No YSU tuition hike for start of classes

YOUNGSTOWN — For the first time in nine years, undergraduate students who live in Ohio and attending Youngstown State University won’t be facing a tuition increase with the start of fall classes. Non-resident undergraduate as well as graduate students will be in a different situation, based on a proposal before the Board of Trustees.

Both are facing some cost increases. The university has raised the undergraduate cost of going to class nine consecutive times, but a promise of additional state funding in exchange for no tuition increase for two years for resident undergrads has the Board of Trustees looking at no tuition increase for 2007-08 for that group, which represents about 90 percent of the student enrollment.

There is a proposed $12 per semester increase for all full-time students in the “General Fees” category to cover rising costs of operating the Andrews Wellness Center on campus.

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