The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today considered a five percent tuition increase for the 2014-15 Academic Year that would result in a $366 increase over last year for newly entering, in-state undergraduates on the Edwardsville campus. The board met in the Morris University Center on the Edwardsville campus.
With these increases, the annual tuition rate would be $7,662 for new, in-state full-time undergraduate students (15 hours per semester) entering fall 2014. Undergraduate students currently in a guaranteed tuition plan will see no increase in their annual tuition rate.
With new policy instituted at November’s board meeting, in-state tuition will also be available to entering freshman and transfer students, and master’s level graduate students from the regional states of Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
A $135.60 annual increase (2 percent) was also proposed for SIUE in-state graduate students for the coming fall. In-state, full-time students (12 hours per semester) in the SIUE Graduate School would pay $6,837.60 in tuition.
In addition, the University also proposed other tuition changes that would result in annual two percent increases for students enrolled in the professional schools of Dental Medicine and Pharmacy. In-state students in the School of Dental Medicine would pay an annual tuition of $29,120, while in-state students in the School of Pharmacy would pay an annual tuition of $23,220.
The recommendations will be considered for approval during the April 10 meeting on the Carbondale campus.