If you’ve just been paying a mere $3,423.34 in tuition for 12 course hours each semester, you’re in luck. You’ll be offered the same rate next year.
After years of bumping up public college costs, the University System of Georgia’s (USG) Board of Regents (BOR) has opted against increasing the price of tuition next year.
The board claims it’s been hearing complaints and worries from “students, parents and legislators regarding year-over-year tuition increases,” according to a USG press release.
BOR Chairman Kessel Stelling said the decision was made in the interest of keeping college as affordable as possible, according to the release.
“We carefully assess the tuition rates for our institutions and are committed to keeping college as affordable as possible for students and their families,” he said.
This balk in college cost bumps comes after more than a decade of tuition inflation by the USG. Last year Georgia State students saw the tuition price tag climb by more than 5 percent. Other schools in-state underwent a 9 percent hike.
The Board said in the release that the freeze in the cost is part of its ongoing effort to make Georgia colleges the cheapest among neighboring university systems.
“Out of the 16 states that make up the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), the USG is the seventh lowest in tuition and fees for four-year institutions,” the release said.
Over the past five years, the cost of tuition and fees at public colleges in Georgia has risen by 46 percent, according to the AJC.
