NEW CITY – Tuition at
Rockland Community College this fall will increase $162 a year, or by
3.6 percent, under the terms of the college’s 2018-19 budget approved
by the county legislature on Tuesday night.
Tuition for full-time students will be about $4,747, and that is “a
bargain,” according to County Legislature Chairman Toney Earl.
The county’s contribution to the college’s spending plan increased
by 1.76 percent, or about $300,000, for a total of $17.5 million. The
total budget comes in at $66.8 million.
The remainder of the cost of the spending plan comes from tuition and
the state.
“Rockland Community College continues to play an important role
in helping everyone from newly-graduated high school students pursuing
their associate’s degree to older adults seeking new career skills
to obtain the education they need to succeed,” said Earl. “RCC
continues to evolve its programming to meet the needs of the fast-moving
world in which we now live, and frankly, it’s a bargain, making
it more accessible than ever to those seeking to further their education.”
