{"id":239754,"date":"2026-07-09T22:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239754\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T22:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:40:08","slug":"tuition-hikes-on-way-for-multiple-western-pa-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239754\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuition Hikes On Way For Multiple Western PA Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The board sets in-state undergraduate tuition rates. Each university sets graduate and out-of-state undergraduate tuition rates, along with student room, board and mandatory fees.<\/p>\n<p>In a news release, the system asserted it has taken significant steps to protect affordability for student and families, including:<\/p>\n<p> Saving $700 million since 2019 through efficiency improvements and cost controls. Providing more than $160 million annually in university-funded aid that directly reduces student costs. Expanding emergency aid programs to help students overcome financial hardship and stay on track to graduation. <\/p>\n<p>The remaining schools in the state system are: <\/p>\n<p> Cheyney University of Pennsylvania  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania West Chester University of Pennsylvania <\/p>\n<p>About 83,000 students attend PASSHE universities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The board sets in-state undergraduate tuition rates. Each university sets graduate and out-of-state undergraduate tuition rates, along with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-239754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}