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Raining Benjamins: States With Highest Tuition for Public Universities
Here's how the average tuition for attending a four-year, public school in Illinois compares to other states.
One pressing issue in this year's gubernatorial race is the high cost of public colleges and universities in Illinois, even for in-state students. We took a look at the states with the highest average tuition for in-state public universities for in-state students.
Unfortunately, Illinois finished in the top 10. Public universities are supposed to over a cheaper alternative to in-state students than public universities and, while they still do, sending a student to an in-state public school still offers a whack to the wallet.
With information culled from the Chronicle of Higher Education, we give you the ten states with the highest average public school tuition.
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