FAIRFAX -- Tuition and fees at George Mason University will increase by nearly 10 percent next year.

Mandatory costs for in-state undergraduates will jump 9.8 percent.

For the 2008-09 academic year, tuition and fees for in-state undergraduates will rise $672, to $7,512.

Out-of-state costs will increase 9.7 percent to $21,648.