UConn administrators will propose to the Board of Trustees a tuition plan that will hike costs for in-state students 31 percent over four years.Â
Currently, UConn tuition is $10,524 annually for in-state students and $32,066 for non-residents. For in-state students, the proposal being presented this month to trustees would adjust tuition by $700 in the first year – starting in the fall 2016 semester – and increase over the following years by $775 in 2017-18; by $850 in 2018-19; and by $950 in 2019-20.
Out-of-state and international students’ tuition would go up by $950 for 2016-17, and then again by $1,050 for 2017-18; by $1,150 for 2018-19; and by $1,250 for 2019-20.
The revenue that the tuition increase would generate in the first year will contribute $12.8 million toward closing the anticipated $40 million budget gap in 2016-17. The remaining $27.4 million gap will be mitigated through cuts, restrictive hiring, operational efficiencies, and other measures – all of which will be closely vetted to ensure they do not compromise UConn’s academic quality, the university said in an announcement.
UConn said its plan treats both in-state and out-of-state students equally. It said passing along more a tuition hike to out-of-state students would put the university at a disadvantage when it came to admissions recruitment.
