Nonresident tuition to go up

At their meeting at UW-Eau Claire later this week, the UW System Board of Regents is expected to approve increasing non-resident undergraduate tuition an additional 2.5 percent next semester.

The action is necessary to comply with the 2001-03 budget bill.

The board had increased nonresident undergraduate tuition by 2.5 percent for the fall term, reflecting requirements included in the budget bill passed by the full Legislature. However, using his partial veto authority, the governor changed that increase from 2.5 percent to 5 percent and made additional cuts to the UW System base budget.

The anticipated increased tuition revenue is supposed to offset the base budget cuts.

The additional tuition increase will cost UW–Madison non-resident undergraduates $173. The effective 2001-02 annual tuition rate will be $15,800, a 15.4 percent increase over the 2000-01 rate of $13,688.

The full October Board of Regents agenda is available as a PDF document.