BGSU trustees set room & board rates for incoming freshman class
By DAVID DUPONT BG Independent News Bowling Green State University set the room rates and dining charges for the incoming class of Falcons, Friday. Those students, and any juniors and seniors who still live in residence halls, will pay on average 2.5 percent more than students paid this year. The cost of a standard double room, the rate that must be reported to the state, is going up 2.8 percent. The lowest charge will be for a standard double in a Tier 1 residence hall (Kreischer, Kohl, and McDonald) will be $2,945 per semester. The most expensive would be super single, or one occupant in a double room, in a Tier 3 residence hall (Centennial, Falcon Heights, Greek Village, or apartments) at $4,230. There will be no increase in Greek Village parlor fees assessed fraternity and sorority members who do not live in the village. Residence halls are categorized based on amenities. The cost of meal plans will increase 1.5 percent for the incoming class. A basic Bronze food plan will be $1,745 a semester, or an increase of $1.67 a week. These increases, said Sheri Stoll chief financial officer, will keep BGSU as the fifth least expensive of the state’s pubic four-year institutions, with an estimated total annual cost of $20,388. The incoming class will be the second covered by the Falcon Tuition Guarantee. Under that system, students are guaranteed that their costs will in large part stay the same for four years. The university is allowed to raise certain course fees that pay for an enhancement that adds value to the class or materials, Stoll explained. Those include, for example, certain lab materials in forensic science course. The university is also allowed to pass along increases in fees paid by students to third party providers. Those pass-through charges are billed through the university so students can pay them with financial aid money, Stoll said. The largest of those fees are in the aviation program where students pay thousands for various flight instruction. The university’s first winter session was declared a success with 1,062 students, 983 of them undergraduates,…
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