Proof that Michigan is fast pricing its residents out of the higher education market comes in a survey of young adults that found less than one-third were able to pay for college without outside help. Sixty-eight percent said their families lacked the financial resources to foot the tuition bill without scholarships, grants and, mostly, loans. Half left college with their bills unpaid. Does this sound like a state committed to a crash goal of doubling the number of college graduates in 10 years? Michigan speaks out of both sides of its mouth when it comes to higher education. While declaring it needs more college grads, state policies and university pricing work against achieving that goal. The high cost of college is a major barrier to college attendance, according to the EPIC-MRA survey of 18- to 30-year-olds commissioned by Your Child, a coalition dedicated to improving college graduation rates in Michigan .