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Iowa universities propose 4.25% undergrad in-state fall tuition hike

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HR King
May 29, 2001
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Tuition for in-state undergraduates attending one of Iowa’s three public universities will increase 4.25 percent in the fall under a rate proposal the Board of Regents will consider for a first reading next week.


A final vote on the proposal is scheduled for July — the month before affected students will arrive at their respective campuses for the 2022-23 academic year.


If approved, the undergraduate in-state tuition increases will amount to the following:


  • A $355 bump at the University of Iowa, bringing total base tuition for the year from $8,356 to $8,711;

  • A $345 increase at Iowa State University, bringing the total from $8,324 to $8,678;

  • A $331 increase at University of Northern Iowa, bringing the total from $7,780 to $8,111.

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Both Iowa State and UNI also aim to impose a 4.25 percent tuition increase on their out-of-state undergraduates, upping non-resident tuition by $1,026 at Iowa State to $25,162 and by $785 at UNI to $19,265.


UI intends to impose a 1.17 percent tuition increase on its non-resident undergrads, maintaining a $355 increase to a total of $30,674 for the year.


The board office in its 2022-23 tuition proposal cited “undergraduate resident tuition rate guardrails” regents established in previous years tying increases at UI and ISU to state funding levels.


According to that tuition-setting formula, university increases could have been as high as 5.6 percent.


“While considering the state support, operating costs that may be absorbed through efficiencies and reallocations, and the expected inflationary impact to higher education budgets, the proposed tuition rates in this memorandum for the 2022-23 academic year includes base undergraduate resident increases of 4.25 percent at each university,” according to board documents.

 
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