STATE COLLEGE — The price of an education is going up again at Penn State.

University trustees approved a 5.5 percent tuition hike Friday for resident freshmen and sophomores at the school's main campus. Those students will have to pay $12,284 per year starting this fall, up $638 from last academic year.

Tuition for nonresident freshmen and sophomores at main campus will increase 4.3 percent to $23,152. Trustees approved the rate hikes at a meeting in York.

A 4.5 percent tuition increase was approved for both resident and nonresident students at Penn State's branch campuses.

The tuition hike comes after state lawmakers tentatively agreed earlier this week to raise the university's state funding about 2 percent to roughly $332 million. That was less than the 6.8 percent sought by the university earlier this year or the 3 percent sought in recent weeks, but just more than the 1.6 percent proposed by Gov. Ed Rendell.

The tuition increase assumes the Legislature approves the 2 percent funding increase, Penn State President Graham Spanier said.