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Tuition to Increase at Public State Universities

If you're enrolled for the coming school year at one of the state-owned universities, your bill just went up.

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Students at Pennsylvania state universities, including West Chester University, will spend additional dollars to cover tuition costs for the 2013-2014 academic year.

The Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) instituted a 3 percent tuition hike on Tuesday. The hike is equivalent to $194 annually, or $97 per semester, according to the system’s press release. Tuition at the 14 state-owned university will be $6,622 for in-state, full-time students per year.

The boost will affect approximately 115,000 students, and 90 percent of them are from Pennsylvania.

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The Board also approved augmented tuition rates by approximately three percent for graduate students. In-state graduate students will pay $442 per credit, a $13 increase.

Room and board fees will remain at the discretion of the respective universities. The technology fee will increase by approximately 2.8 percent, or $10 per year, for full-time resident students as a result of Tuesday’s meeting.

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The state will provide PASSHE with nearly $314 million in financial support for the 2013-2014, which is the same amount as last year. The aid will fund roughly one fourth of the operating costs of the state-owned universities, PASSHE said.

University costs are expected to rise in several areas, including salaries, health care, pension contributions and utilities, the system said in a press release.

The state-owned universities are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester Universities of Pennsylvania.



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