LOGAN Utah
Tuition at the state’s public colleges and universities likely will increase as much as 5.4 percent under a plan that received preliminary approval from the state Board of Regents.
Actual increases likely will be more, however, when they are completed in March.
Regents each year approve two tuition rates. First-tier rates for each school, like those that received preliminary approval Friday, fund each institution’s share of employee compensation packages approved by the Legislature.
Second-tier rates are set by each institution to cover individual costs. The two rates are combined to reach the actual tuition increases for each school.
Preliminary first-tier tuition increases range from an average of 4 percent to 5.4 percent, depending on funding from the Legislature.
Rates vary by individual institution. Students at the University of Utah would see a 2.76 percent first-tier tuition increase if the Legislature increases employee compensation by 4 percent. Salt Lake Community College students would pay 2.62 percent more, while Utah State University students would pay 2.98 percent more. Weber State University students would pay 2.68 percent more, and Utah Valley State College would pay 2.62 percent more.
