Who Pays for University Education in BC?

WHO PAYS FOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN BC? A four-year university degree costs $50,630 %24 A STRONG ECONOMY increasingly requires advanced education. In addition to paying tuition fees, university-educated women and men pay more in taxes and receive less in transfer payments over their working lives than those with only a high-school diploma... To ensure BC is well- positioned to succeed, increase public investment in post-secondary education. Women contribute Men FAIR ACCESS contribute $106,000 can be achieved by lower $159,000 more more tuition fees. We can afford to reduce financial barriers to $ $ $ %24 education because .for a net contribution by graduates of two to three times the full cost of a degree graduates repay the costs and more through higher taxes. %24