PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: …First a recession, then an 18 percent drop in state funding and now a third consecutive year of projected enrollment losses have created a new and unpleasant norm for the schools belonging to the State System of Higher Education…
A March report by Maguire Associates commissioned by the State System noted slippage in the number of returning students and said “increases in tuition and fees assessed during the fall 2012 semester may have contributed to this decline.”
The State System’s annual in-state tuition for 2013-14 is $6,622, not counting room, board and other fees that vary by campus and as of last year brought total costs to anywhere from $14,687 at West Chester to $19,138 at IUP… (more)
