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7/6/14
The reasons of college students drop out of school In current society, by getting a high diploma, people are capable of earning more opportunities of finding a good job in the future. Meanwhile, it is the best way that people can expand their social relationships because they can make friends in different fields at school. But these facts are true only for good students or average students. As for the excellent students, they get high grades and make lots of friends in the university. Furthermore, these students will get high diploma before they are hired by a Fortune 500 company. The averages of students only gets passing grades and still make friends. However, other students make failing grades, and have a hard time making friends. Compared with the other two types of students, these students are more likely to drop out of college. The reasons why students choose to leave school are the increase of college costs, bad grades, and teen pregnancy. The first reason of dropout is that students cannot pay the expensive tuition. In terms of the United States, it is the one of the highest cost of education in the world (Hau). Between 2012 and 2013, the common tuition cost in the United States ranged from $3,131 for community colleges to $29,056 for private college. The private colleges, in the United States, raised their tuition by an average of 3.9 percent (“College tuition”). Because of the rise of tuition, a multitude of students have high debt burdens, especially the students from low-income families. Under the pressure of expensive tuition, poor students will drop out of colleges. However, with the rise of inflation, these students have not enough money to pay the tuition even if they get financial aid. Many students are faced with the realization that they need to pay for college tuition has worth more than some people's annual salary. Due to rising inflation, the budget crisis and the increase in the annual number of reasons,