New York University Tuition Will Reach an All-Time High This Year

NYU tuition will reach an all-time high in the 201516 academic year, according to figures printed on the NYU site's anticipated expenses page. Expenses range from $70,586 to $78,, while tuition varies by school These approximations include fees, tuition, living expenses and health insurance. "The cost of attendance (annual) was suddenly raised after students paid the enrollment deposit," the petition reads. "Individuals who planned their budget according to the previously stated prices, and have exhausted all their resources in doing so, are in a significant difficulty." Incoming freshmen responded to the increased prices for the university on social websites. An incoming freshman, Nia Mirza began a petition asserting because freshmen were not notified about the specific costs of attending NYU until after they registered, that the tuition should return to last year's figures. The petition has nearly 3,000 signatures as of press time. NYU representative John Beckman said the difference in cost of attendance for incoming freshmen is due to the time of when NYU can compute its expected expenses for the following academic year. An estimate for passage and traveling costs was added for the very first time this year. "Contrary to what the petition claims, www.blogbookworld.com and fees never have suddenly been raised," Beckman said. Incoming freshman Anya Felix said the deadline for several Early Decision II applicants to accept their decisions and remove all other applications was March 11. She was unable to obtain the updated amounts until a couple of days after she accepted her offer. "I merely believe it is not cool forcing ED students to accept entrances until they understand what they're coming up against," Felix said. "I understand I cannot afford my new cost of attendance. It's not honest to bind us to a deal that we didn't even understand the provisions of." Beckman said NYU hadn't figured out costs for the following academic year by the time it taken its early decision applicants. Early decision students are given the cost of attendance for 201415 as an estimate. "The cost of attendance for NYU for 2014 15 is $66,542," Beckman said. "So, of the seeming $4,500 difference between this year's cost of attendance and next year's, $2,000 is an estimate of indirect costs not paid to NYU, and the balance is an annual increase in tuition and fees that -- at about 3 percent -- is in line with NYU's recent history and that of other private universities." This really is not the first-time NYU continues to be criticized because of its high attendance cost. NYU has consistently been ranked as truly one of the most expensive universities in the country. Mirza said the entire aim of the request is a fall in overall tuition fees for NYU students. "The purpose of this petition would be to condemn the skyrocketing costs of tuition, which is only affordable for students from very wealthy backgrounds," the petition reads. "Great education is a right to all, regardless of financial strength. We're against the total amount of debt that students are made to incur while studying at NYU."