Trustees set tuition and fees, approve compensation pools for raises
For the second year in a row, incoming Bowling Green State University students will start college with the assurance that what they pay in tuition and fees this year will remain the same for the next four years, thanks to the Falcon Tuition Guarantee plan adopted by BGSU in 2017. BGSU Firelands joined the plan in May 2019 for its full-time, in-state students who are pursuing four-year degrees.
At its June 27 meeting to adopt general and operating budgets for fiscal year 2020, the BGSU Board of Trustees set tuition and fees for the University’s second cohort of incoming full-time students, approved rates for continuing students not under the tuition guarantee plan, and announced compensation pools for faculty and administrative and classified staff raises. All changes to tuition and fees are pending approval by the Ohio legislature of House Bill 166, which must be finalized by June 30.
Tuition and fees for the new, incoming fall cohort of undergraduates will total $5,806 per semester in fiscal year 2020. This rate matches estimates the University provided prospective students while they were considering BGSU and will be locked in for four years under the Falcon Tuition Guarantee.
The state budget, as introduced by the governor and approved by the Ohio House, includes a 1 percent increase in State Share of Instruction (SSI) for public universities for both years of the new biennium. It also permits a 2 percent increase in tuition and general fees for continuing students at four-year universities.
“We appreciate that the state plans to provide additional investments in direct instructional support to our students,” BGSU President Rodney Rogers said after the board meeting. “The governor and members of the House and Senate understand the critical role higher education plays in ensuring a prosperous future for Ohio.”
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