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Rutgers University will set tuition for the 2015-16 school year today in a meeting in New Brunswick. (Star-Ledger file photo)

NEW BRUNSWICK -- Rutgers University students should know by the end of today how much it will cost to attend the school this fall.

The university's Board of Governors is scheduled to meet at 1:30 p.m. in Winants Hall in New Brunswick to finalize the tuition rate for the 2015-16 school year.

The board is expected to go immediately into a closed session before discussing and voting on the tuition, housing fees and other costs during a 2:30 p.m. public session.

Rutgers has raised tuition annually in recent years, though university officials have given no indication how much the rate may change for the upcoming school year.

Undergraduate students on the New Brunswick-Piscataway campus paid $13,813 in tuition and fees last school year, a 2.3 percent increase from the year before. With room and board fees added, the typical in-state undergraduate living on the campus paid a total bill of $25,561.

While private colleges in New Jersey can set tuition earlier, Rutgers and other public colleges and universities traditionally wait to finalize tuition and fees until the Legislature passes the state budget at the end of June.

Students were given a chance to comment on tuition and fees during a public hearing in April.

Rutgers is one of three New Jersey schools ranked among the most expensive 5 percent of public colleges and universities in America, according to U.S. Department of Education data released earlier this month.

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