Tuition increases continue amidst crisis

The following is the list of schools (in the National Capital Region) that will increase their tuition in Academic Year 2009-20010 based from the reports that the NUSP, through its Tuition Monitor Campaign, has received

Lyceum of the Philippines
+ 5% increase in tuition and another 5% increase in miscellaneous fees

University of the East (UE)
+ 5% tuition increase

Far Eastern University (FEU)
+ 6% tuition increase

San Juan de Letran College
+10% tuition increase

Philippine School of Business and Arts (PSBA)
+15% increase

San Beda College
+20% tuition increase

University of Sto. Thomas (UST)
+7% tuition increase to incoming 1st-3rd year students
+8.52% tuition increase to incoming 4th year students

Miscellaneous Fees Increase:
+ 90.5% Guidance and Counseling Fee increase
+ 7% Library fee increase
+ 5.56% registration fee increase
+ 66.7% Audio-Visual Fee increase to incoming 1st year students and 14.3% increase to incoming 2nd-4th year students
+ 7.14% drug testing fee increase
+ 9.09% energy fee increase
+ Student activity fee increase of 3.58% to 1st-3rd year students and 42% increase to incoming 4th year students
+ 7% ROTC/NSTP fee increase
+ 7% related learning experience fee increase
+ In the College of Science, 70% thesis advising fee increase
+ In the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery: 7.61% Learning Materials/ Test paper fee increase to 1st-3rd year students and 88.32% increase to 4th year students; and 46% LRU fee
+ 40- 50% Community Service Fee increase in college of commerce, Institute of Physical education and athletics, Institute of tourism and hospitality management, college of accountancy, college of fine arts and design, and faculty of arts and letters
+ In the College of Fine Arts, 8.52% increase in thesis advising fee
+ In the faculty of Arts and letters, 81.82% increase in Special lab fee- Edtech radio and TV

The following are the schools that conducted tuition consultation with students but did not inform them about the exact rate: Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP), Jose Rizal University, Manila Central University.