{"id":1456,"date":"2016-02-19T15:39:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T21:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2017-03-14T09:38:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T14:38:15","slug":"tuition-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/tuition-freeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP Announces Tuition Freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"
Reading time: 2 minutes<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP has announced a tuition freeze for undergraduate programs in the 2016-2017 academic year, plus the consolidation of student fees into a new single fee program.\u00a0Record enrollment growth and the financial strength of Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPhave positioned the University to create this savings opportunity for students and their families.<\/p>\n \u201cBy every measure, higher education remains the single best investment individuals can make in their future success,\u201d<\/strong> said President Mark Lombardi, PhD. \u201c<\/strong>Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPis freezing tuition for the 2016-2017 academic year to bend the typical cost curve of higher education. This will ensure deserving students are given the opportunity to achieve their academic and career goals.\u201d<\/p>\n The tuition freeze, in combination with the single fee structure, means full-time undergraduate students will average $600 in annual fee savings; part-time undergraduate students will average $300 in annual fee savings. Students will benefit from the predictability of a single fee, which includes textbooks and course materials, along with other services and amenities.<\/p>\n Augmenting these cost savings, strategic fiscal management has allowed Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPto invest in a wide range of valuable academic resources, while reducing costs to students. Expanded campus facilities include:<\/p>\n Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPis among the top 10 percent of wired campuses in the nation. This year, iPads were provided to all traditional, first-year undergraduate students through Maryville\u2019s Digital World program. In 2016-2017, all undergraduate students will receive iPads. Through the Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPCloud, students can access more than 60 apps to support their academic experience.<\/p>\n Innovative student services include Maryville\u2019s new Life Coach program, a holistic approach to helping students achieve personal, academic, and career success.<\/p>\n With more than 6,400 students, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP has doubled its student population over the past eight years. \u00a0In fact, the Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em>\u00a0recently named Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPone of the top 20 fastest-growing private universities in the nation.<\/p>\n UPDATE: Thank you St. Louis Business Journal for covering our tuition freeze<\/a> story.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n