NLIS 63
March 27, 2003
(Youth Services and Post-Secondary Education)

 


Third consecutive tuition rate reduction at Memorial University

Two million dollars has been allocated in Budget 2003 to enable Memorial University to reduce tuition rates by a further five per cent effective September 2003.

"Over the past two years, tuition rates at Memorial have been reduced by more than 20 per cent. With this additional funding, tuition rate reductions will have totaled 25 per cent in three years. This further reduction highlights government�s commitment to making post-secondary education even more affordable in our province," said Minister Thistle. "It also builds on our efforts to help reduce student debt."

The tuition reduction at Memorial will apply to all programs, with the exception of the Marine Institute (which has rates similar to those of the College of the North Atlantic) and Memorial�s Medical School. For these programs, tuition rates remain frozen. A different tuition rate structure applies to international students.

Memorial University offers the lowest Canadian tuition rate in the country. The current rate at Memorial is $2,670 per academic year (two semesters) and with a further five per cent reduction, fees will decline to $2,540.

Media contact: Kathy Dicks-Peyton, Communications, (709) 729-6573.

2003 03 27                                       4:35 p.m.


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