{"id":4386,"date":"2021-05-20T13:33:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T17:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2021-07-21T15:23:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T19:23:03","slug":"state-board-holds-line-on-tuition-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/20\/state-board-holds-line-on-tuition-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"State Board holds line on tuition\/fees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The State Board for Community Colleges, by a unanimous vote, elected to maintain the current in-state tuition and mandatory fees for the 2021-2022 academic year. The Board&#8217;s decision means tuition will remain at today&#8217;s rate of $154 per credit hour &#8211; keeping community college tuition and mandatory fees at approximately one-third of the comparable costs of attending Virginia&#8217;s public four-year universities. This marks the fourth year in a row that the Board has voted to hold tuition and fees steady for in-state students who account for more than nine out of every ten students served by our community colleges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our Board has had some tremendous partners in the Virginia General Assembly in working to keep our courses and programs as accessible and affordable as possible, and I applaud them,&#8221; said Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia&#8217;s Community Colleges. &#8220;As we take our vaccines and move beyond the pandemic, we know that plenty of Virginians need our help beginning, or re-starting, their careers and we are here to help them do just that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, the State Board maintained the existing tuition rate for out-of-state students, which is $354.10 per credit hour.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TUITION DIFFERENTIALS<\/strong><br>In addition, the Board decided there would be no increases in the upcoming academic year to the tuition differential rates charged at eight of Virginia&#8217;s 23 community colleges (Germanna, John Tyler, Northern Virginia, Piedmont Virginia, Reynolds, Tidewater, Thomas Nelson, and Virginia Western). Tuition differential rates exist to allow colleges to address unique and specific institutional priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Board for Community Colleges, by a unanimous vote, elected to maintain the current in-state tuition and mandatory fees for the 2021-2022 academic year. 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