Georgia Colleges Hold Tuition Flat For Second Straight Year

In this Aug. 17 photo, a graduate assistant sits in an empty auditorium during an online lecture on the first day of classes at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Regents announced Tuesday that they would not increase tuition and fees for the 2021-2022 school year.

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Updated at 3:22 p.m. Tuesday

The 340,000 students at Georgia’s public universities and colleges won’t pay more for classes next fall, with regents on Tuesday approving flat tuition and fees for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Officials say they were able to hold tuition flat at the 26 schools for the second year in a row — and the fourth year out of six — thanks to federal relief money and a small increase in state funding.