Tuition & AidCatawba College students will see a modest three percent increase in tuition, room and board costs for the 2013-2014 academic year. College trustees made that decision at their October board meeting rather than in the spring, in order to give both current and prospective students and their families plenty of time to plan for next year.
The increase, according to Catawba President Brien Lewis, was based in part on a forecast of the Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) for 2013-2014. HEPI is an inflationary tracking measure similar in concept to the Consumer Price Index but based on the basket of goods paid for by colleges and universities.
To give Catawba's 3% increase some context, Lewis noted that UNC-Chapel Hill is in the process of recommending a 6.5% increase for next year. The UNC-Chapel Hill proposal now moves to the UNC Board of Trustees before going to the UNC-system Board of Governors and then to the N.C. General Assembly.
Following is a complete list of Catawba's rates and fees for the 2013-2014 academic year:
| Tuition, Room, and Board | ;
2014
|
;
2013
|
;
% Increase
|
| Tuition | ;
$26,820
|
;
$26,040
|
;
3.0%
|
| Room | ;
$5,470
|
;
$5,315
|
;
3.0%
|
| Board | ;
$3,940
|
;
$3,825
|
;
3.0%
|
| ; | ; | ; | |
| Total | ;
$36,230
|
;
$35,180
|
;
3.0%
|
| ; | ; | ; | |
| Other [Per Credit Hour] | ; | ; | ; |
| School of Evening & Graduate Studies | ;
$330
|
;
$320
|
;
3.0%
|
| J-Term [Winter Term] | ;
$330
|
;
$320
|
;
3.0%
|
| Davidson County Community College | ;
$330
|
;
$320
|
;
3.0%
|
| Central Piedmont Community College | ;
$330
|
;
$320
|
;
3.0%
|
| Summer School | ;
$330
|
;
$320
|
;
3.0%
|
| Graduate Program | ;
$170
|
;
$165
|
;
3.0%
|
| Teacher Certification | ;
$330
|
;
$320
|
;
3.0%
|
| Part-time | ;
$680
|
;
$660
|
;
3.0%
|
| Private Music Lessons [per 1/2 hr. ] | ;
$440
|
;
$430
|
;
3.0%
|
| Audit | ;
$60
|
;
$60
|
;
0%
|
| Overload | ;
$420
|
;
$410
|
;
3.0%
|
| Credit by Exam (day) | ;
$210
|
;
$200
|
;
3.0%
|
| Credit by Exam (all other) | ;
$160
|
;
$155
|
;
3.0%
|
| ; | ; | ; | |
| FEES – [Per Semester] | ; | ; | ; |
| Parking Day (per semester) | ;
$50
|
;
$50
|
;
0.0%
|
| Parking SEGS (per semester) | ;
$25
|
;
$25
|
;
0.0%
|
| *Dorm Damage Fee (deposit) | ;
$100
|
;
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|
; |
| *One-time deposit upon enrollment is fully refundable upon student departure from college if no dorm damage is incurred. | |||
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