UD tuition
Year
Tuition, fees
% hike
2006-07
$23,970
8.7
2007-08
$25,950
8.3
2008-09
$27,330
5.3
2009-10
$28,690
5.0
2010-11
$29,930
4.3
2011-12
$31,640
5.7
2012-13
$33,400
5.6
DAYTON — University of Dayton students will pay a total 5.2 percent, or about $2,160, more for tuition, fees, room and board next school year.
The additional revenue will be used to add $10 million more in student scholarships, $3.5 million in raises for employees and to hire 45 new faculty members in the next several years to help launch an innovative general education curriculum.
The increases will allow UD to invest in its future because tuition dollars account for about 90 percent of the university’s revenue, said Sundar Kumarasamy, vice president for enrollment management. “It’s the only revenue that we can use strategically,” he said.
Effective in August, annual tuition and fees for the university’s 7,300 undergraduates will increase to $33,400 from $31,640, according to the university.
The annual meal plan will rise to $3,900 from $3,730. Average annual housing costs will increase to $6,450 from $6,220.
Tuition at UD’s School of Law will increase 3.1 percent. Graduate tuition will go up 4 percent.
“People need to understand there is more money available to them than what the sticker price is,” Kumarasamy said.
UD now offers $92 million annually in endowed and institutionally funded scholarships. More than 90 percent of undergraduate students receive the aid, Kumarasamy said.
Private colleges nationwide are expected to continue a three-year trend of average tuition increases in the mid-4 percent range, said Tony Pals, of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. “A sharp increase in student financial need in recent years, along with cost drivers that typically increase faster than inflation — employee health care, utilities, insurance premiums and information technology — all contribute to rising tuition,” Pals said.
The tuition increases have come with growing financial aid budgets, which went up 7 percent last school year.
“Because of student aid, a college’s net tuition will often be significantly lower than published tuition. In the past five years, inflation-adjusted net tuition at private colleges has actually dropped by 4.1 percent,” Pals said.
Sinclair Community College last month approved an increase of $2.98 per credit hour for Ohio residents and $10 for out-of-state and international students.
With the conversion to semesters this fall, Sinclair’s tuition will be $92.37 per credit hour for Montgomery County students.
Annual tuition for full-time students from the county will increase to $2,771.
Tuition will increase to $139.62 per semester credit hour for other Ohio residents and $266.40 per semester credit hour for all others.
Wright State University officials said they typically consider tuition costs in May.
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