tuition

  • Tuition increases $1,170

    Students again will shell out more for their Butler University college experience next year. The Board of Trustees voted to increase tuition 3.75 percent, room fees by 3.4 percent and board by 6.1 percent next year. While it is lower than last year’s tuition increase of 4.6 percent, it is more than 2010’s 3.5 percent…

  • OPINION | Solve donation deficit by controlling tuition hikes

    Butler University may find it cannot draw water from wells that have already been drained dry. Across the nation, universities have raised tuition. Butler is no exception. In 1984 Butler tuition was $5,640—and that was after a nearly 14 percent increase from the year before. Today, with inflation, that would come out to $12,210.36. This…

  • The real value of a Butler education

    Over the summer, my father asked me to consider the value of my education. I responded quickly with a simple answer—tuition and how it affected my finances. I constantly repeated how important it was for me to attend school, but it was not until afterwards that I actually comprehended what he was asking me to…