2008 Woodie Awards
Tuition rises for fall, to go up again in spring
Rachel Nelson Graphics/Photo Editor
Issue date: 9/8/05 Section: News
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This school year, tuition payers at Amarillo College are noticing an increase.
For fall courses, students paid $30 per semester hour.
The increase isn't over yet. Students enrolling for AC's spring session will have to dish out $32 per semester hour, according to an Amarillo Globe-News July 5 story.
The boosts have not affected Amarillo College's enrollment rate.
Last fall, about 10,560 students attended AC.
So far this semester, enrollment rates are close to the same number, according to Bob Austin, associate dean for student services.
With the student body steadily increasing year after year for the past decade or longer, the extra cost has not had a negative impact on the school's popularity.
Furthermore, AC services have been expanded to Moore and Deaf Smith county residents.
"In the past decade, enrollment has increased 60 percent," Austin said.
"We're still so much more economical than our surrounding institutions," said Janice Joyner, a counselor for the Business Division and the Language, Communication and Fine Arts Divsion.
Joyner said she believes students recognize the quality of education at AC as being worth the money.
"Students still see the value of our cost per semester hour of credit," she said.
Austin said money received from the state of Texas is not tied to inflation.
So while the cost of living is increasing, the school's state funding is not on the rise.
On the flip side, the school's regents intend to keep the current tax rate of 16 cents per $100 for the next fiscal year.
Maintaining the tax rate is possible largely because of a $1.1 million increase in state funds for higher education, the Globe-News reported.
For fall courses, students paid $30 per semester hour.
The increase isn't over yet. Students enrolling for AC's spring session will have to dish out $32 per semester hour, according to an Amarillo Globe-News July 5 story.
The boosts have not affected Amarillo College's enrollment rate.
Last fall, about 10,560 students attended AC.
So far this semester, enrollment rates are close to the same number, according to Bob Austin, associate dean for student services.
With the student body steadily increasing year after year for the past decade or longer, the extra cost has not had a negative impact on the school's popularity.
Furthermore, AC services have been expanded to Moore and Deaf Smith county residents.
"In the past decade, enrollment has increased 60 percent," Austin said.
"We're still so much more economical than our surrounding institutions," said Janice Joyner, a counselor for the Business Division and the Language, Communication and Fine Arts Divsion.
Joyner said she believes students recognize the quality of education at AC as being worth the money.
"Students still see the value of our cost per semester hour of credit," she said.
Austin said money received from the state of Texas is not tied to inflation.
So while the cost of living is increasing, the school's state funding is not on the rise.
On the flip side, the school's regents intend to keep the current tax rate of 16 cents per $100 for the next fiscal year.
Maintaining the tax rate is possible largely because of a $1.1 million increase in state funds for higher education, the Globe-News reported.