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Average Va. In-State Tuition and Fees up 5 Percent
By ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON, Associated Press
August 03, 2009
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Federal stimulus funds allocated to Virginia’s public colleges helped keep the average increase in tuition and fees for in-state undergraduates to about 5 percent for the upcoming school year.
A report by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shows that the average annual in-state tuition and all mandatory fees at Virginia’s 15 four-year schools is $7,984, up 5.3 percent from 2008-09. In-state students at community colleges will see their tuition and total mandatory fees rise 7.6 percent, to $2,781. Richard Bland, the state’s junior college, is increasing its tuition and fees 1.5 percent, to $3,676.
The state’s public higher-education institutions received $126.7 million in federal stimulus funds for the 2010 fiscal year to offset reductions in state funding and to mitigate tuition increases.
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