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Tuition Quotes

On paying for an education, and who can afford to.

These quotes track tuition as a moving, often unfair target — a public university that used to be affordable, and 'public schools' in wealthy neighborhoods where tuition is really hidden in the home price. More in the Education quotes.

I strongly support extending current student loan interest rates and increasing the college tuition tax credit for students and their families.

Quotes by Scott Howell

What are called 'public schools' in many of America's wealthy communities aren't really 'public' at all. In effect, they're private schools, whose tuition is hidden away in the purchase price of upscale homes there, and in the corresponding property taxes.

Quotes by Robert Reich

Tuition fees have formed part of a full-frontal assault on the living standards of a generation battered by a housing crisis, stagnating wages and slashed services.

Quotes by Owen Jones

I've never supported one penny of tuition increases.

Quotes by Larry Hogan

Education Quotes

I did my undergraduate work at the University of California when it was still affordable. But tuition keeps on rising.

Quotes by Joseph DeRisi

It makes no difference how low tuition is if the student has no source of funds to pay that tuition.

Quotes by James E. Rogers

If the Army helped towards my tuition fees I would then give them four years of my life.

Quotes by James Blunt

Before I was governor, tuition was skyrocketing, and we stopped that. We capped and then we froze college tuition.

Quotes by George Allen

If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.

Quotes by Gary Johnson

Emotion Quotes

Back in the '70s when my friends in California were at Berkeley, in-state tuition was around $700 a year.

Quotes by Gail Collins

The Court's majority holds that the Establishment Clause is no bar to Ohio's payment of tuition at private religious elementary and middle schools under a scheme that systematically provides tax money to support the schools' religious missions.

Quotes by David Souter

On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster. Every economic argument imaginable would indicate that we should raise tuition at a faster rate than we do.

Quotes by Charles Vest

That's how the Pell Grant system works, in that you get a flat dollar amount, and you can use it for tuition or room and board.

Quotes by Brian Schatz

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the focus of the Tuition quotes page?
These quotes address the cost of higher education from several angles - personal experience with rising costs, policy proposals like loan interest relief and tax credits, and a sharp critique of how "public" schooling really gets funded.
Why search for tuition-themed quotes?
Tuition is a recurring pocketbook and policy issue, so students, parents, and commentators look for quotable framing when discussing affordability or education reform.
One quote argues wealthy "public schools" are effectively private because the cost is hidden elsewhere - what's that getting at?
It points out that in expensive school districts, the price of admission isn't a tuition bill but the inflated cost of housing needed to live there, making access to a supposedly free public school anything but free.
Do any of these quotes speak to funding access rather than cost itself?
Yes, one makes the point that a low sticker price means little if a student has no way to cover it at all, shifting the conversation from price to actual affordability and access, a theme closely tied to Responsibility quotes around who bears education costs.
Is this collection more personal or policy-focused?
It's a mix - one is a first-person account of costs climbing since the speaker's own college years, while the others lean toward policy statements about loan rates, tax credits, and school funding structures relevant to Education quotes readers.

The sharpest point may be the simplest: low tuition means little without the funds to actually pay it. For related themes, see the Responsibility quotes.