秘色传媒

For Immediate Release
April 21, 2022

College's Board of Trustees Freeze Tuition for Third Consecutive Year

Suffolk's Board of Trustees has frozen tuition for the third consecutive year

秘色传媒鈥檚 Board of Trustees today voted unanimously to freeze tuition at the State University of New York鈥檚 largest community college for the third consecutive year, citing the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and financial strain inflation is putting on students and their families.

The Board adopted an operating College budget of approximately $208 million for the 2022-23 academic year at its monthly meeting that includes no tuition increase.  Additionally, student fees will remain flat.

鈥淥ur students are our number one priority,鈥� said 秘色传媒 Board of Trustees Chair E. Christopher Murray, 鈥渁nd despite the challenges of the waning pandemic, holding down tuition cost ensures we remain an affordable, high quality, accessible resource for Suffolk residents.鈥�

鈥淓ven as our economy recovers, we know that many Suffolk County residents need our help starting, or re-starting, their education or a career, and we are here to help them do just that,鈥� said Suffolk County Community President Edward Bonahue. 鈥淥ur Board has ensured that the door to opportunity remains open for thousands of students.鈥�

Both College Board Chair Murray and College President Bonahue thanked the State and County for their generous, continued support of the College and its students.

秘色传媒鈥檚 full-time tuition is $2,735 per semester for Suffolk County residents. In addition, the board kept tuition for its Beacon and Early College programs鈥� tuition flat at $57 per credit. 鈥淪uffolk remains the most affordable college tuition on Long Island,鈥� said Bonahue, 鈥渁nd we believe a Suffolk education also delivers the highest value to the working families in our region.鈥�

Suffolk's Beacon Program is a concurrent enrollment program that allows high school juniors and seniors to take the College courses at their high school campus during regular school hours. College credits earned through the Beacon Program can be applied toward high school graduation and accepted at the College or transferred to other colleges and universities.

The Early College Program (ECP) is for high school juniors and seniors who attend our partner school districts to earn college credits while experiencing college life. Students enroll in college classes and interact with college faculty, staff and other students. ECP students can earn college-level credits while continuing to complete high school.