After many schools paused tuition increases during the pandemic, most Alabama colleges are returning to rate increases.
, but increased prices in the 2021-22 school year, marking one of the highest price jumps in the state that year, according to federal data.
“Even with the increase in tuition, we think that many students were seeing very similar overall costs due to the elimination of so many fees,” a spokesman toldThe University of North Alabamato its pricing structure in 2018-19, moving toward a “banded tuition” model that allowed students to pay a set price for a capped number of courses, rather than paying by credit hours.
UNA officials say the recent increase, by about 5%, will offset inequities in state support and that they will help make up for the jump by providing more scholarships.said in a news release last summer Faulkner University, a private religious school in Montgomery, announced in January that it will freeze fall 2023 tuition in an effort toThis would be the school’s first freeze in at least a decade: Faulkner has steadily increased tuition from $15,730 in 2013 to $21,500, federal data shows.
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