The Southeast Community College Board of Governors have announced a $2-per-credit-hour increase in the tuition rate and a $2-per-credit-hour increase in facilities fee for the 2023-2024 academic year. The motion was approved during the Board’s regular monthly meeting on Tuesday and passed on a 9-2 vote.
Beginning next school year, resident students will pay $104 per credit hour in tuition and $17 per credit hour in fees for a total of $121 per credit hour. The facilities fee will be $14 per credit hour. Student activities fee will stay put at $3 per credit hour.
Non-resident rates also increased $4. Those students will pay $125 per credit hour in tuition and $17 per credit hour in fees for a total of $142 per credit hour.
With the $4 increase, resident students will pay $3,630 for 30 semester hours (one year), a 3.4% increase over the current year.
The Board voted to postpone deciding on rates for room and board until its Jan. 17 meeting.