why is university so expensive?

Answer 1

because tutors are paid roughly £30,000 each and some one has to pick up the bill.

plus they have exam fees, maintenance, equipment etc..

the question is it worth it.

My opinion now I've graduated is No.

Answer 2

Having worked at a large university and seen from their budgets how they spend their money, you would be shocked by the massive waste of funds. Here are a few examples from what G. Gordon Liddy calls the University of Socialism:

- Spending serveral hundred thousand dollars to landscape an area infront of the student union, only to have it torn up a few months later when a new library was built in that spot.
- Spending serveral hundred thousand dollars to constuct a computerized parking lot, complete with computerized access, only to be torn up when a new building was constructed on that spot.
- One million dollars to renovate an office space for Epidemeology, only ... you guessed it... even though they planned on and followed through with removing the building and building a new one within five years.
- Seven million dollars to *plan* the construction of the new 27 million dollar library. The new library was planned, complete with digital virtual tour, grand staircase up the center, hugh numbers of catered planning lunches, a scale model of the building that looked like a shoe box with a beer can shoved into the corner, and over half of the top floor dedicated to an office suite for the director of "informatics" complete with private bathroom.
- A director of "informatics" whose only computer experience was that her previous secretary once had an Apple 64k computer. This person gave a VIP tour of the new computer room, and according to the computer operator, she pointed to the air conditioner and told the campus VIPs it was the new IBM mainframe computer. Her starting salary was reported to be $150,000 plus a incentive package including a university research job for her husband.
- A medical school that in order to use up its extra money at the end of a year, would buy whatever it could so that it would have no money left over, such as new rugs for the entire building, and stuff.
- Oh, and last but not least. We were told by the personel office that whenever there was the need to hire a new janitorial or maintenence person, they would hire three in the hopes that one would actually do some work.

In my humble opinion, the reason universities are so expensive is that there is unbelievable amounts of wasted money.

Answer 3

Awesome question!

The bulk of the money goes to academia, instead of buildings, financial aids, and maintenance.

If there's a teacher doing lots of research making the university famous, he'll be in the gravy. Also, if a team makes the place a popular spot, they'll be very well rewarded too.

Wesleyan University in CT is second to Yale, as far as expenses go. The administrative anfd maintenance staff are paid peanuts! You'd never believe how little they make. But the professors are buoyant in assets

BTW, if you wonder why your textbooks are so expensive, realize that teachers ask for free, desk copies, to "evaluate". Multiply that by hundreds of thousands of professors building up their personal library and the cost for those free books is passed on the the students.

Answer 4

It's expensive because a university takes an awful lot of money to run - buildings, staff, resources and research all cost an awful lot of money.

The reason why so much more of that cost is laid onto students these days, instead of being paid by the government, is that the Labour administration (in their infinite wisdom) decided to try and force 50% of young people into higher education, regardless of aptitude or ambition, and the only way to finance that without increasing taxes was to introduce tuition fees. This compounded the increased costs incurred when loans were introduced instead of grants.

Answer 5

The knowledge you're looking for in university level is deeper than one in elementary or secondary levels. This results in thicker books, written by professors, P.hD holders and such. Those people, of course, don't want to share their research/knowledge without being paid highly.

Next, it's because studying in univ. also has practicals that use high-tech equipment which requires higher maintenance costs. Talking about maintenance costs, maybe you might relate this to the nice environment and large buildings the universities have. That increases the upkeep cost even more.

Answer 6

Because it's aimed towards giving the middle class an education. I have been studying for the past two years at Warwick University [don't go there] and it is replete with upper middle class students or sultan's children all of whom seem to have no concerns about financing their education. I hardly met any students on my subject course who had to work.
It is a very unfair system but at least we do not have to pay over £20,000 a year for our education like students in the USA! Parents start saving for their kids college education the moment they are born!

Answer 7

The government realise that when you have the knowledge to make moneym why don't they take it all away from you before you are wise enough to actually realise what they are doing!

I think its wise to not go uni and allow getting into all of that debt and get some work exp and then start from there.

Me, however, i am going to university to study Architecture to become an architect. I would need a degree by law to practice as an architect, so its a bit different for me you see.

Answer 8

Because you have a much better chance of getting a well paid professional job than people who haven't been.

It's more expensive in England than it used to be
-No more Student Grants. Goverments here are always trimming budgets, and their favourite place to make cuts is in education.
Sadly, people have almost stopped protesting about cuts in education now, so the Goverment do almost what ever they like.

Answer 9

To keep the poor people out, and keep the people with money who can afford to send their kids to college, rich. For a poor kid they have to have exceptional grades to enter free, and then the govt. doesnt mind paying, because the individual well be a profit to the country is some form or way after they graduate.

Answer 10

Hi I am dieing to finish my BA as a elementary English Teacher in PR and now that i dont have a The ferderal Aids i am gona have to get anoter bank to ask for a atudent load and it isnt easy cause no co-signer is gona give you his or her signture... I have to get 8000 to finish my BA and I want to be a English teacher cause here in PR most are wanted...and get pay very good and I love kids,,,

Answer 11

Because they have to have a lot of resources o run it. I'm not rich or well off but i choose to take a loan so that in the future i will have a good career and enjoy my job and learn. If you're trying to say you can't afford it then don't becuse my parents can't pay for me and i will have to pay my loan back! but it's worth it!