UW regents approve in-state tuition hike of nearly 4%
3.75% increase is second in a row following decade-long moratorium's end
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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 to a $262 spike at UW-Madison, $317 at UW-Milwaukee and between $255 and $396 at the 11 other branch universities.
UNIVERSITIES OF WISCONSIN PRESIDENT PROPOSES NEARLY 4% TUITION HIKE
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Tuition will be increasing for the second year in a row following the end of a 10-year freeze. Last year it went up about 5% on average.
When room and board costs are factored in, the average cost of attendance for resident undergraduates would increase 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.
Republican state Rep. Mark Born, co-chair of the Legislature's budget committee, criticized the university for raising tuition.
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"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.
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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.