Tuition Rises 6.5 Percent

Tuition and fees will rise 6.5 percent next year, making the average undergraduate's College bill about $1400 higher, University officials announced yesterday.

Total costs for tuition, room, board and health fees will rise from $22,080 to $23,514, officials said. The increase is smaller than last year's hike of 6.3 percent.

Also yesterday, the Admissions Office announced that competition for acceptance to the class of 1996 was stiffer this year than last. Sixteen percent of applicants were admitted, compared to 17 percent last year.

Harvard's all-inclusive tuition adjustment is comparable with that of other Ivy League schools, slightly greater than Princeton's of 6.3 percent, but less than Yale's of 6.7 percent. Columbia is offering the smallest hike, of 4 percent, but its annual costs remain the highest of the Ivys at $24,482.

In a press release yesterday, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles said thehigher costs are necessitated in part by effortsto provide financial aid for all students who needit.

The release cited the recession as prompting ahigher number of requests for financial aid thanin recent years. Approximately 45 percent ofstudents will be offered scholarships and 70percent will receive some form of financial aid,according to Director of Financial Aid James S.Miller.

Miller said that Harvard would invest a totalof more than $53 million in financial aid supportnext year, including more than $32 million inscholarships, with an average grant of $11,100.

According to the Admissions Office, more than13,000 students applied to the College this year,and 2085 were accepted.

The office said that record numbers of womenand Asian Americans were admitted--just over 44percent and 18 percent, respectively.

For the first time, the number of studentsadmitted was smaller than the number of highschool valedictorians who applied, the pressrelease said.

More than 4000 of the applicants had SAT scoresabove 1400 and nearly 1500 had scores of 800 onthe Math II achievement test

The release cited the recession as prompting ahigher number of requests for financial aid thanin recent years. Approximately 45 percent ofstudents will be offered scholarships and 70percent will receive some form of financial aid,according to Director of Financial Aid James S.Miller.

Miller said that Harvard would invest a totalof more than $53 million in financial aid supportnext year, including more than $32 million inscholarships, with an average grant of $11,100.

According to the Admissions Office, more than13,000 students applied to the College this year,and 2085 were accepted.

The office said that record numbers of womenand Asian Americans were admitted--just over 44percent and 18 percent, respectively.

For the first time, the number of studentsadmitted was smaller than the number of highschool valedictorians who applied, the pressrelease said.

More than 4000 of the applicants had SAT scoresabove 1400 and nearly 1500 had scores of 800 onthe Math II achievement test