Ohio State freezes in-state tuition

Associated Press

COLUMBUS

Tuition and fees for in-state, undergraduate students at Ohio State University will remain the same for the next school year.

The university’s board of trustees on Friday approved a freeze on tuition and mandatory fees at $10,037 for in-state Columbus campus undergraduates for the 2013-14 school year. Tuition and mandatory fees for in-state regional campuses undergraduates also will remain flat at $7,140.

The nonresident surcharge for undergraduates will increase by 2 percent to $15,720.

Tuition and mandatory fees for graduate students will increase 1.8 percent to $12,424.80. The extra fees for nonresident graduate students will increase 2 percent to $17,664.

Trustees also approved an increase in room and board fees of from 3.7 percent to 3.8 percent.