Budget battles in Richmond could impact cost of in-state tuition - DANIELLE NADLER, Northern Virginia Media Services

Virginia students will pay an average of $20,298 to cover the cost of tuition, mandatory fees and room and board at the commonwealth’s public, four-year universities this academic year – an increase of 6.7 percent, the largest in three years, according to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. And depending on the condition of the state government’s budget in coming months, students and their parents could have to dig deeper to pay even more not too far down the road. Students at the College of William and Mary (up $2,193), Virginia Military Institute ($1,114) and Richard Bland College ($1,038) will see the biggest rise in in-state tuition and mandatory fees. Students in Virginia’s Community College System will experience the smallest increase, $180. http://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/budget-battles-in-richmond-could-impact-cost-of-in-state/article_1ae20e6c-2d2f-11e4-88d9-0019bb2963f4.html