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NEW FEDERAL REPORT FINDS NEW YORK 14TH MOST EXPENSIVE
PUBLIC COLLEGE TUITION IN NATION,
EXCEEDS NATIONAL AVERAGE, CALIFORNIA,
FLORIDA, TEXAS IN TUITION
NEW YORK AVERAGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TUITION RANKS FIFTH
TUITION AND FEES AT NEW YORK STATE'S 4-YEAR PUBLIC
COLLEGES
SKYROCKET BY 155% IN THE LAST TEN YEARS
NEW YORK'S FINANCIAL AID FAILS TO KEEP PACE WITH RISE
IN TUITION AND FEES CHARGED BY COLLEGES
NYPIRG CALLS ON GOVERNOR TO BOOST AID TO NEEDY STUDENTS. New U.S. Department of Education figures that show average
tuition and fees charged by New York State's 4-year public colleges
are the 14th most expensive in the nation. New York's community
colleges, according to the federal government, have the fifth
highest charges in the nation. Over the past decade, New York's
public college tuition has risen by a staggering 155 percent over
the past decade, the fourth largest increase in the nation. Federal
data also shows that tuition and fees at New York's 2-year public
colleges rose by more than 80 percent. New York's poorest students
are hurt the most. "Despite New York State not having raised tuition in the
past few years, the cost to attend college in New York is still
way too high," said Miriam Kramer, NYPIRG Higher Education
Project Coordinator. "Governor Pataki and the legislature
must work hard this session to reduce the cost of higher education
in New York State, specifically for the most needy students,"
she said. NYPIRG reported that financial aid has not kept up with the
rise in tuition and fees. Since academic year 1989-1990, the
Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)'s maximum grant increased by
a mere 13 percent, neither matching the drastic rise in tuition
and fees nor inflation. As the gap between tuition and fees and
student aid increases, New Yorkers are required to shell out more
and more money to fund their own or their dependents higher education.
Student groups are not the only ones taking notice. In a report
released last month by the National Center for Public Policy and
Higher Education, New York scored a D- in higher education affordability.
Despite no increases in tuition in the past five years and the
governor's promise to "hold that line" through the next
fiscal year, New York's poorest families spend a whopping one-third
of their family incomes to send dependents to the lowest priced
schools, the highest percentage in the United States. The report
also indicates that New Yorkers borrow, on average, $4,357 in
loans per year to help fund higher education.
For more information contact Miriam Kramer
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