Tuition increase approved for University of Wisconsin-Madison, other campuses
In-state tuition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other campuses in the system... In-state tuition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other campuses in the system will increase by 3.75% next school year, according to a plan approved unanimously by the Board of Regents. The tuition increase will be combined with an increase in fees, equating to a 4.4% increase on average. The increase is expected to generate about $39 million a year systemwide and will be used to combat rising costs. The student fees will also increase by an average $74 annually next year, and out-of-state Tuition rates will also rise. This increase is the second consecutive increase in tuition since last year's end of a 10-year freeze.
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FILE - David Muir of ABC News gives the commencement address during graduation at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., on Saturday, May 12, 2018. In-state tuition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other campuses in the system will increase 3.75% next school year under a plan approved unanimously by the Board of Regents on Thursday, April 4, 2024.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In-state tuition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other campuses in the system will increase 3.75% next school year under a plan approved unanimously by the Board of Regents on Thursday.
Combined with an increase in fees, the total tuition and fee increase will be 4.4% on average, the university said. The tuition increase alone equates a $262 spike at UW-Madison, $317 at UW-Milwaukee and between $255 and $396 at the 11 other branch universities.
Tuition is increasing for the second year in a row following the end of a 10-year freeze. Last year it went up by about 5% on average.
When room and board costs are factored in, the average cost of attendance for resident undergraduates would increase by about 3.8%. The tuition hike is expected to generate about $39 million a year systemwide and will be used to combat rising costs, UW President Jay Rothman said.
“Years of high inflation have already strained the budgets of Wisconsin families, and this tuition raise will make the cost of higher education more unattainable,” Born said in a statement.
Student fees will increase by an average $74 annually next year, and out-of-state tuition rates will also go up.
With the increase, undergraduate tuition and fees to attend UW-Madison will be $11,604 in the fall, and less for branch campuses: $9,896 at UW-La Crosse, $10,398 at UW-Milwaukee and $8,271 at UW-Parkside.
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