South Dakota extends in-state tuition to Illinois students

CHICAGO – South Dakota’s six public universities plan to supply in-state tuition charges to college students from Illinois and Wisconsin by subsequent fall.

The South Dakota Benefit plan has till now supplied in-state tuition to undergraduates and graduate college students from Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and Wyoming residents, the Argus Chief reported Thursday. The Board of Regents voted so as to add Illinois and Wisconsin to the checklist earlier this month.

Officers at South Dakota’s universities say the transfer ought to increase enrollment and result in extra graduates remaining in South Dakota. The regents stated in a Dec. 9 information launch that about 30% of nonresident college students stay in-state following commencement.

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In-state college students and college students from states within the South Dakota Benefit plan can pay about $253.85 per credit score hour at Black Hills State College, Dakota State College and Northern State College. They may pay $259.10 per credit score hour in undergraduate research on the College of South Dakota and South Dakota State College and $260.55 per credit score hour in undergraduate research at South Dakota Mines.

Minnesota is not included within the South Dakota Benefit plan as a result of officers controlling public universities in each states agreed in 1978 that Minnesota residents who attend any South Dakota public college should pay the upper charge between resident tuition on the faculty they attend or the typical charge of 9 Minnesota colleges.