OCC raises tuition 2.2% in $48.9 million budget

Students at Ocean County College this fall will pay an additional $2 per course credit — an additional $30 per semester for the typical full-time student — under a budget for the 2007-08 school year approved by the board of trustees Monday.

The $48.9 million operating budget does not include any increases in student fees. College administrators said the tuition increase to $90 a credit — a hike of 2.2 percent — shows a relative easing compared to recent years, when OCC was boosting its spending and contending with cuts in state aid.

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