SUNY Tuition to Rise $200 for Students not Eligible for Excelsior
If you're not getting free SUNY tuition this fall, you will be paying more.
The state University of New York this week quietly voted to raise tuition by $200 on students who are not eligible for the free tuition program, called the Excelsior Scholarship, that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature instituted in April for households who earn less than $100,000 a year.
So for those students whose household income is more than $100,000 and who attend four-year colleges, their tuition will grow from $6,470 to $6,670 this fall, a 3 percent increase. The state's community colleges set their own tuition. SUNY officials said the higher tuition is needed to pay for courses as costs rise...