Despite tuition hike, ECSU still best UNC bargain

Even with an 8.4 percent increase in tuition and fees, an education at Elizabeth City State University will remain the best bargain in the 16-campus University of North Carolina System.

According to UNC data, the average ECSU student who paid $3,829 in tuition and fees this year will pay — if the proposed increases are approved by both ECSU trustees and the UNC Board of Governors — $4,150 in 2012-13.

That’s still $244 less, however, than what a student at Fayetteville State University would pay in tuition and fees next year, and $636 less than what a student at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke would pay next year. It’s also $1,655 less than the statewide average of $5,805.

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