How to Use tuition in a Sentence

tuition

noun
  • Her uncle agreed to pay part of her tuition.
  • There's going to be a tuition increase next year.
  • Before the company transferred her to Mexico, they offered her private tuition in Spanish.
  • That means more funds for schools, child care, health care, college tuition, and roads.
    Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2023
  • And that, in turn, could inspire colleges to hike their tuition.
    Sarah Bedford, Washington Examiner, 4 July 2023
  • For my parents, this would mean tuition paid, uniforms made, one less child to worry about.
    Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • The tuition free status will apply to all new and returning students in the program.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The remainder of the tuition was paid and Pinkney became a college graduate.
    Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • About 87% of Cal State students have their tuition fully or partly covered by grants and aid.
    Ashley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The preschool will have 17 students in the fall, 15 of whom will have free tuition through Multnomah County’s Preschool for All initiative.
    Austindedios, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The city has also seen soaring costs for children’s private school tuition.
    Troy Closson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • This is equivalent to a full in-state tuition scholarship for an HBCU student.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Elected to the Arizona state House in 2010, Gallego led the charge to grant in-state tuition status to veterans living in Arizona.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 23 Jan. 2023
  • It is required to pay such tuition when public schools fail to serve students with disabilities, who make up a fifth of all pupils.
    Troy Closson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • There are plenty of unicorn start-up-worthy accoutrements to back up that tuition cost.
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Our grandchild went to a great state university with low tuition.
    Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The first would have raised tuition by 8% for all students, and the second would have raised tuition by 5% for new students and 3% for continuing students.
    Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
  • The company didn’t explain the figure, which is more than the average cost of tuition for a year of physician assistant school.
    H. Claire Brown, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Students would still have to complete all elements of the program throughout high school in order to have their tuition covered.
    Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
  • That total was supposed to cover tuition and 60 credit hours.
    Marley Jay, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Crow purchased Thomas’ mother’s home and paid private school tuition for a relative Thomas was raising as his son.
    Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The school provides private lessons, recitals and master classes, with discounts available to those who can’t afford full tuition.
    Beth Woodcontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2023
  • In a bid to win publicity, the college reset its tuition price point to match what everyone knew — almost no one pays full price.
    al, 25 Jan. 2023
  • If all of those qualifications are met, A-State will cover the rest of what those students owe for tuition and mandatory fees.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2023
  • What additional fees, if any, are there? To find a day-care center that fits their budget, Haar said parents must ask whether there are fees in addition to the tuition.
    Daniel Bortz, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • As the cost of college soared, many still clung on to the promise that the price was self-evidently worth it—even as tuition outpaced inflation several times over.
    Indigo Olivier, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Every year, a new class of young women receives full tuition, housing, health care and social support with five partner schools.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Coppin State hopes that making tuition more affordable will increase the percentage of out-of-state students, which last year stood at 15%.
    Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The couple have had to dip into their savings to cover their mortgage, car bills, college tuition for one of their two kids and other expenses.
    Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • If everything goes through, the lender will likely send the loan directly to your financial-aid office, which will apply the proceeds to tuition and fees.
    Rebecca Safier, wsj.com, 14 Oct. 2023

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