The Board of Visitors approved an 8.9 percent tuition increase for all undergraduate students, as well as varying tuition increases for different graduate programs yesterday. These tuition raises come in the wake of the $15 million cut in state funding for the University.
“We’ve done what we can to balance our needs with the price that we recommend that we pass onto our students,” said Leonard Sandridge, executive vice president and chief operating officer. Sandridge also said previous funding cuts have been passed onto the operating budgets instead of being assessed via tuition increases, and if the state had not eliminated this $15 million in aid, tuition increases would be less than 3 percent.
The new tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate student will total to $11,576, a rise from $10,628 in the 2010-2011 school year. Out-of-state undergraduate tuition will rise from $33,574 to $36,570.
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