By Rob Duffy

Editor-in-Chief

The new comprehensive fee for the 2011-12 school year will be estimated at $54,240, the University announced in a letter sent to parents last week. This figure is comprised of $43,628 for tuition, an estimated $10,374 for room and board (which varies depending on the type of housing a student lives in) and $238 for additional fees. The total is up 3.7% from the current year’s estimated $52,280; according to the letter, this increase is the lowest at the University in the past ten years. More information will follow in next week’s edition of The Bucknellian.