Midland Lutheran College in Fremont is offering a new program that could save some students thousands of dollars over the span of their undergraduate careers.

Under the program, new and transfer students will lock in the fall 2009 tuition rate, estimated at about $22,000.

Each consecutive year a student is enrolled thereafter, they will receive a one percent discount off the rate paid the previous year. That offer runs for up to four years.

Based on estimates that tuition rates will rise five percent annually, a student who enrolls this fall would see a savings of more than $8,000 over four years.

Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA and stay enrolled full-time to remain eligible.