Ga. regents vote to keep tuition flat at AU, most other schools

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – College System of Georgia regents voted Tuesday to drop the particular institutional price and to not elevate tuition at Augusta College and 24 extra of the system’s 26 colleges.

Meaning undergraduate and graduate tuition will keep the identical for the third yr in a row at 25 of 26 establishments. The one exception is Center Georgia State College.

The board authorised eliminating a compulsory particular institutional price charged since 2009 to college students systemwide. That motion will save college students wherever from $170 to $544 per semester, relying on which establishment they attend.

The board established the price when state funding was minimize through the Nice Recession. The price has continued, however starting in Fiscal 12 months 2023, the state will enhance USG’s price range by nearly $230 million, permitting for the price’s elimination.

Center Georgia State’s tuition is rising as a result of it’s beginning a three-year plan to convey undergraduate tuition into alignment with different universities in the identical educational sector. That faculty will see will increase starting from $17 per credit score hour for in-state undergraduates to $64 per credit score hour for out-of-state undergraduate college students.

USG has the third lowest median in-state tuition and costs for undergraduates at four-year establishments among the many 16 states that make up the Southern Regional Training Board, in keeping with the most recent information out there. The system additionally averages the Thirteenth-lowest annual tuition and costs within the nation.

Tuition charges for every establishment could also be discovered right here.

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