This fall, Quebec graduate students will begin feeling the impact of a large tuition increase, according to the Canadian University Press (CUP).
The rise in tuition will continue over the next five years, at the end of which the average master’s program will have been increased by $1,625, the CUP reported.
“I really fear for the wallets of Quebec students,” Claudette Carbonneau, a Laval student told The McGill Daily. “If there are no rules, we might end up [as expensive as] American universities, which I don’t think is what we want to see.”
The reason for the rise in tuition isn’t to better compete with other schools, but rather, it’s because Quebec’s tuition has been frozen since 1968, according to the CUP. Tuition fees will be increased until they are equal to what they would have been today if they had not been frozen, according to the CUP.
“I really fear for the wallets of Quebec students,” Claudette Carbonneau, a Laval student told The McGill Daily. “If there are no rules, we might end up [as expensive as] American universities, which I don’t think is what we want to see.”
The reason for the rise in tuition isn’t to better compete with other schools, but rather, it’s because Quebec’s tuition has been frozen since 1968, according to the CUP. Tuition fees will be increased until they are equal to what they would have been today if they had not been frozen, according to the CUP.