Tuition will be going up at the six state universities in Kansas. The Kansas Board of Regents approved increases at a meeting Thursday.
Most of the increases are 2.5 percent to 2.9 percent for undergraduate resident and nonresident students, according to a news release from the Board of Regents.
The University of Kansas Compact Rate will increase 5.5 percent and the University of Kansas Medical Center increase is 5 percent.
Tuition rates will also increase from 2.5 percent to 2.9 percent for resident and nonresident graduate students at the majority of universities, with the exception being students attending Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, no increase, and students attending the University of Kansas Medical Center, a 5 percent increase.
State appropriations for higher education have been held mostly flat, according to the Board of Regents release.
For more information, see http://www.kansasregents.org/about/news-releases/2017-news-releases/663-board-of-regents-approve-state-university-tuition-rates.