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In light of the COVID-19 crisis, Midwestern University will freeze its tuition rates for the upcoming 2020-21 academic year, including the Glendale campus.
MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES TUITION FREEZE M CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI • COLLEGE TIMES
idwestern University is freezing its tuition rates for the upcoming 2020-21 academic year. Kathleen H. Goeppinger, president and CEO of Midwestern University, made the announcement to the campus community. “I know that many students are very concerned about the cost of their education while facing the uncertainty of how COVID-19 will impact their families. Midwestern University had anticipated a tuition increase in the 2020-2021 academic year to cover the ever-increasing cost of maintaining all services on our campuses while facing increased costs from many utilities, vendors and suppliers,” Goeppinger says. “I am announcing today that all current and incoming students’ tuition will not be increased in the upcoming academic year. The current tuition rate remains in effect in the upcoming 2020-2021 academic year.” The decision to freeze tuition was ratified by the executive committee
of the Midwestern University Board of Trustees. Midwestern University is a private, not-for-profit graduate and postgraduate educational institution specializing in degrees in the health sciences with colleges located on two campuses. At the Glendale campus, 3,900 students study at the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, Arizona College of Optometry, College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Graduate Studies. Midwestern University is home to Arizona’s largest medical school and the state’s only veterinary college. As of September 2019, more than 11,000 health care professionals have graduated from Midwestern’s programs, with over 40% remaining in Arizona to practice. The university has invested over $400 million in Glendale and has created over 900 campus-based jobs. CT
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