<p>Seattle</a> U. to increase tuition</p>
<p>^^7.5% Tution increase at Seattle U. I was laso told Linfield College in Oregon will bump their tuition approximately 7% next year, above their 5-year avarage of 5%. Have any other schools released their numbers?</p>
<p>Yes, my daughter's most probably choice, Marquette, has announced 5.5%.</p>
<p>Families who have students on scholarship need to take these increases into account because many stay the same for 4 years. Our son had 3 totaling $25k which was great but by this, his senior yr, he is paying out about $11,500 vs less than $4,500 freshman year.</p>
<p>There are a few colleges who keep tuition the same for 4 years with each incoming class. This would make budgeting much easier for families.</p>
<p>However the best system is that which curmudgeon's family operates under, full ride-tuition/room/board. Sadly his dd is graduating this spring and the free, er full, ride express may be coming off the tracks.</p>
<p>what really sux IMO is that public universities don't set fees until summer-or later so you really don't know what the costs are going to be, not only after you have made your decision, but well after you would be out looking for a job ( or a 2nd job) if need be.</p>
<p>At least SU has a good reason. The Northwest could use another good private school, especially in Seattle which is an untapped market outside of UPS which is really not close to Seattle.
BTW I'll be at the UWis booth at the College Fair on March 15 at Seattle U. Come and say hello.</p>
<p>Yes last year the College of Charleston raised tuition for out of state students at the last minute by about 10% when there was no time left to do anything about it except to pay it and weep. I refer to it as the "July Surprise".</p>
<p>Another reason why we really like the full out of state tuition scholarship at Pitt. There is no dollar amount to it. If the tuition goes up, so does the scholarship. We, of course, would be affected by any increases in room and board.</p>
<p>One reasons for the difference in time frame between public and private is the added layer of the govenment. Publics usually have to wait on the state and or govenor for the budget. So they often have to start guessing at whether or not they will get an increase (at the levels they need) or a shortfall. Additionally, at some of these schools the tuition increase gets input from a university wide committee. I have seen faculty on such committies try to resist the amount of a proposed tuition increase. Sometimes it works others it does not. Clearly private schools operated a bit differently, but even some private schools get state money.</p>
<p>My D's tuition at a UC was $4000+ the first year, $5000+ the second, $6000+ the third year and $7000+ the fourth year. Not a horrendous fee to begin with, but a dramatic increase each year.</p>
<p>The University of Illinois has a tremendous amount of fees over and above tuition -- nearly $2,000. Compare this to the fees at my daughter's first choice among privates -- $400.<br>
So the U of I guarantees same tuition for the four years of attendance but can quietly raise fees every year.</p>
<p>Son's LAC just announced a 7% increase for next year. Not surprised, they made a very public statement last fall that they want to lower the student/faculty ratio by hiring more faculty.</p>
<p>Seattle Pacific University is raising tuition by 6.75%.</p>
<p>They are increasing grants and scholarships by 8.6% though.</p>
<p>Lafalum84 -- If I remember correctly, your S is a freshman...The school raised costs last year also but did help if you qualify for financial aid, they increased the grant in aid by the same percentage (you still pay a little more, but you don't take as big a hit). I assume they will do the same this year. Hope your son is having a good year!</p>
<p>Case Western Reserve University, up 5.03% to $34,450.</p>
<p>Northwestern, up 4.8% to $36,756 from $35,064. Scholarship funds up 11%.</p>
<p>Lehigh, up 5.5%. Don't have the before and after prices in front of me.</p>
<p>Gotta love inflation.</p>
<p>my alma mater is winning!</p>
<p>bucknell: 3.95%.</p>
<p>granted, it was one of the more expensive schools in the nation last year, so there was nowhere to go but down. comprehensive fee for 08-09... $48,380. ouch.</p>
<p>Duke cost up 4.8%, financial aid resources up 17%.</p>
<p>Dartmouth: 4.9% increase = $1725. Total cost for 2008-2009 estimated at $47,694. </p>
<p>And we are thrilled to pay every dime of it...no sarcasm inferred.</p>