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In 2025, the summer China's university tuition fees officially bid farewell to the 5000 yuan era Several higher education institutions have already gradually increased their tuition fees Some university tuition fees have increased dramatically Signaling the full arrival of the ten-thousand-yuan era Tuition surges It is placing unprecedented economic pressure on countless Chinese families and is having a profound impact on the future of higher education According to reports from several mainland media outlets In 2025, more than 20 provinces across the country have increased university tuition fees, with an average increase of 10% to 15%. In some areas such as Shanghai, Sichuan, and Jilin, the increase even reached 20% to 35% Guizhou University will increase undergraduate major tuition fees Rises from 5000 RMB to 6500 RMB A 30% increase Yunnan University increased from 4,200 yuan to 6,000 yuan. The increase exceeds 42%. Beijing University of Technology approaches 9,000 yuan. At the same time Private universities even spend more than 40,000 yuan per year Private universities are rising even more sharply. Tuition for undergraduate art programs in Shanghai Zhongqiao Annual fee of 43,000 yuan The broadcasting program at Nanjing University of Media has increased to 10,000 yuan The total value approaches 50,000 yuan A research institution focused on macroeconomic trends and financial content The article from "Zi Gu Qu Shi" states This expense is almost equivalent to the salary of an ordinary employee in second- or third-tier cities for half a year to a year. According to data from the CCP National Bureau of Statistics In 2024, the median per capita disposable income of urban residents was 49,302 yuan. The town's population is 19,605 yuan This means a child's annual college tuition is enough to drain an average family's annual salary Why is the value of academic degrees decreasing? Tuition fees are skyrocketing. This is due to the explosive growth in the number of university students. Starting in 1999 High schools have been expanding their enrollment every year The enrollment rate has risen from 4% to nearly 60% The number of college students increased from 1.5 million in 1999 to 12.22 million in 2025 Increased nearly 8 times Behind the surge in tuition fees is China's universities as a financial black hole In 2025 The higher education funding from the Chinese Ministry of Education It decreased by about 4.7% compared to 2024. This financial pressure then spread to provincial and municipal universities. Teaching budgets are increasingly dependent on tuition fees. A university financial officer said. The cost of cultivating some majors cannot be sustained without price increases. To make up for the funding gap, Kumagaya University began treating its resources as products for sale. Service charges are being implemented. Libraries, gymnasiums, and parking lots are charged by the hour Library materials are charged by monthly quotas Adult education and continuing education New non-degree certificate programs become a new source of profit Diversified innovation Establish a technology park Industrial group Initiate projects Sign contracts Build houses on bare land The right to name even the teaching building the auditorium and the laboratory's naming rights have begun to be put up for sale For example, Tsinghua University raised more than 800 million yuan through the naming rights of teaching buildings. Fudan University's School of Management established case room naming rights. Donating 300,000 can permanently engrave your name The most exaggerated part is Some universities have already started using book purchases for enrollment promotion Professional operations are entrusted to outsourcing companies At the same time Private high schools adopt a model of expanding enrollment increasing prices and reducing costs to accelerate expansion The total number of colleges and universities across the country exceeds 3,000. Among them, private colleges and universities account for a quarter. Many private schools are backed by for-profit education groups with astonishing profit margins such as Religious Holdings and Yuhua Education As high as 38.7% and 47.2% far exceeding most manufacturing companies For these private schools A student's investment of more than 100,000 yuan over four years has become a stable cash flow This transformation reflects systemic finance Driven by both education and capital logic When educational resources are packaged into capital logic University has become a structural financing for students' families. University was once a turning point that changed fate. Be a fault line of price divergence right now While tuition fees are surging Chinese college students are experiencing the harsh reality of degree inflation. Since the continuous enrollment expansion in higher education institutions starting from 1999 Enrollment rates have risen from 4% to nearly 60% The number of college students increased from 1.5 million in 1999 Reaching 12.22 million people by 2025 Increased nearly eightfold At the same time Direct expenses for students over four years at university Already exceeded the 100,000 yuan threshold Tuition and accommodation fees Calculated between 6,000 to 15,000 yuan per year It is about 25,000 to 60,000 yuan over four years. Daily life and textbook expenses It is estimated to be about 30,000 to 50,000 yuan over four years. Some universities also collect fees for cooperative enterprise-school programs, such as experimental and practical fees, with an average of several thousand yuan per year. According to a rough estimate, The required cost easily exceeds 150,000 yuan But more realistically According to the Academy of Social Sciences data About 33% of graduates are working in jobs unrelated to their major The Sina Education report mentions that only 26% of people said their current job is consistent with their major. A large number of bachelor's degree holders are forced to... Enter industries such as flexible employment, marketing, and services A bachelor's degree is no longer valuable Additionally, salary levels do not meet expectations Max 2023 employment survey shows six months after graduation the average monthly salary of new bachelor's degree graduates is 6050 yuan 57.8% of undergraduates have a monthly income below6, 000 yuan. Only 7% of them can exceed 10,000 yuan. This is far below the starting salary level in many cities. The average starting salary. Spent four years and at least 150,000 yuan in tuition fees direct expenses for accommodation, living costs, and other expenses as well as heavy opportunity costs It is possible to only get a job with a monthly salary of 5,000 yuan after graduation. This surge in university tuition fees Is no longer a simple price adjustment. But it is a silent social stratification test profoundly affecting the future choices of Chinese families and social mobility The program content is based on reports from the Epoch Times website. That's all for this session of the New Situation News. Please remember to subscribe and like. Some content of this program's Cantonese version has been added to the Patreon of Epoch Times Please also give it your full support