Eastern Illinois raises tuition

CHARLESTON -- Eastern Illinois University has raised tuition almost 12 percent for students entering school next fall.

University trustees voted on Monday to raise the cost of a year of tuition for an in-state student taking 15 hours of classes a semester to $6,540 a year. Out-of-state students starting this fall will pay $19,593.

On-campus housing costs were raised 6.5 percent in January, and add up to $7,588 more.

Southern Illinois University earlier this month raised tuition to $5,850 a year on its Edwardsville campus and $6,975 at Carbondale.

The University of Illinois in March raised the annual price tag for classes and a dorm on its Champaign-Urbana campus to more than $20,000.