Tuition fees for universities in many places in China will usher in the wave of price increases in the fall of 2023.
According to Caixin.com, Sichuan, Jilin, Shanghai, and Shandong have announced the adjustment of scientific fee standards for public colleges and universities this year, and the implementation of the autumn semester of 2023.The rise is between 20%and 40%, most of which are more than 5,000 yuan (RMB, the same below, about S $ 926), rose to 5,000 yuan to 7,000 yuan, and individual science and engineering majors increased by 54%.The price adjustment standards all implement the "old and old methods, new and new methods", and the old students who enrolled before the standard adjustment are not affected.
It is reported that the largest tuition price increase in Chinese universities in recent years appeared around 2014.In the past two years, a new round of tuition price increase has reappeared. Since 2020, Henan, Liaoning, Anhui, Shandong, Shaanxi and other places have announced that it has raised scientific and prices of colleges and universities.From 2013 to 2022, 21 provinces and cities have adjusted the tuition fees for colleges and universities, including Tianjin, Jiangsu, Fujian, Shandong, Hubei, and Hunan.
In January of this year, the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission started the first shot of tuition fees for colleges and universities in 2023. From the school year of this year, the tuition and science and engineering tuition fees of public colleges and universities are raised by 1100 yuan, respectively, respectively, respectively, respectively, respectively, respectively, respectivelyIt reaches 4800 yuan and 5,200 yuan per year; medical majors are raised by 800 to 1,700 yuan to 5,800 yuan each year.In addition, Jilin, Shanghai, Shandong and other places have also announced a new round of tuition adjustment.
The benchmark tuition standards of Shanghai colleges and universities are high as a whole.At the end of April, the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission issued a notice on optimizing the formation mechanism for the formation of scientific fees for public colleges and universities in this city. From the school year of 2023, the original general professional and popular professional classification and charging policies have been canceled.More than 6,500 yuan, science and engineering categories are up to 7,000 yuan, medical maximum does not exceed 7,400 yuan, and the maximum art category does not exceed 13,000 yuan.
The overall show that the average tuition fee for public colleges and universities was adjusted from 5420 yuan to 7,215 yuan, an increase of 33%.After the adjustment, the average tuition fee of the freshmen per academic year is about 1795 yuan.
Including Fudan University, East China University of Technology, Shanghai Electrics College, Shanghai Normal University, etc., many universities have announced that tuition fees have risen from 2023, and generally increased from 5,000 yuan per academic year to 6,500 yuan and above.Some majors rose as high as 54%.
At present, only in the education tuition fees of public colleges and universities, only Beijing, Heilongjiang, Yunnan, Tibet, Hainan, Xinjiang and other places still adhere to the tuition fee standards around 2000.
Public universities are non -compulsory education, and implement the mechanism of government investment, rational sharing, and various channels to raise funds.
Caixin.com reported that fiscal funding and tuition income constitute the most important sources of school running.Many colleges and universities have been implemented for nearly 20 years.Taking Sichuan Province, which has determined tuition fees this year, as an example, the tuition fee standards implemented before was formulated in 2004.The low level of tuition standards and the pressure on the cost of higher education is an important reason for the increase in tuition fees.
In addition to public universities, according to incomplete statistics from Caixin.com, including Nanjing Media College, Wuxi Taihu College, and Nantong Institute of Technology, this year's private universities also ushered in tuition and price increases.
Private universities run for self -funded funds. Generally, tuition fees are more expensive than public universities. According to the level of schooling, they are divided into independent private undergraduate universities, independent colleges, and private colleges.
