North Carolinians graduate students mostly choose to stay closer to their hometown and in North Carolina for college. But why? In state tuition is much cheaper than out of state tuition. An article states, each state has its own “public” institutions that are run and funded by the state. Funding for these schools comes from the state residents in the form of taxes. As a result, these state residents are able to attend the public institutions at a lower cost than people who are not residents of the state.”("In State vs. Out of State Tuition."). Out of state tuition is what students that have been accepted in a North Carolina college, but have been a resident in another state has to pay. North Carolina residents tuition is between eight thousand …show more content…
If a person choose to attend and graduate from a college there are so many different advantages and benefits. Although a student may have to pay back so much debt once they graduate they will still have many more benefits in the end. Many jobs and organizations will hire a graduate student with a higher education before they hire a person without an education. Sometimes jobs look at who has the highest education and sometimes it is just all in who you know. An employer will hire a person they know will do great with the job before a person with a higher education, then all that tuition funds is like a waste. The state of North Carolina is very traditional and some things just go in order for them. Once a student graduates high school, it is the traditional for them to attend and graduate college within two to four years. But, college is not for everyone and they rather just get a job out of high school. Many successful people have never attended a college and have amazing jobs with great incomes. Yes, a higher education is important, but if a person do not attend a college it is not the end of the world and they can be …show more content…
If college cost continue to rise, but jobs do not raise their salary for their workers, then many students will not be able to go to college. Many students do not want to be in debt for a long time or for the rest of their life. After graduating it may take some graduates a while to find a job, so how will they pay on their debt? The generation today has a mindset of really wanting to be successful and be great in life. Whether that is military, college, or just getting a job. There are now ways to make tuition cheaper for students. In North Carolina there are numerous amounts of early college high schools that provide a higher education for some high school students. This early college program provides high school students to get an associate’s degree and gain college credits while also taking high school courses. Therefore, once the early college students graduate from high school they can have a high school diploma and a two year associate’s degree with no charge because these early colleges are public schools. With there being no charge to attend these early colleges it will cut a student's tuition in half, which would help them to not be in as much debt with the prices rising.
There has been so much talk about the rising of college cost each year, but North Carolinians students have to be wise about the different sources that they have to help decrease their tuition cost. The generation now