(Des Moines) Students at Iowa’s public universities will face higher costs in the upcoming school year, following the Iowa Board of Regents’ action on Thursday. The board approved tuition and fee increases for resident and nonresident students at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Despite student appeals in earlier meetings to freeze tuition and maintain affordability, the board voted for a 3% hike in resident undergraduate tuition at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. The University of Northern Iowa will see a slightly smaller increase of 2.7%. Other student categories will also see varying increases in tuition and fees.
One item removed from the proposal was UNI’s plan to offer resident tuition rates to nonresident undergraduates from neighboring states. That decision was delayed after Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a line-item veto of the program’s funding before signing the state’s education appropriations bill on June 11.
The board unanimously approved all other proposed tuition and fee changes. Regents Chief Business Officer Brad Berg said the delayed UNI rates will be addressed in a future vote.
