With the increase, annual tuition and fees for a full-time, in-state student will be $4,717. Because of reciprocity agreements, residents of most counties in Kentucky and Indiana near Cincinnati enjoy in-state tuition rates. T
he move is expected to generate about $650,000 in additional revenue over the next fiscal year, college officials said in a statement released Tuesday evening.
In its resolution authorizing the increase, Cincinnati State trustees said the college has experienced a $1.86 million (6.1 percent) decrease in state funding since fiscal year 2011 and a $2 million drop in revenue from tuition and fees as a result of the conversion to semesters in 2013.
The board also said the college is developing a 2015 budget that anticipates significant cuts in operational expenses, but needs the additional tuition revenue to maintain high quality instructional and support services for students and provide for financial stability.
Even with the increase, the board said, Cincinnati State's tuition and fees will remain lower than all but four of the 12 other community colleges, branch campuses and regional universities in the greater Cincinnati region.
In a recent letter to faculty, administrators and staff, college President O'dell M. Owens said Cincinnati State is facing a $3.1 million operating deficit for the fiscal year that begins July 1. He asked department heads to plan for 5 percent reductions from 2014 total operating budget levels for the coming fiscal year.
Cincinnati State last raised tuition, also by a maximum of $100, in June, 2013. The two-year college offers more than 100 associate degree and certificate programs in business technologies, health and public safety, engineering technologies, humanities and sciences and information technologies.
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