JSU Trustees vote to keep tuition rates level

Despite facing a budget shortfall, the Jacksonville State University board of trustees voted unanimously Monday to keep tuition rates level in 2014-15.  Board members said they decided to keep funding level to hold true to a commitment to students that they would not increase tuition unless JSU lost state funding.The board's decision marks the second year in a row that the institution has kept tuition rates level for graduate students, the board’s decision follows a round of annual tuition hikes for undergraduates that began in 2008 as the recession settled in and state funding began to dwindle. JSU undergraduate students will pay $6,792 a year to take 12 credit hours for two semesters — about four classes per semester — next year. Graduate students will pay $6,282 for nine hours, about three classes per semester, for the year.  Students also now must pay a $150 student fee, which was added last year.