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NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release:
 October 28,
2003 |
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NEW COLLEGE BOARD DATA SHOW NEW YORK PUBLIC COLLEGE TUITION
AND FEES INCREASED AT RATE WELL ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGE, IN SOME
CASES NEARLY DOUBLE, IN 2003-04
NYPIRG URGES GOV TO HOLD LINE ON TUITION, MAINTAIN FINANCIAL
AID
New data released
by the College Board show that tuition and fees at New York’s public
colleges have increased since last year at a rate that is well above the
national average, in some cases nearly double the national average. The
findings prompted the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG),
a statewide student-directed organization, to call on Governor Pataki
to hold the line on tuition and to maintain financial aid in his Executive
Budget proposal.
“The
skyrocketing cost of a public college education in New York is alarming,”
said Miriam Kramer, Higher Education Coordinator for NYPIRG. “The
continued increase in price is an assault on the finances of New York’s
students and their families. Now is the time for the Governor to pledge
to college students and their families that he will the line on tuition
and maintain financial aid programs.”
The College
Board, as reported in the October 31 edition of The Chronicle of Higher
Education, released data indicating that public four-year college average
tuition and fees are $4,694 and have increased by an average of 14%
since last year.
Tuition
and fees at New York’s public four-year colleges are mainly above
the national average and have increased at a rate well above the national
average since last year. For instance, according to the College Board:
• Tuition and fees at SUNY Albany ($5,772 in 2003-04) increased
by 19.8%;
Tuition and fees at University of Buffalo ($5,856 in 2003-04) increased
by 20.7%;
• Tuition and fees at University of Binghamton ($5,646 in 2003-04)
increased by 24.1%;
• Tuition and fees at CUNY College of Staten Island ($4,308 in
2003-04) increased by 22.8%; and
• Tuition and fees at CUNY Queens College ($4,353 in 2003-04)
increased by 22.5%.
(Please see attached sheets for additional school information.)
In June,
the State University of New York increased in-state tuition at their
public colleges by $950 (a 28% increase) and the City University of
New York increased in-state tuition at their senior colleges by $800
(a 25% increase).
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Attachment:
Data from the College Board as printed in the October 31, 2003 Edition
of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Community College information
is also available.
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