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3% Tuition Hike at Pa. State Schools Approved
Tuition costs are rising at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities.
Students at Pennsylvania state universities will spend additional dollars to cover tuition costs for the 2013-2014 academic year.
The boost will affect approximately 115,000 students, and 90 percent of them are from Pennsylvania.
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.
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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.
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.
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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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