Tuition to Increase 3.5 Percent at Kent State for Fall Semester

Editor's note: this article was updated at 4 p.m.

Tuition at Kent State University's eight campuses will increase by 3.5 percent for the fall 2012 semester.

The university's board of trustees voted today to increase tuition by the maximum allowed by the state in its biennium budget, which was approved last summer and included millions in dollars of cuts in state financial support to Kent State.

The percentage increase amounts to about $327 per year, which will put the cost of tuition at Kent State for an Ohio resident at about $9,673 per year compared with the previous tuition cost of $9,346. The increase excludes room and board charges.

The university also voted to increase room and board rates by just under 4 percent.

Look for full coverage of the increases Thursday on Kent Patch.