The new IUP tuition plan was approved yesterday by the State System of Higher Education Board of Governors.
The plan involves Pennsylvania undergrads who are taking up to 18 credits per semester paying the same rate currently offered by students taking 12 credits a semester, which is $7,716 a year. IUP anticipates over 6500 students will be eligible for the tuition affordability plan. This comes after IUP has frozen tuition for the last three years and housing costs for the last six years. In a video released to the IUP community, President Michael Driscoll said that the new plan is part of an ongoing effort to make an IUP education more affordable for students.
In a statement, State System Chancellor Dan Greenstein said he applauded IUP’s efforts to reduce tuition costs. He said that the system “is reaching the limits of what the system alone can do to improve student affordability without substantial state support.
Driscoll said that the University will continue to work on ways to make tuition more affordable. The new plan goes into effect in fall of 2022 for new and current students of IUP.
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