The Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education yesterday approved tuition rates for the next school year, and while it represents the first increase in seven years, there is the possibility rates could be rolled back.
Tuition at PASSHE universities will increase by $278 for the full year to $7,994 for in-state students. That equates to an additional $139 per semester. The system has also requested a 6.5% funding increase in the state budget in order to maintain the tuition freeze that has been in place. Should it receive sufficient funding, the state system said it would roll back part or all of the increase.
In a statement, PASSHE Board of Governors Chairperson Cynthia Shapira said that it is her hope the action will “give those involved in state budget negotiations the time and flexibility they need to secure as much as possible for our students while allowing students and our universities time to prepare for the fall semester.”
The tuition freeze was put in place at the start of the 2018-19 school year, and had tuition kept pace with inflation, students would be paying 28% more than the frozen rates. The new school year starts in six weeks.
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