Des Moines, Iowa — Have a student attending one of the three state universities in Iowa? Expect their tuition to go up a little.
The board that governs the three state universities gave final approval of the proposed tuition and fee increases for the three state universities at their meeting Wednesday in Cedar Falls. Board of Regents president, Mike Richards, says the increase is needed after the state funding did not increase this year.
Richards says the schools have done a good job of cutting the administrative costs, but that is not enough to meet other increasing costs of operation.
The increase for base undergraduate residents is 283 dollars at the University of Iowa, 282 dollars at Iowa State University, and 115 dollars at the University of Northern Iowa. The Regents also approved a 53-dollar mandatory fee increase for the U-I and I-S-U, and no increase in fees at U-N-I.
