Tuition Going Up At Montclair State University: Here’s How Much

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Tuition and fees will rise for students at Montclair State University for the upcoming academic year, administrators announced Wednesday.

The Board of Trustees at Montclair State University approved a $231-per-semester tuition and fees increase for in-state, full time undergraduate students in 2022-2023. The increase brings the total annual tuition/fee cost to $13,762.

MSU administrators said that even with the hike, the school is the third-lowest-priced public university in New Jersey for undergraduates.

There will be a higher tuition/fee hike for out-of-state undergraduate students, administrators said. That increase will come to $527 per semester, making for a total annual cost of $22,472.

In addition, tuition and fees for general master’s students will increase by $505 per semester, for a total annual cost of $19,048.

Meanwhile, the university is making one of the largest single-year increases to student financial aid in its history. The $13.3 million increase will be a 55 percent bump over the prior academic year, administrators said.

More information on tuition and financial aid at MSU can be found online here.

NJ STATE BUDGET BOOST

MSU administrators said the school got a boost from the latest state budget, which includes an extra $3 million in aid, raising the average allocation per student from $3,000 to $3,750.

Administrators also said that state lawmakers “showed their support for Montclair’s work with Bloomfield College” by allocating $12.5 million to the state’s only four-year Predominantly Black Institution – helping to ensure that the financially struggling school can survive the upcoming academic year.

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Montclair State University also serves a highly diverse student body, administrators said:

“More than 50% of the undergraduate student population identify as minority group members. The university is New Jersey’s largest Hispanic-Serving Institution, enrolling more Latinx students than any other institution in the state. Some 40% of the incoming freshman class identify as Hispanic, more than 20% identify as Black and more than 40% identify as first-generation college students.”

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