Rainy River Lowers Tuition Fees

Rainy River Community College is looking to attract more Ontario students to its International Falls campus.

An agreement with Minnesota State Colleges and Universities will allow non-resident tuition fees to be reduced for Ontario students to the same level paid by Minnesota residents.

Director of student Services Leanne Hardy says it makes the College becomes an attractive option for area high school students.

"I just think Rainy River Community College isn't seen as an option for the student from there," says Hardy, "that they can actually stay home and attend locally then take those credits and go on to their dream of a four-year school and save a lot of money in the meantime."

Hardy says the College has done a good job attracting Canadian students in the past, but numbers have been down recently partly due to non-resident tuition rates which are now 25-per cent higher than for Minnesota residents.