Tuition and most fees will not increase for students attending Community College of Allegheny County during the upcoming academic year.
The Board of Trustees on Thursday approved a budget of almost $115 million for 2024-25. It keeps tuition for Allegheny County residents at $126 per credit, or $1,890 per full-time semester for 12 to 18 credits.
Out-of-county tuition costs will hold at $252 per credit and out-of-state students will continue to pay $378 per credit.
“There will be an adjustment to the lab fees for certain courses in order to deliver up-to-date laboratory and instructional supplies to students,” Kevin Kinross, chair of the CCAC Board of Trustees, said in a news release.
Nevertheless, he added, “CCAC remains true to its mission, providing thousands of the region’s residents with affordable access to high-quality career and transfer education.”
The student services, technology and college fees will remain at the 2023–24 rates of $8.25, $23.25 and $6 per credit, respectively, officials said. The 2024–25 lab fee schedule includes lab fees for 19 new courses, increased fees for 22 courses, and the deletion of lab fees for seven courses.
Kinross said CCAC’s in-county tuition is in the lower quartile in the state. He added that 79% of CCAC students graduate debt-free.
The operating budget approved by the board includes $110,402,000 for operating expenditures, $1.35 million for strategic initiatives, $1.4 million for deferred maintenance and emergency funds, $1 million for ITS infrastructure and $755,000 for transfer from the Operating Fund to the Plant Fund, for total operating expenditures and transfers of about $115 million.
Bill Schackner is a TribLive reporter covering higher education. Raised in New England, he joined the Trib in 2022 after 29 years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where he was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team. Previously, he has written for newspapers in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. He can be reached at bschackner@triblive.com.