Why college should be free

“Making the future brighter”

By Felicia and Miyah
 Introduction

INTRODUCTION
● Results in better living condition and
develop the society

● Many people in our country tend to

not attend college for financial
problems.

● In 2020 U.S Bureau of labor

statistics did a study which showed
that 16.5 million people from ages
16-24 was not enrolled in school.

● If college was free it doesn't depend

on how much money you have or
what family you comes from, it's
about knowledge and ambitions.

● Education is key and many bright

minds haven't even had the chance
to have an opportunity to change our
society to something better.
Why should schooling be free?
Schooling should be free for
many reasons, such as:
● Improves Society
● Boosts the economy
● Increases equality
● Leads to an education focus
01 Improves society

● Education leads to a faster

progressive society
● People will be more
politically involved
● There will be more people
with higher skills for jobs
● Helps the gap between
Upper, Middle, and Lower
class
Boosts the economy

With Without
Tuition
● With college tuition: ● Leads to a more positive cycle
Average debt is $31k after graduation
● Many aren’t educated on ● Society would be on a faster
proper money usage track
which lead to putting ● Jobs in need could have people
themselves in more debt with the right education
● Makes it harder to make requirements
a living
Increase of equality
● Affordability plays a massive role in society
● Lots of bright minded people come from low income families
● Low income families would be able to get education to pursue
their dreams

SUCH AS:
Howard Schultz - Starbucks: 2.9 billion

● Grew up in a very poor

family
● Lived in a shelter
● Couldn't afford college but
is now a billionaire
Elon Musk - Tesla, Spacex: 266.9 Billion
● Born in south africa
● Was a college dropout because
of pricing and he could do it
on his own
● Eventually made spacex and
tesla
Kenneth Langone - Home depot: 3 billion

● Self made billionaire

● Grew up poor with his mom
● His mom was a cafeteria
worker
● Made a huge store
Alan Gerry - Cable Company: 1.4 billion
● Grew up in the Great Depression
● Father could barely put food on
the table
● Was a highschool dropout
● After saving enough money from
the marines, he invested 1500 into
a cable company which evolves
into 64 cable systems in 18 states
Better focus

With tuition -

● Many college students constantly worry about tuition

● Stress increases
● Negatively affects students schooling and grades

Without -

● Students will be more focused on their education

● More graduates
● Better grades
How does tuition affect students?
Because of tuition many college students rely on their
parents or something called financial aid. Tuition can
put a lot of stress on many students. Students go to
college to pursue a career or to follow their dreams.
No matter what the reason is, it’s all about where the
money is coming from. Most college students have to
find time to study and keep their grades up while
working, to not only support themselves but find a
way to pay thousands of dollars to keep themselves
out of debt.
Continued...
Because tuition is so expensive about 68% of students
work so much to a point where they do not have time,
or are too exhausted to even start their school work.
Many people who want to make a big change in their
lives, want to do out of state college. Sadly the tuition
for out of state colleges can be 10 - 20k more.
What is financial Aid?

Financial Aid is a The problem with

funding that is financial aid is that
available either way it can
exclusively to keep students in
students attending debt. Financial aid
a post-secondary can help pay loans,
educational however you do
institution in the have to pay them
United States back
How this can affect people
● The financial aid that is given to students from the government
differs depending on the income of the parents, meaning
students who apply for this will get different amounts
● Financial aid is only available for 12 semesters which is roughly
only enough for 3 year
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● The money financial aid gives you depends on your parents
income
● About 60% of parents who make 100k and over still do not have
enough money to pay tuition
Average School tuition
● The average tuition in wisconsin is 10k per semester, and
there are 2 semesters in a year
● The average out of state tuition is 20-30k a semester
● Having tuition this expensive can affect student living
conditions, having enough for meals, school books, supplies,
etc
Student living:
● The average dorm cost about 14k a year
● Some students prefer to stay at home because of the costing
● Because of the dorms cost it limits how much a student can
survive and be livable with the money they have including
some debt
School supply costings
● This year the average cost for textbooks
at a four year university is about 1240
thousand dollars
● Each semester textbooks hard copies
range from four hundred to six
hundred dollars
● 66% of students try avoiding other
school supplies needed because of the
expenses of textbooks
● Because of the expenses of the
textbooks, many students switched over
to ebooks which are about thirty eight
dollars
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, college is a life changing thing for people, it’s getting people
their future careers and getting them ready. However many people do not
end up going to college because of the pricing.

“Education is the most powerful weapon

to change the world so why not make it free"