Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Most students at Wright State University will pay more for their education this fall after the school’s board of trustees approved a measure hiking tuition and fees.
The Wright State board of trustees voted today to increase fees for freshmen at the school’s main campus and lake campus by 3.5 percent. Students who are juniors or higher will see their fees increase by 2 percent.
The increases are the maximum currently allowed under Ohio law, according to a resolution approved by the board. WSU chief business officer Walt Branson said he does not yet have an estimate of how much money the tuition and fee hikes will generate for the university.
Students who are entering their second year at Wright State will not see any changes to their tuition and fees because of a guarantee program that started last fall. Those second-year students paid a 6 percent increase when trustees approved the program that hiked tuition before locking it in for four years for the class of 2022.
Out-of-state students will pay a 3 percent increase in fees, as will students in the school of professional psychology, according to the resolution approved by trustees. Fees for students studying in the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State will see their fees increase by 6 percent this fall.
A $100 fee for students earning a master’s degree in business administration will also be phased in over the next four years, according to the resolution. All students will also now pay an “optional” $20 fee per semester for counseling and wellness services.
Wright State is also seeking permission from the chancellor of the department of higher education to raise its full-time tuition rate from 11 credit hours to 12, according to the resolution approved by trustees.
