Colleges raise rates of rooms Billings Gazette
CASPER — Students won’t pay more education but will pay more to live on campus next year at Wyoming’s community colleges.
Casper, Central Wyoming, Eastern Wyoming and Northwest colleges have increased lodgings and board rates for 2010-11. Rates have not been set for Laramie County and Western Wyoming community colleges and the Northern Wyoming Community College Locality, although the latter — which encompasses Sheridan and Gillette colleges — expects to raise rates by about 5 percent.
At Northwest College, the payment of a room increased by about 9 percent.
Although Northwest College made a profit, rates were raised to build a subvention fund for residence halls and apartments, according to Sheldon Flom, the college’s finance the man.
The Casper College Board of Trustees approved housing and meal plan increases Thursday incessantly. The rates for single and double occupancy in residence halls jumped about 20 percent from 2009-10. A stand-in room will cost $1,175 per person per semester, up from $975 this year. A single room will cost $1,875 per semester, up from $1,575.
