SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (AP)—A private liberal arts college with campuses in New Mexico and Maryland announced a $17,000 reduction in its annual tuition on Sept. 12, acknowledging that steady price increases in pursuit of prestige drove away many qualified students from families of moderate or modest economic means.
Tuition for the coming academic year will drop from more than $52,000 to $35,000 at St. John’s College, which has about 800 students in Santa Fe and Annapolis who study the formative texts of Western civilization—from Euclid to Jane Austen—in small classroom settings with average of seven students per faculty member. The Santa Fe campus also offers graduate studies in the traditions of China, India, and Japan.
