The Slippery Rock University finance committee will vote next month on recommending a 2% tuition increase to the board of trustees.

The tuition increase, which would take effect in the 2022-23 school year if eventually approved by the trustees, was outlined for the committee by SRU's chief financial and data officer, Carrie Birckbichler.

All undergraduates and most graduate students would see an increase of $183 per semester.

Without the increase, the university would see a budget deficit next year of about $6 million.

With the increase, that deficit would be $4 million to $4.5 million.

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