KAHULUI – Hawaii resident undergraduates attending the University of Hawaii at Hilo, U.H.-West Oahu and the seven U.H. community colleges will benefit from a reduction in summer tuition rates, which will lower the summer 2012 rate and freeze it at the summer 2011 rate.

The reduction sets the 2012 summer session tuition rate for these campuses at $248 per-credit-hour, the summer session tuition rate in 2009 for the Hilo and West Oahu campuses.

The decrease in tuition is an incentive for Hawaii resident students to enroll in summer classes.

At U.H. Maui College, the reduced rate of $248 replaces the posted rate of $317.