The Reason Why College Tuition Should Be Free

Why is there such an alarming rate of people who don’t go to college to get the extra well-needed schooling and preparation? The answer’s pretty clear: they don’t have enough funds to sufficiently pay for it. Not only do people skip college because of the cost of college tuition, but a number of students switch majors from a career they love to a career that will pay off the debt from their degree (Josephson 2016). In today's society, with prices inflating, a secondary education could make the difference between being impoverished and making a comfortable living . This problem could be fixed easily by just getting rid of tuition fees. This seems like a an ideally simple explanation to a major issue. However, there is still a large number of people who obnoxiously believe college tuition should not be free for everyone. They look at what could go bad instead of paying attention to what can be good for society. Such as; a heavily large increase in the number of people who will go to college, a decrease in the amount of debt students may potentially gain during and after college, and positive effects on the economy. College tuition should be free because it would create more opportunities for students, universities and potentially the economy.

One positive effect is that free college tuition would generate a boost in the percentage of people who go to college, instead of missing out and working a stand still occupation. For example, enrollment for German universities rose twenty-two percent after tuition became free (Marcus 2016). However, Germany isn't the only country to experience a rise in enrollment after getting rid of tuition fees. Scotland, for example, had an increase in enrollment by seventeen percent after jettisoning, or dropping, tuition fees. This increase in the number of people who enroll for college would happen for the United States if it too, were to demolish tuition costs. In fact, Georgetown University's Center for Education predicts that university enrollment in the United States would increase thirteen percent if it too were to take a tuition free stand (Marcus 2016). This boost in enrollment means more people would receive a wider range of knowledge and skills, which are necessary as more and more jobs require a postsecondary education (Bergeron 2015). Therefore, removing tuition fees and imptoving enrollment rates would help more people both secure and be able to keep a job. With this in mind, free tuition seems like a high reward.