The Cost Goes Up

For students attending Dartmouth next year there is some consolation, but not much, in the fact that the tuition, room, and board fees voted by the trustees at their February meeting add up to the smallest percentage increase in four years. The jump of 9.9 percent will bring the total basic cost to $12,580 for the 1983 84 academic year.

Total fee increases in the three previous years were 14.1 percent, 15.4 percent, and 13.1 percent. President McLaughlin stated that the trustees had made a determined effort this time to get below a double-digit rise. He added that next year's increase will enable the College to sustain its policy of "need blind" admissions, and also will help to recapture some of the ground lost in wages and salaries during the period of high inflation.

The projected total cost of $12,580 for three terms at Dartmouth breaks down into $9,090 for tuition, $1,635 for average room rent, and $1,855 for full board. Tuition at Thayer School will be the same as for the College, but at Tuck School it will be $9,390 and at the Medical School $12,760.

Comparing fees charged by the Ivy League colleges automatically accompanies the announcements made at this time of year. Of the costs so far made known, Dartmouth's $12,580 compares with Harvard's $13,150, Yale's $12,980, Princeton's $12,910, and Brown's $12,740. Harvard announced a lower percentage increase, 8.7. The others were 12.6 at Princeton, 10.2 at Brown, and 10.1 at Yale.