The Oregon State University Budget Committee, which includes student representatives, considers a number of factors in its tuition and fee recommendations for the university’s Board of Trustees to consider each year. These include:
The preferred recommendation from the Budget Committee for the Corvallis campus is a 4 percent increase for resident undergraduates and a 2 percent increase for non-resident undergraduates. However, because committee members had a range of positions on tuition, the Board of Trustees will review tuition proposals ranging from 0 to 8 percent at its March 17, 2017 meeting.
The recommendations for tuition changes can be found below (rates apply to both Corvallis and Cascades campuses unless specifically noted):
Undergraduate Tuition Category: Proposed Change:
Cascades resident undergraduate Same as Corvallis increase up to 6%
Cascades non-resident undergraduate 1.99% or $12/SCH
Honors College differential tuition $69 per term (to total of $500 per term)
Other per credit differential charges[1] No increase
Ecampus undergraduate Same as resident Corvallis increase up to 5%
Corvallis summer undergraduate Same as resident Corvallis increase
Cascades summer undergraduate Same as resident Corvallis increase up to 6%
Graduate Tuition Category: Proposed Change:
Resident graduate 1.56% or $7/SCH
Non-resident graduate 4.46% or $36/SCH
Doctor of Pharmacy 3.0% (all terms including summer)
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine 3.0% (all terms including summer)
MBA[2] to per credit hour pricing from plateau pricing
Cascades MS in Counseling3 to per credit hour pricing from plateau pricing
Cascades MAT3 to per credit hour pricing from plateau pricing
Cascades MFA3 to per credit hour pricing from plateau pricing
Other per credit differential charges No increase
Graduate Ecampus 1.59% or $7/SCH
Graduate summer 1.56% or $7/SCH
Mandatory Enrollment Fees: Proposed Change:
Corvallis, academic year 4.29% or $23.59 per term
Cascades, academic year 49.5% or $97 per term
Corvallis, summer 2.96% or $11.75 per term
Cascades, summer 0.0% or $0 per term
[1] Charges for per credit hour differential tuition are added to base tuition rates. Students in a program like Engineering, which has a $51/SCH differential tuition for professional students, will see an increase in their tuition rates because of the increase in base tuition, even though the differential charge will not increase.
[2] These are professional degrees. Proposed changes are made after consideration of local expense escalation and national norms for similar professional schools.
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