Rick Scott Quotes

The cost of a college degree has skyrocketed out of control.

The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt.

We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive.

We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more.

When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.

College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.

When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

You have to have a lot of money to go to college. It's not cheap.

It seems everyone knows a college degree is important, but few have a plan to keep it affordable.

When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.

College costs continue to rise, and student loan debt threatens to price many Americans out of a college education and out of the middle class.

Colleges take kids' money. It's that simple.

If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.

People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education.

We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more available grants for students.

So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.

The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available.

Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me.

Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.

One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education.

I did my undergraduate work at the University of California when it was still affordable. But tuition keeps on rising.

I do believe that education should become as close to free as possible.

I was telling some of my friends that I really wish college did pay because then you have an opportunity to have fun in college and enjoy college life and have a comfortable living.

So I think there's a potential to make tuition free at public universities as part as young people doing national service. I think that is the most realistic option.