Tuition hikes outpace inflation for all N.J. 4-year colleges
Published: Sunday, September 05, 2010, 7:00 AM Updated: Sunday, September 05, 2010, 7:04 AM
Colleges across New Jersey will see tuition costs rise from 3.5 to 7.3 percent this year, according to a Star-Ledger survey. Above, a file photo of the Old Queens building at Rutgers, which is raising tuition 4 percent, the limit for state schools.Students at New Jersey’s four-year colleges and universities will pay between 3.5 percent and 7.3 percent more in tuition and fees this year as their institutions try to make up for cuts in state aid and rising operating costs, according to a Sunday Star-Ledger survey of two dozen schools.
Undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees will range from $9,347 a year at New Jersey City University to $39,816 a year at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, according to the survey of the state’s public and private colleges. The cost of room,