The University of Idaho has again received a lower tuition hike then what administrators were hoping for from the Idaho State Board of Education. The UI asked the board Wednesday for a 6% increase in resident undergraduate tuition and fees. That request would have raised the cost of an education at the UI next year by about 500 dollars to nearly 8,000 dollars.
After lengthy debate, the board settled on a 5% tuition and fee hike for the UI. That increases the cost of in-state undergrad education at the UI next year by nearly 400 dollars to a total $7,862. The UI also asked for a 6% tuition hike last year but received just a 3.5% increase. Two years ago a 4.5% UI request was trimmed down to a 3% hike.
Some board members pointed out that UI administrators were given a tuition increase target of 3.5%. All the other public higher education institutions in Idaho made appropriate tuition increase requests which were granted by the state board of education.
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