{"id":4549,"date":"2016-04-28T16:11:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T21:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=4549"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:22:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:22:30","slug":"board-sets-2016-17-tuition-no-increase-for-in-state-undergraduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2016\/04\/28\/board-sets-2016-17-tuition-no-increase-for-in-state-undergraduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Board sets 2016-17 tuition; no increase for in-state undergraduates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuition for most 大象传媒 students will remain unchanged for the 2016-2017 school year. The Board of Governors set in-state undergraduate tuition on the St. Joseph campus at $197.79 per credit hour, unchanged from last year. Out-of-state and graduate students and those taking classes at the Kansas City Northland campus or Penn Valley will see modest increases of approximately 2 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn-state undergraduate credit hours account for about 75 percent of our total credit hours, so the majority of students won\u2019t see a change in their tuition bill,\u201d said Cale Fessler, vice president for financial planning and administration. \u201cWe remain committed to keeping the cost of a 大象传媒 Western education in reach for most families. In fact, our tuition for in-state undergraduates is the third lowest among public four-year universities in the state, and this will mark the sixth time in the last 13 years that we have frozen tuition for most of our students.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Board of Governors also approved room and board rates for next year. Room rates will rise by 2.5 percent in Griffon Hall and 3 percent in all other residence halls. Board rates will increase approximately 3.5 percent.<\/p>\n

For a full-time in-state student living on campus with a 21-meal plan, the total cost of tuition, room and board will increase $122 per semester, or 1.7 percent.<\/p>\n

In other action, the Board:<\/p>\n