Eastern Gateway raises credit-hour tuition rate

CANFIELD — A $3-per-credit hour tuition increase and a projected 5 percent jump in fall enrollment will help balance the 2010-11 budget approved by the Eastern Gateway Community College Board of Trustees.

The $17.7 million spending plan, effective July 1, is Eastern Gateway’s first full-year budget. The community college only began full-time operations last fall.

The trustees had approved the $3 tuition increase in May, but didn’t act on the budget until today. Students will now pay a total of $99 per credit hour.

Jefferson Community College, Eastern Gateway’s predecessor, had kept tuition at $96 for the last three years.

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