YSU would eliminate out of state tuition charge for 8 Pa. counties

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University trustees are expected to approve a tuition change designed to increase undergraduate student enrollment from eight Western Pennsylvania counties.

The plan would eliminate the out-of-state tuition surcharge those non-Ohio residents must pay to attend YSU.

In-state undergraduates pay $6,720 a year in tuition and Western Pennsylvania residents living along the Ohio border pay a “nonresident tuition surcharge” of $2,692 on top of the $6,720 tuition rate.

The plan presented by the administration calls for the surcharge to be dropped completely in the targeted eight-county region. Those students would then pay the in-state rate plus $100, under the proposal.

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