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BOT: 2017-18 Cost Guarantee

March 31, 2017

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MACOMB/MOLINE, IL -- The Western Illinois University Board of Trustees (BOT) approved at its meeting today (March 31) to increase the 2017-18 Cost Guarantee rates (fees, room, and meal plan) by .35 percent ($71.90 undergraduate; $67.52 graduate) for incoming undergraduate and graduate students on the Macomb campus and a fee increase of .06 percent ($6, undergraduate; $4.80 graduate) for incoming students on the Quad Cities campus.

Fees, room and meal plan rates for 2017-18 can be found in the Board materials at wiu.edu/bot and will also be available in the near future at http://wiu.edu/vpas/business_services/tuition.

At the Dec. 16 Board meeting, trustees voted to keep the 2017-18 tuition rate level. The tuition rate for incoming domestic undergraduate students remains at the 2016-17 rate of $8,541 annually ($284.70 per credit hour, based on 30 credit hours). The 2017-18 tuition rate for new domestic graduate students also remains unchanged at $323.64 per credit hour.

The 2017-18 tuition rate, as well as fees and room and meal plan, remain set for those new incoming students under Western's Cost Guarantee program. Tuition, fees, room and meal plan are fixed for a four-year period and remain in effect as long as a student maintains continuous enrollment. Western was the first university in Illinois to offer this guarantee, and is the only university in the state to include fees and room and meal plan in that guarantee.

The Board also approved an annual rate of $1,630 for student health insurance and revisions to employee benefits (sick leave and bereavement leave).

The full Board agenda and supporting materials can be found at wiu.edu/bot.

The next regular board meeting will be held June 8-9 at the WIU-QC Riverfront campus.

Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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