Today we are proud to announce the next phase of our plan to expand affordability and access to a world-class education: a tuition reduction of 5% for our traditional undergraduate on-campus student population beginning this school year, Fall 2020.<\/p>\n
This tuition reduction is the next step in our phased approach to bend the cost curve back for families, which began with keeping undergraduate on-campus tuition flat for the past four years. After 15 years of double-digit enrollment growth and a robust financial profile, we are committed to lowering the cost of undergraduate tuition for students and families throughout this decade, and this is the next step.<\/p>\n
\u201cÄ¢¹½´«Ã½\u2019s strategic plan has positioned the institution to expand access and opportunity to thousands of additional students,\u201d said President Mark Lombardi, PhD. \u201cLowering the cost by 5% now will make our top-quality education more accessible and it demonstrates a new, revolutionary model of higher education. Tuition reduction allows students and families to plan out a more affordable path to their Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ education, which has some of the best outcomes in the nation, including a 97% career outcome rate and an 84% retention rate.\u201d<\/p>\n
This strategy, when combined with university financial aid, privately funded scholarships, and corporate and foundation support, makes a Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ education more accessible for years to come. Ä¢¹½´«Ã½\u2019s tuition and fees cover all course materials, a new iPad with over 200 learning apps, and one of the most connected campuses in the United States, making Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ a national leader in providing access and opportunity for students of every background.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost private universities use enrollment growth as a basis for increasing tuition and making it more difficult for students to get in,\u201d Lombardi said. \u201cThat approach is exclusionary. In contrast, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ is leveraging its enrollment growth and technological investments to pass along savings to the student.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thanks to KSDK<\/a>, the St Louis American<\/a>, and Fox2Now<\/a> for the positive coverage of this story.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not every day you get a message from your child\u2019s college president telling you that tuition is being reduced by 5% this year and they have a goal to reduce it gradually by 20%! Way to go @Ä¢¹½´«Ã½U<\/a> #nursetwitter<\/a> #collegetuition<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6q8fpFoHr3<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 MHerndonMom (@MHerndonMom) August 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n