Next year’s students at Blinn College will be paying an additional two dollars a credit hour for tuition and general fees.
That’s after Blinn trustees at this month’s meeting unanimously approved recommendations that are expected to generate an additional $8.7 million in revenue.
The tuition and fee proposal presented by vice chancellor Richard Cervantes also included possible spending increases in Blinn’s budget for the 2021-22 academic year.
One example is a two percent pay raise for full time employees and an additional $25 dollars for part time faculty. Just over $1 million would cover pay raises and additional health insurance costs.
Cervantes also brought up restoring more than $3.7 million dollars taken out of this year’s budget for renovation and replacement and travel expenses, $900,000 dollars for new personnel, and $400,000 towards new operational expenses.
According to Blinn officials, under the new tuition rates in-district residents will pay $59, out-of-district Texas residents will pay $117, and out-of-state/foreign students will pay $276 per credit hour. The general fee will be $72 per credit hour.
Click below for comments from Richard Cervantes during the March 9, 2021 Blinn College trustees meeting:
