Between Rural and Urban FamiA Comparison of the Relative Cost of Higher Education and An Analysis of Education Investmlies

he relative cost of higher education is the rate of personal education cost and family income, which indicates the relative burden between families with different income. Because of the income gap between urban and rural families, the indi scriminate tuition system of higher education results in the difference relative cost. The relative cost of rural family is far higher than that of the urban family. This affects a family's education investment behavior and brought out inequity between rural and urban family.