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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) approved tuition and fee hikes Friday morning for the 2023-24 academic year, as well as a new multi-year tuition-setting structure that the Board says will "increase cost predictability" for students.
The tuition-setting structure will allow for up to 3% increases each year for resident undergraduates.
According to ABOR, the multi-year structure sets maximum tuition growth rates for a six-year period, allowing ABOR to revisit tuition every four years after that initial period.
At the University of Arizona, next year's 3% tuition increase will bring resident undergraduate tuition at the main campus to $11,871 beginning this coming academic year. Resident undergraduate tuition for the current academic year is $11,525.
The increase will vary for out-of-state students, as well as graduate students and students at satellite campuses. The university says the increases will apply only to new, incoming students.
University of Arizona tuition and fee increases below:
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Board says the tuition-setting structure will reflect "modest" growth, and will allow the board to suspend tuition if state funding gets increased.
“Our hope is for increased multi-year funding from the state so we can hold the line on tuition increases for students and families,” said ABOR Chair Lyndel Manson.
Find the full tuition proposal online at the ABOR website.
Student protesters from across the state were on campus at the University of Arizona Friday morning, saying they want to see tuition stop rising, and to see ABOR give students more power when it comes to decision making.
"Even if they do have voting structures in place, those are not listened to, those are not adhered to," says Arizona State University graduate student Kelly Baur. She is a labor organizer for United Campus Workers, which represents campus workers at UArizona and ASU.
"And it really puts us in a position where students, who make up the majority of the people who are at universities, are the ones who have the least amount of say in what is happening," Baur told KGUN 9.
ABOR says the tuition increases were necessary in part due to inflation and increases to staff salaries.
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