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☆ Tuition now costs a whopping $90,000 a year or more at some US universities
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some American universities estimate their total cost of attendance will exceed $90,000 next year. Tuition and fees at universities have continued to climb, even when adjusted for inflation. The result may be a generation of students wondering if college is worth it. AdvertisementThe price of getting a degree has continued to climb at American universities, with the cost of some schools reaching a new threshold. Out-of-state and in-state tuition and fees at public universities have risen by about 38% and 56%, adjusted for inflation, over the same period.

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☆ A degree now costs more than $90,000 a year at some US universities, showing how wildly expensive education is getting
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewThe price of getting a degree has continued to climb at American universities, with the cost of some schools reaching a new threshold. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Out-of-state and in-state tuition and fees at public universities have risen about 38% and 56%, respectively, inflation-adjusted over the same period. In a Business Insider and YouGov survey conducted last year, 46% of Gen Z respondents said they don't think college is worth the cost.

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☆ Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault Is That?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Paul Tough | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Economists have a term for the gap that exists between the incomes of college graduates and high school graduates: the college wage premium. When employers want more college graduates, the premium goes up; when there is a surplus of college grads, the premium goes down. In theory, today’s sky-high college wage premium should mean a surge of young people onto college campuses, not the opposite. But as a measure of the true value of higher education, the college wage premium has one important limitation. Unlike the college wage premium, the college wealth premium looks at all your assets and all your debts: what you’ve got in the bank, whether you own a house, your student-loan balance.

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