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College’s rising cost steering students to private, smaller institutions

Spokeane, Washington, Spokesman-Review

January 29, 2012

Sam Director, a freshman at Whitworth University, didn't plan on going to a private university. But when he started shopping, the Oregon resident discovered it was cheaper. "It was a process of elimination," Director said. To go to an Oregon public university, comparable to one in Washington, would cost about the same as going to Whitworth. Private colleges don't rely on public funding and frequently have hefty endowments that help defray tuition costs and increase scholarship possibilities. And tuition increases among private universities have been less steep - around 20 percent at Whitworth and Gonzaga University over the past five years.

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