EAST LANSING, Mich. – According to SeekingArrangement.com's annual list of the "Fastest Growing Sugar Baby Schools," an increasing number of female students from Michigan are turning to the "Sugar Baby Lifestyle" to fund their education.
Since 2012, approximately 133 percent more females attending Michigan State University (Lansing), 112 percent more females attending Eastern Michigan University, 95 percent more females attending Wayne University, and 82 percent more females attending the University of Michigan, have signed up on SeekingArrangement.com to find a "Sugar Daddy" to pay for increased tuition and cost of living.
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"The population of college Sugar Babies in Michigan has steadily increased every year, with MSU leading all major universities in Michigan," says Wade. "While some may argue that these women are just using men for their own personal gain, I believe that they are proactive in pursuing a higher education."
1. Georgia State University – 292 (#11 in 2011)
2. New York University – 285 (#1 in 2011)
3. Temple University – 268 (#5 in 2011)
4. University of Central Florida – 221 (#14 in 2011)
5. University of Southern Florida – 212 (#7 in 2011)
6. Arizona State University – 204 (#8 in 2011)
7. Florida International University - 187
8. University of Georgia – 148 (#2 in 2011)
9. Indiana University – 123 (#17 in 2011)
10. Texas State - 131
11. Kent State University – 128 (#15 in 2011)
12. Penn State – 121 (#13 in 2011)
13. University of North Texas - 112
14. Florida State University - 111
15.Tulane University – 109 (#4 in 2011)
16. Michigan State University – 108 (#9 in 2011)
17. University of Ohio - 103
18. Columbia University - 100
19. University of Alabama - 96 20. University of California Los Angeles - 91
"College should be an opportunity to expand the mind and experience new things," says Wade. "Unfortunately, because of the of recent tuition hikes, the college experience has become greatly unbalanced."
SeekingArrangement.com is the world's largest Sugar Daddy website with over two million members worldwide.
In 2011, 40% of the website's total population was comprised of college students. But after a 58% increase in co-ed signups in 2012, the total population increased to 44%.
The website encourages the growth of the student population by offering college students a free premium membership upgrade if they register with their college email address (.edu).