UMN Board of Regents approves tuition increases

Originally Posted on The Minnesota Daily via UWIRE

University of Minnesota students will see up to a 5.5% tuition increase next year following the approved annual budget at the Board of Regents meeting on June 13.

Twin Cities campus tuition will increase by 4.5% for in-state students and 5.5% for out-of-state students. However, all five campuses’ student bodies will experience tuition increases of at least 1.5%.

This tuition change will leave Twin Cities campus in-state students with a yearly cost of approximately $18,000 in the upcoming school year, according to calculations by the Minnesota Daily. The increase is part of the $81.3 million budget initially presented at the meeting on May 9 and 10.

The budget passed with a 9-3 approval; Regents Robin Gulley, James Farnsworth and Bo Thao-Urabe did not vote to approve the budget due to tuition concerns.

“I’m really struggling with what feels to me like a significant increase for students,” Thao-Urabe said.

Regents who approved the budget said they felt this was the best solution in a tough financial year due to the lack of state support.

“We would have had a whole different conversation if they would have come through,” Regent Mary Turner said. “But they didn’t, and that’s the reality.”

Correction: A previous version of this article misstated the percentage increase in the lede. Students will only see an increase of up to 5.5%. Quotes from Alice Roberts-Davis were removed for accuracy.

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