{"id":4423,"date":"2013-10-03T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/"},"modified":"2013-10-03T10:05:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T10:05:00","slug":"ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Ave Maria University reduces tuition to ease burden on families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Naples, Fla., Oct 3, 2013 \/ 04:05 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Citing a desire to ease financial pressures on parents and students, Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla., has announced that it will reduce its annual undergraduate tuition for new students by $5,000 next year.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI think that all Catholic colleges and universities should do soul-searching these days about what they\u2019re charging,\u201d Jim Towey, president of Ave Maria University, told CNA Oct. 1.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe fact is, it\u2019s impoverishing a lot of families to have a high debt-load. The parents are finding themselves having to mortgage their lives. Students are graduating with their future so heavily burdened by high debt that we all have to ask whether this is just and sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBeginning in fall 2014, the Catholic university in southern rural Florida will reduce its tuition from $23,000 to $17,940, a cut of $5,060 for new students. Returning students will pay the same amount that they are paying this year, after scholarships.<\/p>\n

\tThe university says that its average student pays less than an attendee at nearly all private colleges and universities in Florida and at other U.S. Catholic universities.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cPeople in this country are demanding high quality, reasonable cost education,\u201d Towey said. \u201cWe believe that part of our founder\u2019s vision here at Ave Maria was a tuition price in reach of as many families as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe university will continue to provide scholarships, which means many students will pay less than the advertised tuition.<\/p>\n

\tTowey said the tuition cut will not compromise classroom size and student-to-faculty ratios.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe\u2019re excited we\u2019re in a financial position to be able to do this,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

\tLow administrative overhead, as well as an expectation of \u201ccontinued strong support\u201d from donors and growing enrollment will make the tuition decrease possible, Towey explained. He credited the young age of the university, which was founded in 2003, as a factor that made the decision easier.<\/p>\n

\tThe university president also cited concerns that higher education is an overpriced economic \u201cbubble.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI think the schools that get out in front of this quickly will be in a better position to stay strong,\u201d he said, suggesting that other schools could look at their overhead costs or draw on their endowments to reduce tuition.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cSome of these schools with huge endowments that are charging these incredibly high tuition and fees, you wonder what the endowment is there for to begin with,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\tHe characterized Ave Maria University as \u201ca classic liberal arts education at an affordable price.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe university emphasizes Catholic social teaching through various programs, including outreach efforts to local farm worker communities.<\/p>\n

\tThe school\u2019s students, Towey explained, will \u201cbecome pro-life and pro-poor, and they\u2019ll go out and put their education and their faith in the service of humanity. That\u2019s all a Catholic university can aspire to do, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe voiced hopes that the young university will be \u201ca little mustard seed\u201d that will grow through its faithfulness.<\/p>\n

\tAve Maria University currently has almost 1,000 enrolled students and hopes to enroll 1,500 by fall 2016.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Naples, Fla., Oct 3, 2013 \/ 04:05 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- Citing a desire to ease financial pressures on parents and students, Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla., has announced that it will reduce its annual undergraduate tuition for new students by $5,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-us"],"yoast_head":"\nAve Maria University reduces tuition to ease burden on families<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Naples, Fla., Oct 3, 2013 \/ 04:05 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- Citing a desire to ease financial pressures on parents and students, Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla., has announced that it will reduce its annual undergraduate tuition for new students by $5,...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ave Maria University reduces tuition to ease burden on families\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Naples, Fla., Oct 3, 2013 \/ 04:05 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- Citing a desire to ease financial pressures on parents and students, Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla., has announced that it will reduce its annual undergraduate tuition for new students by $5,...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-03T10:05:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/\",\"name\":\"Ave Maria University reduces tuition to ease burden on families\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-03T10:05:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-10-03T10:05:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\"},\"description\":\"Naples, Fla., Oct 3, 2013 \/ 04:05 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- Citing a desire to ease financial pressures on parents and students, Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla., has announced that it will reduce its annual undergraduate tuition for new students by $5,...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ave Maria University reduces tuition to ease burden on families\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\",\"name\":\"CNA Daily News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CNA Daily News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ave Maria University reduces tuition to ease burden on families","description":"Naples, Fla., Oct 3, 2013 \/ 04:05 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- Citing a desire to ease financial pressures on parents and students, Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla., has announced that it will reduce its annual undergraduate tuition for new students by $5,...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ave Maria University reduces tuition to ease burden on families","og_description":"Naples, Fla., Oct 3, 2013 \/ 04:05 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- Citing a desire to ease financial pressures on parents and students, Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla., has announced that it will reduce its annual undergraduate tuition for new students by $5,...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/","og_site_name":"Catholic News","article_published_time":"2013-10-03T10:05:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"}],"author":"CNA Daily News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CNA Daily News","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/","name":"Ave Maria University reduces tuition to ease burden on families","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-10-03T10:05:00+00:00","dateModified":"2013-10-03T10:05:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1"},"description":"Naples, Fla., Oct 3, 2013 \/ 04:05 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- Citing a desire to ease financial pressures on parents and students, Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla., has announced that it will reduce its annual undergraduate tuition for new students by $5,...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/10\/ave-maria-university-reduces-tuition-to-ease-burden-on-families\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ave Maria University reduces tuition to ease burden on families"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/","name":"Catholic News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1","name":"CNA Daily News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CNA Daily News"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}