<p>Just saw on the Pitt News website it'll go up 8.5%, about what I was expecting... so I guess this increase applies for each school? That would bring the health and rehabilitation sciences (or something like that, the most expensive one for undergrad) school to around $19k... sheesh.</p>
<p>Here’s the article for those who are interested. </p>
<p>[Pitt</a> announces tuition increase | The Pitt News](<a href=“http://pittnews.com/newsstory/pitt-announces-tuition-increase/]Pitt”>Pitt announces tuition increase - The Pitt News)</p>
<p>Pitts in-state tuition will increase 8.5 percent this year, while out-of-state will increase 4 percent.</p>
<p>The announcement came this morning at Pitts Board of Trustees Budget Committee meeting. The rest of Pitts $1.9 billion budget is also being discussed.</p>
<p>In-state tuition last year was $14,076 and out-of-state was $23,732 for the School of Arts and Sciences. Due to these tuition fees, Pitt was ranked as the second most expensive public university in the country by a Department of Education analysis.</p>
<p>Chancellor Mark Nordenberg said that, due to a 19 percent cut in state funding, Pitt had to find ways to compensate for the loss. Temple, another state-related university who has similar enrollment and state funding cuts, announced a 10 percent tuition hike last week.</p>
<p>The other two state-related universities, Lincoln University and Penn State University, have not announced their tuition for the coming year.</p>
<p>more information - </p>
<p>[Pitt</a> hikes tuition 8.5 percent for in-state students](<a href=“http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11189/1159074-100.stm]Pitt”>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11189/1159074-100.stm)</p>
<p>Pitt hikes tuition 8.5 percent for in-state students</p>
<p>Friday, July 08, 2011</p>
<p>By Moriah Balingit, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</p>
<p>Citing a slash in state support, the University of Pittsburgh’s Board of Trustees voted to hike tuition 8.5 percent for in-state main campus students and 12 percent of in-state medical students in passing a $1.94 billion budget this morning.</p>
<p>Chancellor Mark Nordenberg pegged the unusually steep hike on the sharp 22 percent decline in state funding and, to a smaller degree, on increased costs. But, he added that 60 percent of the budget shortfall will be made up through cost-cutting. The remaining 40 percent falls to students.</p>
<p>“For an institution facing a $40 million cut in state support … we simply could not go lower,” Mr. Nordenberg said. He said that state funding levels have dropped to where they were at in the mid-1990’s. “It would be impossible to construct an ideal budget in these less than ideal circumstances.”</p>
<p>Students on Pitt’s Johnstown, Greensburg, Titusville and Bradford campuses will face a 4 percent increase. Out-of-state students at all campuses will also see a 4 percent increase. Out-of-state medical students will pay an additional 6 percent this year.</p>
<p>Fees will remain at the same level for the coming year.</p>
<p>Faculty and staff will see a 2 percent salary increase. For those making less than $40,000 a year, the raise will go in effect this month. For the remaining, the increase will be delayed until January 1.</p>
<p>How and where the cost-cutting will take place has yet to be determined, but it could be achieved through lay-offs and attrition, said Arthur Ramicone, Pitt vice chancellor for budget and controller.</p>
<p>I think the school did a good job holding tuition increases down. I was expecting higher.</p>
<p>I was bracing for a 10% increase, so 8.5% is a bonus.</p>
<p>Did I really just say that? School of Nursing tuition increased by $1500, and thanks to federal budget cuts D2 will no longer get the Byrd Scholarship ($1500). So we need to come up with an extra $3000 at least – still waiting on room & board rates. Ouch!</p>
<p>where does the “2nd most expensive public in the country” quote come from? </p>
<p>I don’t think so…</p>
<p>mrsref: isn’t it a bummer about the Byrd scholarship 
We just got a letter saying they are awarding DS $520 for the entire year for the Byrd. It is better than nothing :)</p>
<p>As an OOS Student, I’m so, so, so grateful to have a full-tuition scholarship. I can’t help but feel empathy for all of my classmates that already were struggling to pay their tuition. What a terrible, stupid move for Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>As an in state parent, I am so grateful that my DS has a full-tuition scholarship. </p>
