Crushing tuition: SC has the most burdensome college costs in the nation, study says

[TexasTowelie]

South Carolina students face the highest tuition burden in the nation, according to a new study that takes into account the state's low wages.

Amid widespread concerns over high tuition, meanwhile, Clemson University trustees on Friday announced whopping tuition increases of 11-19 percent for graduate students beginning in 2019 — in addition to more modest increases this fall.

The latest warning signs on South Carolina's crushing tuition costs are from the personal finance website Simple Thrifty Living. Financial analysts with the company found that college costs at South Carolina's public universities — including tuition, fees and housing — amount to 45.6 percent of median income in South Carolina.

Those costs for undergraduate in-state students, in other words, consume almost 50 percent of an average person's salary in South Carolina.

That's a higher proportion of income than anywhere else in the nation.

Read more: https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2018/02/09/crushing-tuition-sc-has-most-burdensome-college-costs-nation-study-says/312321002/

[Freddie]

1. And I thought PA won this prize

I recall paying $18000/year for my son at Penn State 8, 9 years ago.