According to from, a senior, private universities rely on annual tuition fees to run schools, and there is no financial support from the state, so the tuition fees are relatively expensive. Private colleges are expensive. Many students call themselves stupid when they start school. Even for art majors, tuition is very expensive, and all kinds of equipment need a lot of money. Moreover, some private colleges are Sino-foreign joint ventures and need more money. It is also related to some geographical factors, not to mention tuition fees, if it is located in the downtown street and the college is highly equipped. Private universities in Dalian not only have expensive tuition fees in Dalian, but also generally have high tuition fees.