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The university cited enrollment $94 million in cost-saving measures over the past year, and continuerd state support as justificationz for continuing itstuition freeze, which had been state-mandated untik it was lifted because of the cuts in statre support. OSU’s freshman enrollment will reach 6,550 in the an increase of about 400 students from this pastacademic year. OSU spokesman Jim Lynch said that the question of raisintg tuition the following yearis “way too and will depend on several factors, including enrollment state aid and the economy. The revised Ohio budgef gives state schools such as OSU the option of raisingtuitionj 3.
5 percent each of the next two Tuition for Ohio resident undergrads will remaijn frozen at the 2006-07 leveo of $8,406 for the 2009-10 academic year but the freezwe does not include tuition for out-of-state The undergraduate surcharge for non-Ohio residents at the Columbus campus will increase 2.5 percen to $13,572, bringing the annual tuition cost for a non-residenf undergrad to $22,278. The university in June also approvede a series of new student fees for activitieszand services, which will increase the annuao price to $8,706 for full-time Ohio undergraduates. Room and boarrd for three academic quarters will increaseby 4.
6 or $372, to an average of $8,4099 depending on room type and meal Gov. Ted Strickland had vowed to halt tuition hikesat two- and four-yeart state schools this year, but lifted the freezd Friday after the state’s higher-education fundin was cut by $170 million as part of the compromise that led to passager of the state’s $50.5 billion, two-year budget.