At its regularly scheduled meeting held June 7 in Blacksburg, facing significant cost pressures including statewide employee compensation increases, operations and other fixed cost inflationary increases, and investments to enhance the quality of a Virginia Tech education, the Executive Committee approved a base 3 percent tuition increase for all undergraduate and graduate students.
However, recognizing the financial challenges faced by Virginians and in the interest of continuing to expand access and affordability to a Virginia Tech education, the Executive Committee instructed the university to offset the tuition increase for the coming year with a one-time scholarship to all in-state undergraduate students, bringing the net undergraduate tuition increase to zero.
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