year, which means the cost of college doubles every nine years” (8 Reasons College Tuition is the Next Bubble to Burst). Colleges have been relying on steady tuition hikes to fuel their funding knowing if they raise tuition, students will simply borrow more money. Nowadays, students graduating with over twenty five thousand dollars in student loan debt are about triple the amount of students from the past decade alone. Sadly, tuition is also…

Public colleges in the United States should be tuition-free for all citizens. Everyone deserves the chance to receive higher education. Many foreign countries have already adopted some form of tuition-free education for college students. For example, Germany and Norway provide their citizens with tuition-free public colleges and their systems have worked well for them. Even, some U.S. states such as Tennessee and Oregon have made college education free for their residents. Tuition-free college…

The cost of college is rising, everybody knows that. The cost is expected to rise with inflation and the inclusion of new technology, yet what people were not expecting were the cost to soar as high as they have. In the U.S. News article "Hiring Spree Fattens College Bureaucracy—And Tuition" by Belkin and Thurm, they mention that in 1975 the average student could work 24 hours a week to pay for college; in today's world, it works out to be closer to 32 hours a week. This is not news to my peers,…

College opens doors for us that can change and shape who we become. It allows us to explore our options and find what we are truly passionate about. The problem that many graduating seniors face is figuring out how are they going to pay for college. According to college board, the average 2016-2017 cost of tuition alone for state residents at public colleges was $9,650. Having free tuition at state colleges would increase government spending. However, everyone would have the same opportunity…

Gas, Rent, and Tuition Most college students will agree that tuition prices are the cause for much stress and debt in their lives, so why are colleges and state governments doing nothing about them? With many students opting out of college because of the price, one would think they would realize their mistake and cut the prices. The solution to the problem is that there should be a cap on tuition like there is on rent and gas prices. A cap on tuition would place an amount where tuition cannot…

Literature Review After the economic recession in 2008, life has only gained more and higher expenses. Studies have highly increased, while wages have increased but not an equitable value to meet a college students’ expenses. In the article, The Reality of Free Community College Tuition, by Fran Cubberley, she presents both pro and con arguments in why it would be beneficial for our current and ongoing high school graduates to receive a free two-year education. The arguments made are: As a pro,…

My capstone topic was on college tuition, and how I feel that they should lower college tuition to make going to college less stressful. Back in late April I conducted some research on my capstone topic. I found 5 articles that support my capstone topic and they turned out to be very helpful. First I will discuss to you why I chose to do my capstone topic on lowering college tuition. Then I will go on by discussing how I conducted my research and what I got from it in three different paragraphs.…

It’s no surprise to anyone that college today is much more expensive now than it ever has been. Even only 25 years ago in 1990, average tuition prices for all institutions were only around $6,562 a year, compared to $20,403 today (https://nces.ed.gov Table 320). It used to be possible to work a part time job and pay your way through college, taking on little if not no debt. Now it’s much different. Without having thousands, if not tens of thousands, of dollars ready before you enter the doors,…