Board to Consider Hiking Tuition at Kentucky's Community and Technical Schools

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System’s Board of Regents meets this week to consider tuition rates for the next academic year.  The board will vote on a recommendation to raise tuition 2.8% for the 2013-14 school year. 

The Council on Postsecondary Education has authority to determine tuition rates for Kentucky’s state-supported universities and the KCTCS.  At its April meeting, the CPE set a tuition parameter of three-percent for all schools. 

Under the $2.8% hike, in-state students would pay $144 per credit hour.  Out-of-state students from contiguous counties would pay $288 while other out-of-state students would be charged $504 per credit hour. 

The Board of Regents is expected to approve the tuition increase at its meeting Friday at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College in Cumberland.