RWU extends tuition freeze again

ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY has extended its tuition freeze and four-year guarantee for another academic year, through 2016-2017. President Donald J. Farish said
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY has extended its tuition freeze and four-year guarantee for another academic year, through 2016-2017. President Donald J. Farish said "the university remains invested in giving parents and students predictability and certainty regarding the cost of a Roger Williams education." / COURTESY ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY

BRISTOL – Roger Williams University has extended its tuition freeze and four-year guarantee for another academic year, through 2016-2017, the university announced Monday.
The Affordable Excellence initiative covers both undergraduate and law students, though the law freeze and guarantee have only been in place since the 2014-2015 academic year, the university said in a press release.
At the undergraduate level, the tuition freeze locks in tuition at $29,976; the class of 2013-2014 was the first one affected by the tuition freeze. The four-year guarantee can save students as much as $15,000 by ensuring that tuition will not increase during a student’s time on campus.
RWU law students will experience an 18-percent tuition reduction to $33,792 now through 2016-2017, along with the school’s three-year tuition guarantee.
The ultimate outcome is lower debt loads for students – an important step forward in an environment where law school tuition at both public and private schools has been steadily increasing for years, the university said.
“As our work continues to actively address the issues that have pushed higher education into crisis, the university remains invested in giving parents and students predictability and certainty regarding the cost of a Roger Williams education,” RWU President Donald J. Farish said.
“And of equal importance to keeping cost in check, we are creating more opportunities for learning that take students out of the classroom and into the community, where they develop applicable skills for great jobs and great lives,” he said.
Over the next three years, Roger’s Revolution, which the university unveiled earlier this fall, will provide 100 percent of RWU graduates with the opportunity to receive workplace experience and generate 2,100 skilled and job-ready workers through the School of Continuing Studies. RWU is also developing new partnerships with businesses and community groups in the region and working to expand its presence in city of Providence.

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