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Pitt ranks second in the nation, at least, for how much it costs to attend compared to other public universities.

The Department of Education listed Pitt’s tuition last year, $14,154, as the second-most expensive nationally.

It’s unclear where Pitt will rank after this year’s 8.5 percent tuition hike as the most expensive public school — Penn State University at $14,416 — hasn’t announced its tuition yet.

Penn State’s tuition will likely also increase this year after the legislature cut about a fifth of both schools’ funding..

Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned schools are facing a tuition increase of 7.5 percent, which was approved by the governing board of the State System of Higher Education. None of those 14 schools made the department’s most-expensive list.

All 14 state schools have the same in-state tuiton of $5,804, except Cheyney University with an in-state tuition of $5,544.

The national average tuition among public schools is $6,397, less than half of Pitt’s and Penn State’s tuition.

Read the full story at the Pitt News.

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