Iowa City Press Citizen, IA
10-26-07
Out of state student tuition and fees could top $20,000
By Brian Morelli
Iowa City Press-Citizen
University of Iowa non-resident undergraduate student tuition and mandatory
fees would top $20,000 annually if a tuition proposal for the 2008-09 school year
is approved by the Iowa state Board of Regents.
The regents will consider the tuition proposal drafted by the board office at its
board meeting next Wednesday in Iowa City, all though it will not be up for
approval until the December board meeting in Cedar Falls.
The non-resident tuition hike would be 6.1 percent, to a meeting agenda for a
board meeting next Wednesday’s meeting. For resident undergraduates, it would
be a 4 percent increase. That translates to $6,524 a year.
UI students would face the largest increases. Iowa State University resident
students would see a 3.2 percent increase and non-residents would see a
2.5 percent increase. University of Northern Iowa resident students would see a
3 percent increase with a 2.2 percent increase for out-of-state students.
According to the regent report, these numbers mostly fall within the Higher
Education Price Index inflationary percentage range of 3.2 to 4.5 percent for
fiscal year 2008.
At UI, mandatory fees are being hit the hardest, going up 8.8 percent from $897
to $976 a year.
Among the student population, upper division engineering undergraduate
students would see the largest spike. For mandatory fees and tuition, they would
pay 9.9 percent more or up from $7,521 to $8,268 annually.