Black Hills State University: Could a student 65 or older budget a tuition reduction while retaining ordinary fees?

DIRECT ANSWER

Published institutional2026–27table has a material numeric/percentage wording inconsistency, not merely rounding:147.10 is approximately55percent of267.45, rather than55percent less. No individual eligibility or charge is established.

BHSU’s retained table posts $147.10 per credit for students who are 65 or older in the enrollment calendar year, on a space-available basis with no fee reduction. It calls this a 55 percent tuition reduction, but that wording does not match the posted $267.45 resident rate and $147.10 older-student charge. Confirm the actual eligible charge before assigning savings to housing. Preserve that source inconsistency rather than calculate an assured percentage discount; this education-cost condition is separate from tuition domicile and transit donations.