Pa. system approves 4.5% hike in college tuition
Undergraduate tuition at Pennsylvania's state-owned colleges will increase $250, or 4.5 percent, under a $1.5 billion budget approved Thursday by the system's board of governors.
Undergraduate tuition at Pennsylvania's state-owned colleges will increase $250, or 4.5 percent, under a $1.5 billion budget approved Thursday by the system's board of governors.
Annual tuition for full-time resident undergraduates beginning this fall will be $5,804, which the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education said was the lowest among all four-year colleges and universities in the state. The system said it would receive $503.4 million in state and federal funding to support the current-year operating budget.
Resident graduate school tuition in 2010-11 will be $6,966, an increase of $300. Nonresident graduate tuition will increase $480, to $11,146. - Inquirer staff