Tuition

Missouri House Republicans on Thursday backed away from a budget compromise that would allow colleges and universities to charge in-state tuition to students living in the U.S. illegally.

The Missouri House has given initial approval to a bill that would drastically lower tuition for combat veterans seeking graduate degrees.

As a result of the Missouri Legislature’s actions and Gov. Nixon’s signature of House Bill 2003, the Fiscal Year 2017 budget for higher education, State Fair Community College will not implement a tuition increase for in-district students approved by the SFCC Board of Trustees in March.

Leaders of Missouri's public community colleges and universities say they'll freeze undergraduate tuition for the 2016-2017 school year.

SEDALIA—The State Fair Community College Board of Trustees Tuesday approved modest increases in tuition rates for the 2015-2016 academic year, which includes fall, spring and summer semesters. Tuition per credit hour will increase $2 for in-district students to $100, $3 for out-of-district students to $140, $2 for out-of state students to $200, and $5 for international students to $240... Read Mo

Lawmakers in Texas are exploring affordable-education options for people under the financial hammer of the nation’s exploding tuition rates. The most controversial option is a bachelor’s degree for $10,000, which would cover tuition costs and textbooks.

The cost of higher education is getting, um, higher. Campus Grotto recently released its annual list of the most expensive colleges in America and according to their statistics, the cost of attending just one year at the most expensive college hit a record high tuition this year at over $60,000.