Tuition at WVU set to increase by about 5% [Video]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) – West Virginia University decided to increase tuition by about 5% and to cut some programs from the university.

The university’s Board of Governors voted Friday to increase undergraduate in-state tuition by $228, which puts it just over $5,000 per semester, and to increase tuition for out-of-state undergraduates by $624, which puts it at about $14,000 per semester.

They also voted to discontinue bachelor’s degree programs in chemistry, math and aviation management at West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley and to cut bachelor’s programs in recreation, parks, and tourism resources and wood science and technology at WVU Potomac State College in Keyser. However, no faculty positions were cut with the elimination of those programs, officials said.

In September, the board vote to make wide-ranging reductions to academic programs and faculty positions as it dealt with a $45 million budget shortfall. The university had been weighed …