The Idaho State Board of Education approved a 5.6% tuition increase for University of Idaho full-time in-state students next academic year, starting fall 2019.
The State Board approved a motion Wednesday to grant each Idaho public institution their individual proposed tuition increase rates on a 5 to 3 vote.
The UI increase is expected to generate approximately $3.4 million in revenue, the most of Idaho’s public four-year colleges, according to Board materials. Boise State University’s proposed increase of 4.9 percent is expected to generate the second most revenue at $3.2 million.
A State Board member said the tuition increases requested by Idaho colleges are in large part due to a funding shift not being included in the state’s annual 3% pay increase for state employees.
“When we invest in our students, that means we invest in staff and faculty as well,” said Nicole Skinner, ASUI president.
The total amount of tuition for in-state students will now be $8,304, a $440 increase from its fiscal year 2019 rate of $7,863. That puts it at the highest tuition rate across four-year public institutions in Idaho, with BSU’s increase coming in at $7,694, according to Board materials.
The total amount of tuition for out-of-state students will now be $19,236, a 9.1% or $1,600 increase from fiscal year 2019’s rate of $17,636.
Resident fees are also increasing to $415 for UI students per credit hour, a 5.6% or $22 increase from its fiscal year 2019 rate of $393.
Graduate student tuition and student fees will increase by about 7% or $524 more to equal $7,753.80.
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