Fargo Forum: Student costs, tuition waivers increasing on North Dakota campuses
As the University System scrabbles to create "free tuition" programs and expand waiver programs, the cost of tuition for the remaining students paying their own way continue to go up.
Last week, I outlined the ways that North Dakota’s colleges and universities are competing with Minnesota and among each other to deal with a growing trend of “free tuition” programs.
Today, a report from Fargo Forum reporter Robin Huebner outlines how student who are not so lucky will continue to pay an ever-growing share of the costs to offset this.
Schools are finalizing tuition, fees, housing and food rates for the 2024-25 academic year, which were presented at the State Board of Higher Education budget and finance committee meeting on March 13.
Base undergraduate tuition will not increase for 2024-25 under a bill passed by the Legislature in 2023.
However, housing and food rates will go up at all North Dakota colleges and universities, while certain mandatory fees will increase at about half of the schools, according to documents presented at the meeting.
Total proposed increases for 2024-25 range from a low of 1.6%, or $354, at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, to a high…
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