1. College Tuition By: Consuelo Mendoza
The alarming increase in college tuition
By: Consuelo Mendoza

2. Problem: college tuition is increasing to fast and to far.
tuition has increased 500% since 1986, outpacing inflation.
Last year tuition increased 5.9%- private and
4.7% in public
Tuition is getting out of hand- causing fear

3. Annual Increase in Tuition

4. Background/History
,000 students enrolled at U.S colleges (9,300 obtained a Bachelor’s degree and 1 obtained a Ph.D.)
million attended college
World War II- everyone should go to college and Federal government should help
1972- Congress (federal grants)
Average tuition 1900’s: $150- $1000

5. Tuition and Income Levels

6. Universities/Colleges

7. Spend on luxuries

8. Increase Administration Size

9. Chancing Federal loans and grants

10. Money spent on athletics

11. Sport Facilities

12. Students

13. Outcome for students Huge debt numbers
Average Debt after 4 years: ranges from $17,250-$32,450
Student loan debt is approaching 1 trillion dollars
Unemployment and paying back debt
receive help from government- federal aid

14. Increase in Federal aid is Proportional to increase in college tuition

15. Government

16. What Government does
Federal government provides $143 billion a year in Financial Aid
Government wants to help students get their education
Provide more aid to lower-income students

17. Solution Make college administration more efficient
Universities/Colleges need to spend less on luxuries and athletics
Freeze federal aid = colleges stop increasing tuition
Continue to give lower income students more aid

18. Is the debt and hours worth it?

19. Your Future
Preparing for your future is your only defense against tuition increase
Start saving, and investing
Stay out of debt
Take care of your future now before it’s to late.
Education is worth it.

20. Unemployment after college.
Why education is important

21. Thank you