University of Illinois board increases in-state tuition for incoming freshmen

CHICAGO (CBS) – The College of Illinois Board of Trustees authorized what the varsity referred to as a “modest” tuition improve for in-state freshman who will begin college subsequent fall on the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses.

Incoming freshman from Illinois will see a 1.9% improve of their tuition, the varsity mentioned in information launch.

Beneath state regulation, in-state undergraduate college students already enrolled at each campuses is not going to see their tuition improve. Tuition on the College of Illinois at Springfield will stay the identical.

With the rise, the bottom in-state tuition for undergraduates beginning subsequent college 12 months on the Urbana-Champaign campus will improve to $12,712 a 12 months, a $238 improve.

The bottom in-state tuition for undergraduates beginning subsequent 12 months on the Chicago campus can be $11,178 a 12 months, a $208 improve.

For many out-of-state and worldwide freshmen beginning subsequent fall on the Urbana-Champaign or Chicago campuses, tuition may even rise between 2.2% and a couple of.5%.

The board additionally authorized payment and housing price will increase for the 2023-2024 tutorial 12 months.

The varsity mentioned its enrollment in its three-school system hit a document excessive for the tenth consecutive 12 months reaching 94,861 college students final fall. In-state college students make up 79% of all undergraduates.