Community Colleges Have Higher Fees For Some Programs

As funding for higher education continues to shrink, more community colleges are considering charging differential tuition rates for their costly career and technology programs. Most public colleges have historically charged single rates for undergraduate programs since part of their mission is to offer students a range of academic options at minimal cost. A growing number of four-year colleges have started to impose differential tuition, but the discussion is still new at most community colleges, and some fear the impact of such policies. Nursing programs have cost more in some states, but now more vocations will also cost more. This is happening at the same time as economists urge students to seek higher level skills to get more long lasting jobs.