SIU is launching a new program to reward qualifying students with lower tuition rates.
Southern Illinois high school students who come from lower-income households and attend academically strong schools will have another financial incentive to attend SIU this fall.
The University’s Southern Stars Tuition Rate will provide qualifying students with a 20 percent tuition rate reduction. The program is set to begin with new, first-time freshmen from the state’s southernmost 34 counties this fall and applies during all four years of undergraduate study.