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Board of Regents approves tuition increase

Board of Regents approves tuition increase     The Board of Regents recently approved tuition, housing and dining cost increases for the 2019-20 school year.     Murray State tuition will increase by 1 percent, coming to 42 extra tuition dollars per semester for in-state students and $126 for out-of-state students. Housing fees will get a 2 Read More

The costs abroad

Rising tuition and limited resources create hurdles for international Racers Study by Lindsey Coleman, Staff writer According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in the 2014 school year, the average cost of undergraduate tuition, fees, room and board in America was estimated at $16,188 for public institutions. Top Ten Online Colleges estimates that tuition Read More

SGA investigates cost of online

More than 70 percent of seniors who participated in the senior survey reported taking at least one online course while at Murray State. About 470 seniors completed the senior  survey. The survey is conducted annually by the Office of Institutional Research.  Online classes are something many students are interested in, because of the flexible class Read More

Textbook industry is overinflated

The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board. On top of the nightmare that is growing college tuition rates, students have to stress about textbook prices. According to the American Enterprise Institute, college textbook retail rates grew 812 percent in the past three decades, making them increase faster than Read More

Small-town living has its benefits

Tiffany Dankovic, senior from Cadiz, Ky., said she was in culture shock after transferring to Murray State after spending two years at the University of Kentucky. The culture shock wasn’t just from moving to a city twelve times smaller, but  the cost of living shrank too. “When I moved up (to Lexington)it was my first Read More

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