Georgia's College Tuition Rates Keep Climbing

“Some of those are: increased amenities so they can stay competitive,” Ben Miller, a policy analyst with the nonprofit think tank New America, says. “Some of those are paying for the ‘all-star’ professors so that they can tout that they have Nobel Prize winners or award-winning researchers on staff.” But there’s something else at play, Miller says. Most schools have a “sticker price,” the amount they want students to pay.