Because high tuition could prevent non-residential students from attending a certain college, that school will have less students. This means that there will be empty seats in the classroom and empty beds in dorms. When there are empty spaces anywhere at a college, the school is losing a significant volume of revenue for every student that does not attend their classes. Ultimately, this can cause a ripple effect where the school either needs to raise in-state tuition, or rely even more on tax revenue from the state, or else they will lose money, need to lower income of teachers, and reduce the quality of the …show more content…
Tuition elevated to a reasonable value could generate millions of dollars for the school; money that could be used to offset maintenance costs, raise employee income, and expand the university. At Kansas universities, tuition is $2,000 less for undergraduate students, as opposed to similar colleges around the country. If the out-of-state tuition was raised to the national average cost, the state could produce up to $33 million more than usual