We hear daily about the rising cost of this or that, but we NEVER hear

Jul 12, 2019
5:32:33pm

rockhound All-American

about the dramatic rise in the price of education. Won't bore you with my opinion on why, but it is very curious that no one on either side of the isle cares.

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Forbes ranks BYU #1 for best value.

bluegato

7/12/19 4:41pm

Thanks LDS Church and its enormous subsidization!

Indy Coug

7/12/19 4:44pm

Anyone here know a ballpark for how much per student is subsidized?

AggieWeekendCougar

7/12/19 4:54pm

Roughly 70 percent.

gwalker

7/12/19 5:02pm

I heard years ago from a BYU official that the Church subsidized about 70% of the total tuition costs

Zenoch

7/12/19 5:03pm

I guess that means the Church runs a bit tighter ship than I would have thought

AggieWeekendCougar

7/12/19 5:07pm

Several years ago I heard $10k/student

Thrill

7/12/19 5:37pm

Can’t imagine anywhere else even remotely close

cougfanz

7/12/19 4:48pm

I mean, technically if you think of tithing as part of your tuition then you never stop paying for school

DKN

7/12/19 5:02pm

But the blessings also never stop

Punk Philosopher

7/12/19 6:45pm

Forbes calls it Brigham Young University-Provo. Just sayin

idacoug

7/12/19 5:04pm

Apparently, some BYU-I student managed to get hired at Forbes.

CougarThug

7/12/19 5:17pm

Which is directly contrary to what current church leaders say about the name.

Oranje

7/12/19 5:59pm

Even Forbes has ignorant people. Just sayin.

Acorn

7/12/19 6:07pm

Higher education simply overcharges for their services. It's robbery.

HighHorse

7/12/19 5:18pm

We hear daily about the rising cost of this or that, but we NEVER hear

rockhound

7/12/19 5:32pm

huh? Bernie and a number of Dems talk about it all the time.

Martin Van Nostrand

7/12/19 5:41pm

Let's say that it is not talked about by anyone with any financial

rockhound

7/12/19 5:47pm

that's pretty subjective. I get not agreeing with their answers, but there are

Martin Van Nostrand

7/12/19 5:50pm

Probably because they think the wealth is trickling down

letthewookiewin

7/12/19 5:59pm

This was called...Anyone? Something d-o-o economics... Anyone? Voodoo economics

Goliath

7/12/19 7:07pm

Gotta pay those administrators to do nothing

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