<p>Also agree that in no way does this make Pitt the second most expensive state school in the nation.</p>
<p>I’m bracing myself for the other cuts. My DS is currently living in Towers and she just notified me that their AC will be turned off. I jumped to the conclusion that it was budget cuts, but alas, it is “only” to do some repairs. But it did get me to thinking about the kinds of things they could cut.</p>
<p>I’m concerned about the costs by the time my rising Junior daughter will attend college.</p>
<p>Oops! I guess I was wrong. I just saw an article posted on our local newspaper website that shows that Pitt is the second most expensive public school in the nation. Ouch.</p>
<p>^^how is that possible? (is what my first post was asking)…for whom is it the second most expensive (in v out of state?)…</p>
<p>OOS: award goes to UMich and Berkeley (if not UVA)…and UVM doesn’t fall far behind</p>
<p>Here’s the link that shows PSU and Pitt as the nation’s most expensive 4-year public colleges. [College</a> Affordability and Transparency Center](<a href=“http://collegecost.ed.gov/catc/]College”>http://collegecost.ed.gov/catc/)</p>
<p>Geez, what’s the common factor - PA. Pitt should just go back to being completely private at this point. Glad that OOS is only 4% - that’s about $1000. Still not pleasant but could’ve been worse.</p>
<p>^^thanks for the link; it’s an in-state tuition only number; isn’t total COA…</p>
<p>Another thread mentioned the COA of in-state Rutgers being quite high; it isn’t even on this list?..guess it’s the room and board that makes it…</p>
<p>The net cost on the calculator I think includes room & board minus average loan or grant so it’s an adjusted COA (more or less). Using that calculation brings in some new players too.</p>
<p>They should have made one for OOS too but oh well.</p>
<p>Pitt is #2 in in-state tuition for publics (PSU is #1), and #9 in actual cost which is reflective of Pennsylvania’s nation’s worst support for its research universities. PSU, Pitt and Temple have been ranked among the most expensive “publics” for a decade. </p>
<p>As far as the financial aid Pitt gives out, by [Kipplinger’s</a> 2010-11 data](<a href=“http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/colleges/]Kipplinger’s”>Best College Values, 2019 | Kiplinger), Pitt ranks #1 in the nation among publics in non-need based aid (e.g. merit scholarships) and 28th in the nation among publics (and tops in Pennsylvania) for need-based aid… So Pitt is putting more money than most into trying to help keep its costs down for students. </p>
<p>Further, Pitt ranks as the 28th best public in-state value in the nation by Kiplingers (8th best value out-of-state for a public) which is the top public Pennsylvania university or college on that list. Pitt was also on Princeton Review’s 2011 list of the 50 best values in public education, the only Pennsylvania school on either their public or private school best value lists. In 2010, Pitt was as the #39 overall best value in US News’ rankings, although it has fallen out of the top 50 best values for US News in 2011. On the research side, Pitt was ranked #8 in the nation in per-dollar value of academic research (essentially research funding per publication) and generates $4 of extramural research for every $1 of state support (the highest in PA, probably one of the highest in the nation). It is doing something right.</p>
<p>What surprises me about this is something I had not realized previously…how much cheaper Pitt’s branches are than PSU’s. For instance, UPJ is $11,286 vs $12,750 for PSU-Altoona. Pitt branches are generally considered better schools than the PSU branches. They generally have better admission statistics, better Princeton Review scores, and UPJ and UPB have US News rankings for the northeast region as well, whereas no PSU branches are ranked by US News.</p>
<p>Kids who’s parents work at Pitt or got a good scholarship through the University are fine, but this news kinda sucks for people like me (though we’re the majority anyway). Oh well, at least with my home being 7 miles away means I could save money by commuting my last 2 years or so…</p>
<p>Penn State announced tuition last week. Their increase is about 5%. Their faculty and staff are enduring a pay freeze.</p>
<p>Pitt just came off of a salary freeze that had been implemented last year. PSU’s tuition is still more expensive than Pitt’s because they scale their tuition based on the student’s academic class (e.g. freshman vs senior). PSU also raised their fees, while Pitt didn’t. Temple raised their tuition 10%.</p>