OSU seeks 3.3 percent tuition increase

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio State University, the state’s largest institution of higher learning, wants to raise tuition by 3.3 percent in the fall, part of a trend of price hikes as the state’s public universities deal with reduced state funding and economic factors.

A proposal that will be put before Ohio State trustees on Friday would boost tuition for in-state undergraduates on the school’s main Columbus campus by $315 in the next academic year, meaning students would pay $9,309, The Columbus Dispatch reported today. Undergraduates at the regional campuses would face a similar increase, to $6,903 per year.