EIU raises tuition by 3.7 percent

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Students starting classes at Eastern Illinois University next school year will pay 3.7 percent more than those who came to campus this year.

Eastern Illinois trustees on Friday agreed to the increase. It will raise tuition for an in-state student taking a typical full-time class load to $8,370 a year from $8,070.

The university noted in a news release that the increase is the smallest percentage-wise in 11 years. Students who started school this school year are paying 5.9 percent more than those who started the previous year.

Illinois law guarantees students at public universities will pay the tuition rate they begin school with for four years.

Trustees in January raised the cost of room and board at the school’s dorms by 3.25 percent from $8,138 to $9,174.