Penn State President Proposes No In-State Tuition Increase
MONACA, Pa. (AP) — Penn State President Eric Barron is proposing a budget without a tuition increase for the university's in-state undergraduates in the upcoming school year, the first time that's happened in 49 years.
The proposal unveiled Friday still required approval from the university's board of trustees meeting at Penn State's Beaver campus. It would keep annual tuition at about $16,570.
The $504 student information technology also would remain flat under the proposal for the first time in 20 years.
Non-Pennsylvania resident tuition under the proposal would rise by 2.8 percent on average, generating another 18 million for the school.
Barron says keeping in-state student tuition flat for the upcoming school year will require $17 million in cuts that he hasn't identified yet in the school's $4.9 billion proposed budget.
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