Outline

College Tuition is Too High

I.                    Attention Getter:  Everyone that I am talking to today has been to or goes to college.  Does the words college tuition, financial aid, FAFSA, minimum wages jobs make you want to grind your teeth?  I am one of those college student who wants to be in college but is struggling because of money.  I did some research on how bad this tuition costs has been effecting college students.

II.                  Thesis/Central Idea:  The tuition costs have gotten so high that people are dropping out, ruining our future generations, and causing debt for students that takes years for them to get out of. 

Transition:  This causes lots of stress on young students who are trying their very best.

Body-

I.                    If a college student doesn't have one problem, they have a thousand.  College students are under so much stress.

a.       In order for most to pay for school, they have to work which sometimes this job can take over your studies and you’ll feel like you’re working more than doing school work.  However, the only reason you’re at work is to get money to make your way through college.

b.      Dividing your tuition money and the money you have to have in order to live can be stressful.  It’s hard to have enough money to pay for food, gas, housing, medical expenses, etc.  It’s almost impossible to have money for these necessities.

c.       The stress that can come about from a college student is unreal.  You get so tired from staying up all night to do your work and then the hours that you put into your job can add up.  This causes for students to want to drop out.

Transition:  I could only imagine that this probably doesn't make the U.S. look all that great.

II.                  The more people that don’t go to school, the worse each generation is going to get.

a.       The future of America lies in the hands of the students who are getting their education.  However, if more and more students are dropping out because they can’t pay for it then this means the worst for our next few generations.

b.      Our leaders that we have now have gone to school for many of years and learned more from it than you could ever just get out a book.  College is a necessity for the leaders of America. 

Transition:  This country could fall simply because college tuition is too high.

III.                Students are dropping out like flies from college and then left with thousands of dollars of debt.

a.         Seven out of ten college seniors from last year had student loan debt with an average of $29,400 per student  (Project on student debt).

b.      In-state college tuition is at an average of $7,020 per student a semester not including the housing which is as high as $1700 a month at some schools.  The tuition rate went up 6.5% from this previous year.

c.       Students who pay for their college themselves have a 42% graduation rate.  Students who have family pay their way have a 63% graduation rate. 

Transition: Let’s review

Conclusion

I.                    Central Idea/Review Statement:  With the tuition being so high, it is causing students to drop out, making our country go into a scary future, and causing for students to go into so much debt that it almost isn't worth it. 

II.                  Clincher:  We shouldn't have to pay so much money to eventually only do something good for our country in the future.

Works cited

“State by state data.”  Project on student debt:. N.P., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2014.

“Student dropout rates linked to high stress over finances.” Salary.com.  N.P., n.d. Web. Oct. 2014.

I will provide more cited works later