Reply #7: It gets even better

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Those degrees that offer good compensation after college and have some demand cost more in our state schools. Engineering, Nursing, and Business all cost more than the Liberal Arts majors. The reason given is that these majors cost more. I can't believe an engineer costs more to educate than a Physics major for example. If a English Literature major is educated properly they should cost more than an engineer (you can have higher teacher to student ratios for engineers than majors like English). An undergraduate can grade a math, science, or engineering test in general (I did it when I was in school). I don't think the same can be said for an undergraduate English major for essays. Also you can grade engineering tests much more quickly than essays.

Granted engineering professors are paid more, but they also bring in lots of outside dollars. The same cannot be said for an English professor.

Finally, while I could not make the same argument for business majors, engineering and nursing are both very high need fields. Engineering to support the future of our society, and nurses to address demographics. It seems wrong to charge them more for their education.