College tuition prices have increased disproportionately to the income of graduates today, and continually rising costs remain a major source of anxiety for current students and graduates. This is especially true for working millennials and adults returning to college without a source of income substantial enough to pay off student loans while they pursue higher education. While rising tuition costs are a serious concern in the United States and a topic of much strategic debate, the solutions presented vary as widely as the number of available degrees. One potential option to decrease tuition for graduates is to rebate those who, on average, make less than other graduates with the same level of education. A rebate may sound like a viable compromise, but it isn’t a fair or logical long-term solution. Tuition rebates, while potentially helpful, are a small bandage on a large wound. The …show more content…
In fact, college courses provide information on average salaries for each field, as well as explain the difficulties in finding well-paying careers comparable to other fields requiring bachelor’s degrees. Students who pursue graphic art, as well as other creative fields, such as writing, editing, and other forms of design, generally do so out of sheer passion and a personal calling for these lines of work. The competitive nature of creative jobs is made clear to students and graduates as they prepare to find work after graduation. Additionally, many of these students go into creative fields in order to pursue freelance work, which is often an unreliable, unsteady source of main income. A rebate, while it would be helpful short-term to students struggling to pay their debts, wouldn’t solve the long-term issue of employers paying comparable salaries as well as the high cost of tuition in the first