Canadian Universities Should Lower Their Turition Fees

Many Canadians choose to go into post-secondary education in this day and age, and a fair amount of these Canadians initially decide to attend university. University itself offers a variety of options to its students, from studies in fields like biology and chemistry to programs such as language studies and history classes, to name a few. With these program choices come numerous career opportunities that Canadians could not pursue without a university degree, careers that require a large amount of university-only education. These careers often have higher salaries than their non-university counterparts, and are chances for Canadians to make more money, resulting in a better quality of life. Why, then, do tuition costs at Canadian universities make it so difficult for students to pay their way through university? Canadian tuition costs are high and rising, and fear of financial setback can discourage potential and current students from attending or continuing university. Since so many Canadians choose to go to university, the universities themselves would benefit from reduced tuition costs, which would attract more students to attend and stay in university, encourage more students to study fields that interest them, and also would give more Canadian graduates a chance to pursue personally and financially beneficial careers.

The first benefit of reduced tuition costs would be an increase in students deciding to make university their post-secondary institution of choice; likewise, current students would be more inclined to continue attending university. With tuition levels "...rising to record levels in Canada" ( ), students are forced to cut costs where they can, and, for some, this includes cutting university itself out of ...

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... To summarize, since so many Canadians consider university as their potential post-secondary institution, Canadian universities should lower their tuition fees. With lower fees would come more students; and students already attending would be more likely to continue their studies at the university, especially if they could afford it. Lower costs would also mean more students taking classes for interest-based reasons instead of strictly for a degree, enhancing an atmosphere of learning and promoting financial growth within universities. Lastly, if tuition fees were cheaper, more Canadian students would be able to fulfill their career goals and dreams, achieving for themselves a higher quality of living and a better paycheck from their well-paying and satisfactory career - the ultimate goal of any Canadian, a goal that universities would do well to capitalize on.