Saturday, April 21, 2012
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.