BY COMMUNITY IMPACT STAFF
Lone Star College System maintains tuition prices On April 2, Lone Star College System trustees approved unchanged tuition rates for 2026-27. What happened During the LSCS trustees’ regular April 2 meet- ing, trustees unanimously approved the proposed tuition rates for the 2026-27 school year. Trustee Daniel Meza expressed a desire to lower LSCS tuition rates in the future, especially out- of-district and out-of-state/international tuition, which he said are high compared to other schools. However, board Secretary Iesheia Wilson said if rates are lowered for out-of-district and out-of- state/international tuition, LSCS will need to lower in-district tuition too, which could impact the college system’s budget. It was too late to consider lowering the tuition rates for the 2026-27 school year, Chancellor Mario Castillo said April 2. However, trustees tasked
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$111 per credit hour for in-district students $249 per credit hour for out-of- district students $313 per credit hour for out-of-state/ international students $43 per credit hour for dual credit students According to April 2 meeting documents, the LSCS tuition rates will remain at:
On March 20, student doctors at Sam Houston State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine celebrated Match Day and learned where they would go for their residencies. “We’re just so proud of y’all because you’ve been able to rise to the occasion,” COM Dean Thomas Mohr said during the ceremony. Some context Student doctors interview with residency programs across the country, and submit a ranked list of the residency programs where they’d like to train, Mohr said. The residency programs also rank the students they’ve interviewed, and after the preferences are processed, student doctors are paired with residency programs.
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the district’s Audit and Finance Committee with evaluating potential tuition changes and bringing information to the board in the future. Remember this? In March 2024, LSCS trustees voted to raise the college system’s tuition to the current fees, as previously reported. The changes included an $8 bump per credit hour for in-district tuition and a $23 increase per credit hour for out-of-state/inter- national tuition.
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