FORT COLLINS, Colo.—Full-time Colorado State University students could see their costs increase 20 percent annually under a plan to offset possible state budget cuts.
Colorado State has filed a proposal with the state to adjust tuition by raising the threshold for full-time students from 10 credit hours to 12. The Coloradoan reports that would cost them an extra $525 per semester.
A second proposal would charge students more for classes that are more expensive to teach.
The university expects to lose $16.6 million next year as stimulus dollar dry up, a gap it plans to help cover with a 9 percent tuition increase. Spokesman Brad Bohlander said Tuesday that the two new proposals would be considered instead of a tuition hike if the state cuts funding even further.
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Information from: Fort Collins Coloradoan,
