• Dettweiler@lemmyonline.com
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    1 year ago

    Tuition has gone up much more. The average US college will now require 157% of your minimum wage income, provided you can still work full time on top of school.
    Average US cost of attending college in 2023-2024: $23,630 per year
    Federal minimum wage: $7.25 per hour

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      1 year ago

      I was using the metric of state MW where I live compared to tuition at a public state college with in-state tuition.

      Your results may vary, if you live in a state that has no state MW I don’t know how you’d ever be able to afford it without enlisting or having wealthy family.