Bad news comes in threes for Va. college tuition

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Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus — and we suggest you write him now and implore him to pad your stockings with cash, because a third Virginia university is raising tuition.

The Virginia State University Board of Visitors voted to raise in-state tuition and mandatory fees by 7.9 percent to $7,090 for the upcoming school year, AP reports. Out-of-state tuition and fees wil jump 5.6 percent to $15,988, while basic room and board costs will increase by $728, or 8.9 percent.

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