On Tuesday, a University of Utah student gave his school 2,000 examples of how much he disagrees with the school's ever increasing tuition.

Luq Mughal paid his tuition in 2,000 single dollar bills to protest his school's increasing tuition. The college's tuition has more than doubled over the past 10 years. Back in the 2002-2003 school year, in-state tuition was set at $2,742. This year, tuition costs students $6,511.

"By no means am I the saddest story on campus," Mughal, who works weekends to pay for college, told Salt Lake Tribune. "There's a lot of people here just as bad and probably worse. The people making the prices are not actually aware of how hard it is on the students."

This year, University of Utah trustees increased tuition by 5 percent. The increase was said to help employees meet cost-of-living. The school also blamed a lack of public funding from the state.

Mughal had to visit a few banks in order to get the thousands of dollar bills. He put them all in a silver metal suitcase and stood on a line filled with dozens of other students who were paying their tuition on the last day before the deadline.

The $2,000 payment represents only half of Mughal's tuition. The 21-year-old student is luckier than a lot of other students, however. The University of Utah discounts Mughal's tuition because his father is a faculty member.

If things go according to Mughal's plan, next year, he won't be the only one giving the University of Utah a case full of singles.

Not everyone will be traveling from bank to bank in order to send University of Utah a message, however. George Zhang, 24, attends University of Utah because it is cheaper than New York University.

"I think it's pretty fair," the computer science graduate student told Salt Lake Tribune.

According to Maria O' Mara, University of Utah spokeswoman, the university has been ranked for its value many times. She insists that the college strives to keep tuition rates down.

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