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The State Board for Community Colleges, by a unanimous vote, elected to maintain the current in-state tuition and mandatory fees for the fall of 2020.

The board’s decision means tuition will remain at the current rate of $154 per credit hour – keeping community college tuition and mandatory fees at approximately one-third of the comparable costs of attending Virginia’s public four-year universities. This marks the second year in a row the board has voted to hold tuition and fees steady for the coming fall.

“We are doing everything we can to be an affordable, accessible resource for Virginians. Some people find themselves unexpectedly out of work. Others are looking for safer, convenient options to pursue their college aspirations. We want to be there for them,” Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, said. “We’re asking the board to hold the line on tuition and fees for the fall. We’d like to maintain that rate beyond the fall, if the state funding exists to help us do that responsibly.”