Penn State board approves tuition increase
Pennsylvania State University tuition will increase by 3.9 percent to 5.9 percent this year - depending on students' residency and campus - under a plan approved Friday by the Board of Trustees.
Pennsylvania residents who attend the main campus in State College will see tuition rise 5.9 percent, or $404 a semester, university officials said. Nonresident students will see a 4.5 percent increase.
Instate residents paid about $14,500 in tuition and fees on average last school year. Out-of-state students will pay more than $26,000 in the coming year.
Tuition for students who attend branch campuses will rise 3.9 percent. That equates to $235 a semester more for students at the Altoona, Berks, Erie, and Harrisburg campuses, and $225 more for students at the other commonwealth campuses.
The trustees' decision follows tuition increases that ranged from 3.7 percent to 4.5 percent last year.
"We recognize and share the economic hardships being faced by Pennsylvania, especially by our students and their families," university president Graham Spanier told the trustees Friday. "We also know that our mission and success remain absolutely critical to the future of Pennsylvania. Our vitality is part of the solution to the economic downturn. We simply cannot allow the quality and breadth of our enterprise to be diminished."
Pennsylvania residents who attend the main campus in State College will see tuition rise 5.9 percent, or $404 a semester, university officials said. Nonresident students will see a 4.5 percent increase.
Instate residents paid about $14,500 in tuition and fees on average last school year. Out-of-state students will pay more than $26,000 in the coming year.
Tuition for students who attend branch campuses will rise 3.9 percent. That equates to $235 a semester more for students at the Altoona, Berks, Erie, and Harrisburg campuses, and $225 more for students at the other commonwealth campuses.
The trustees' decision follows tuition increases that ranged from 3.7 percent to 4.5 percent last year.
"We recognize and share the economic hardships being faced by Pennsylvania, especially by our students and their families," university president Graham Spanier told the trustees Friday. "We also know that our mission and success remain absolutely critical to the future of Pennsylvania. Our vitality is part of the solution to the economic downturn. We simply cannot allow the quality and breadth of our enterprise to be diminished."
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Pennsylvania State University tuition will increase by 3.9 percent to 5.9 percent this year - depending on students' residency and campus - under a plan approved Friday by the Board of Trustees.
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