Blinn Board Approves New Tuition Rates

The Blinn College District Board of Trustees approved new tuition and fee rates for the 2021-22 academic year during its regular meeting Tuesday.

The board authorized a $2 per credit hour increase in tuition and general fees for all students. On average, student housing and meal plan rates increased 2%. Under the new tuition rates, indistrict residents will pay $59, out-of-district Texas residents will pay $117, and out-of-state/ foreign students will pay $276 per credit hour. The general fee will be $72 per credit hour.

According to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s CollegeForAllTexans.com, out-of-district Blinn students taking 30 credit hours during the upcoming academic year would save 42.4% in tuition and fees compared to the 2020-21 tuition and fee rate at the average statewide university.

Blinn’s preliminary Spring 2021 figures, which do not include upcoming 8-week and 4-week terms, include:

• 5,335 Bryan Campus students;

• 4,343 Blinn online students,

• 2,284 RELLIS Campus students;

• 1,631 high school dual credit students;

• 1,533 Brenham Campus students;

• 60 Schulenburg Campus students;

• and 24 Sealy Campus students.