NC universities raise tuition up to $750 this fall

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) – Tuition costs are increasing at all 16 public university campuses in North Carolina to help offset cuts in the state support.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that University of North Carolina system President Erskine Bowles approved tuition increases for the coming academic year.

The General Assembly gave Bowles the authority to raise tuition to offset budget cuts imposed last month.

Students at UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University will pay $750 more in tuition, the maximum allowed. The smallest increase will be $250 at Fayetteville State University.

The increased tuition comes on top of a $200 hike for all students that had already been enacted.

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