Tuition rises at UNCW

In state and out-of-state students will be paying a bit more to attend UNCW when they go back to school in the fall. This all comes in the midst of a financial meltdown. Come the next academic year. Out of state students will be hit the hardest.

In state freshman Jason Ransom “If they are increasing it more for out of state students, I would be curious to know why it’s going up for out of state students since they are already paying more than in state.”

Here are the numbers. In-state students will be paying an additional $159 on top of their annual tuition. Out of staters are facing an increase of close to a thousand bucks. Assistant Professor Kennedy Ongaga did not want to go on camera but says: “Universities across the country are making having to make sacrifices. In this case, increasing tuition is a better solution than cutting back faculty and staff, and risk losing small class size and one on one student faculty interaction.”

Students say attending college is expensive enough, especially when you factor in the cost of living, books and amentities. This additional fee is making a tough situation worse. Ransom says, “They are going in debt to pay for their school, and it just means they are going to have a harder time financially getting their degree.”

The board of trustees approved the tuition increase to help fund financial aid, faculty salaries, and student groups.