WSU tuition and housing rates

[RoyalShock]

WSU announced a month or so ago that they would not be raising tuition this fall. However, I just got my son's statement. A semester at The Flats for his room configuration went from $2500 to $3450. A 38% increase is way too big to be a generic cost adjustment. They obviously needed more revenue and were going to get it one way or another.

[WuDrWu]

I don't get the housing fees......it's a far better financial decision to buy a decent house, not a starter house, if you can find 1 roommate.

[ShauXTyme]

I believe, for freshmen (or maybe it should be stated ‘first-year students regardless of gender identity), if your home is further than 25 miles from campus, that student is required to live on campus.

[RoyalShock]

An article in the Sunflower from Nov. 2017 said WSU already had the highest on-campus housing costs of the public Kansas universities. I get that the facilities are quite new, but the added costs no longer make a WSU education look like a good value to prospective students.

I suspect with the opening of The Suites, WSU is concerned they may struggle to fill the new available space, so they had to raise rates significantly to ensure a revenue gain.

[ShockTalk]

"I suspect with the opening of The Suites, WSU is concerned they may struggle to fill the new available space, so they had to raise rates significantly to ensure a revenue gain."

That's a very tricky slope.

[abdullah_sharif]

defeats simple economics if you ask me.