Temple University Raises Tuition For First Time Since 2018

PHILADELPHIA — Temple University has raised tuition rates for the first time since the 2018-2019 academic year.

The school’s Board of Trustees announced July 6 that tuition rates for both in-state and out-of-state students increased by 2.5 percent for the 2021-2022 school year, marking the first increase in -instate tuition during the past few years.

Temple’s Ambler campus sits in Upper Dublin Township.

The university said it will also cut its budget by 3 percent to help keep tuition costs down during the upcoming academic year.

“We’re aware that this is still a financially difficult time for students and families, so we’ve worked to strike the balance between a slight tuition increase and a slight budget cut,” Ken Kaiser, vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at Temple, said in a statement. “That helps us ensure that we do not harm students’ educational experience here at Temple. That’s especially important this year as we expect campus to regain the vibrancy it was known for prior to the pandemic.”

Kaiser stated that the school would also use its revenue to help students in need, with about 18.5 percent of the undergraduate revenue being put into financial aid. That dollar figure equates to $100 million.

The school also stated that it has allocated a total of $69 million of its federal stimulus money to help students financially.

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