学费「重置」潮席卷全美：十余所高校宣布削减数万美元标价，折扣率已达57.1%
纽约10月5日——据《纽约邮报》报道，在认为上大学对成功「至关重要」的美国人比例降至纪录低位之际，全美至少十余所高校今年已削减或宣布削减学费与必缴费用，多所私立学校的本科标价降幅约在40%至50%以上。弗吉尼亚州的埃默里与亨利大学今秋将学费砍半至19,990美元；亚利桑那州普雷斯科特学院把住校本科生学费从33,960美元降至15,000美元，降幅55.8%。
塔尔萨大学计划2027年秋把本科生学费与费用从54,000美元降至25,000美元，减少29,000美元（53.7%）；爱荷华州科伊学院2027—28学年将从58,780美元降至31,850美元；蒙大拿州卡罗尔学院将从44,712美元降至26,800美元；明尼苏达州圣保罗康考迪亚大学则削减5,500美元至21,700美元，自2027年秋执行。
《纽约邮报》指出，这一由彭博社率先报道的趋势，正在挑战私立高校「高标价、高折扣」的定价模式：参与统计的私立院校对首次入学的本科生，机构折扣率在2025—26学年已达57.1%。报道同时提醒，标价大降并不必然等于家庭实际支出同幅下降，因为许多学生原本就通过奖学金与助学金支付远低于标价的 net price（净价）。
信息来源：《纽约邮报》10月5日报道，最初数据由彭博社汇总。
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Tuition Reset Wave: More Than a Dozen U.S. Colleges Slash Sticker Prices by Tens of Thousands
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 — At least a dozen U.S. colleges and universities have cut or announced cuts to tuition or required fees this year, according to the New York Post, as a record-low share of Americans say attending college is crucial for success. Several private schools chopped published undergraduate prices by roughly 40% to more than 50%. Emory & Henry University in Virginia cut tuition roughly in half to $19,990 this fall, while Arizona's Prescott College lowered on-campus undergraduate tuition 55.8%, from $33,960 to $15,000.
The University of Tulsa plans to cut undergraduate tuition and fees from $54,000 to $25,000 in fall 2027, a $29,000 or 53.7% reduction. Coe College in Iowa will drop tuition from $58,780 to $31,850 for 2027-28, Montana's Carroll College will cut tuition and general fees from $44,712 to $26,800, and Concordia University, St. Paul in Minnesota will cut tuition by $5,500 to $21,700 for on-campus undergraduates beginning in fall 2027.
The trend, first reported by Bloomberg, challenges a private-college pricing model in which schools post high sticker prices and then discount them heavily. The average institutional discount rate for first-time undergraduates at participating private colleges reached 57.1% in 2025-26. The Post notes the headline cuts often will not translate into equally large savings for families, since many students already pay a net price far below the sticker price through scholarships and grants.
Source: New York Post, Oct. 5; trend data first compiled by Bloomberg.
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