In a society where higher education has become a necessity, the ability to pay for such a higher education has become more and more difficult. With the upper class being able to afford tuition and the working class receiving aid, it is those in the middle that find themselves unable to continue their education due to finances. While there are options for those in this situation, such as loans, it's usually the parents of middle class students who end up taking the brunt of their children's continuing education costs, leaving parents working second jobs or taking out loans themselves. This project aims to look at how more than half the country provides higher education for their children, especially at the most elite universities in the United States.