(AP) -- Coastal Carolina University board of trustees has approved a 13 percent tuition increase for the coming year.
The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports the board voted Thursday to raise tuition by $525 per semester starting this fall. In-state undergraduate students will pay $4,325 per semester, up from $3,800 currently.
For out-of-state undergraduate students, tuition will go up $750 per semester. The increase will go from $8,295 per semester currently to $9,045 starting in the fall.
The action came as the board approved the schools budget of nearly $93 million.
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