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Plan guarantees tuition freeze for YSU students

YOUNGSTOWN — Tuition will be frozen over the four years of a student’s enrollment at Youngstown State University under a plan approved Thursday by university trustees.

The Penguin Tuition Promise guarantees the tuition rate will be set for each incoming class of undergraduate students and will remain the same for four consecutive academic years as students pursue their bachelor’s degrees.

Typically, universities set tuition rates annually that apply to all students at the institution. If tuition goes up, all students pay the increased rates.

The plan “makes the cost of college more predictable, it helps families better plan financially and it encourages students to complete their degrees on time,” said YSU President Jim Tressel in a news release.

The plan begins with the fall 2018 entering class of students. Tuition and mandatory fees for those students will be $8,899 per academic year. Room and board for university housing will be $9,400 per academic year.

The plan does not include returning students. For those students, tuition and fees will remain the same in 2018-19 as the current academic year, the release states. The surcharge for students who are not residents of Ohio is not part of the plan, nor are program fees, lab and materials fees and college fees.

In other action, trustees reversed their decision earlier this year to increase the student transportation fee by $40 based on the direction of the Ohio Department of Higher Education to comply with new language in the state budget on fee increases. Students who have paid the fee will be refunded.

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