By the time you’re finished with the first four years of college, you’ll probably have around 30,000 dollars in debt. That’s only for a bachelor's degree. Students in medical school usually finish with 180,000 dollars in debt, while law school students have an average of 100,000 dollars of debt. Coupled with their undergraduate debt, and how they’re doing financially, the cost could be sky high in the end. College used to be much more affordable in the past, but by this point, the cost of college has tripled, and students are deciding to skip out on college because they think the cost isn’t worth the reward. The problem is that it is worth it. Only 69% of high school graduates decide to enroll in college. That means 31 students …show more content…
Almost all Americans think that the USA’s education is one of the best in the world, but it isn’t in the global top ten for any subject. So, the debt isn’t even worth that good of an education anyway. Perhaps if more people go to college, the USA on educational global rankings will rise. People can't go to college though, not with tuition this high. Why should they go anyway, all it ends in is debt, debt, and more debt. The obvious answer is the lower the cost. Then more people can go to college, which means more people can get education. This will most likely raise America’s status to the top 10, like it used to be, and this would be what students want. This is win-win for everyone. Well...mostly a win-win.
Colleges need funding, and lowering tuition will not be a win for them. What will colleges do without all the money? Tuition is the source of money for many educational things, like lab equipment or books. Without the money, the education could become even worse. Yet, colleges can afford to spend buckets of money on sports, fields, and gyms for unneeded things that don’t benefit the educational value of a college. They can afford to cut a little bit of funding to lower tuition. It’s a small sacrifice for a greater