In response to increased summer enrollment last year, Hawai‘i resident undergraduate students attending any of the seven University of Hawai‘i community colleges will receive a lowered tuition rate for Summer 2012.
Along with the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo and West O‘ahu campuses, Kapi‘olani Community College and the other six UH community colleges will receive a reduction that freezes the rate at the Summer 2011 rate.
The decrease was approved by the UH Board of Regents Thursday, Jan. 19 at its monthly meeting.
According to a press release from UH, the summer session tuition rate will be $248 per credit, which was also the same summer session rate for Hilo and West O‘ahu in 2009.
This is the second year that these campuses will receive a reduction in summer session tuition.
Last year, the system received positive feedback from participating campuses and students. In addition, the press release said summer enrollment rose two percent, following two consecutive years of enrollment declines.
Like last year, summer tuition at UH Mānoa will continue to follow the tuition schedule and is set to cost $350 per credit.
The reduction in summer tuition rates falls under University of Hawai‘i System President M.R.C. Greenwood’s Hawai‘i Graduation Initiative, which seeks to increase graduation rates in the UH system 25 percent by 2015.
“…One of the keys to achieving this goal is decreasing the time it takes students to earn a degree,” said UH Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Linda Johnsrud in a press release.
“Enrolling in summer session courses is a great way for our students to accelerate their degree completion and graduation.”
Rates for summer tuition in the upcoming years will be based on the results of this summer’s reduction.
For more information, go to www.hawaii.edu/finaid/tuition.html