Ohio University increases tuition and room rates

Associated Press

ATHENS, Ohio

Ohio University students who live on campus will pay more next school year.

The school’s board of trustees on Friday approved a 3.5-percent increase in tuition and fees for in-state undergraduate students at the Athens campus. That’s roughly a $345 increase that drives the school’s tuition and fees above the $10,000 mark for the first time.

Trustees also backed a 3.5- percent increase in room rates and a 1.5-percent hike in board rates, for a $255 increase.

The Columbus Dispatch reports students have protested the hikes over the past two months. School officials said they had no choice.

The tuition boost is expected to add $5.7 million to the university’s budget.

Kent State University and the University of Cincinnati also have approved tuition increases for this fall.