The Reason College Cost More Than You Think Summary

Jon Marcus, an editor for the Hechinger Report, examines how long it will take for a college student to graduate and how it affects the cost of getting a college degree, “The Reason College Cost More than You Think”. Marcus was an online writer for Time in 2014, and he mostly writes about higher education, mostly it is about college. College cost more than a person thinks because of the length that a student will graduate college; courses that a college student takes time and expenses that need to be paid

The other cause of college being more expensive is the length of a student graduating college from the traditional four years. Most students and their family tend to get their degree in four years of college, but that not the case. Staying in school for more than four years is really expensive because according to the article if a student stays for more than four years in a public university, the average cost will be $63,718 intuitions fees, book, and living expenses etc. Also, most students are covered by scholarships, but having scholarship will eventually be useless after four years. For example, in the article Nicolas, who has an athletic scholarship, he stayed in college for more than four years. The scholarship that he has, expired after four years. So now Nicolas has to get some

Classes today are really expensive, especially with the more classes that the school requires a student to take. According to a 2010 study by the University of California’s Civil Rights Project, “Two-thirds of students at one California’s State University campus weren’t able to get into their required courses.” This means that the students at that school will stay in school for more than four years than they intended. Plus, most students tend’ to take fewer classes than they should, this will hold them back from getting their degree, which cost them more than staying in college for more than four