AURORA — University of Colorado regents this morning voted 8-1 to raise tuition by 3.9 percent for in-state students and 5 percent for non-residents.
Republican Regent Tom Lucero, who cast the lone dissenting vote, said he is concerned that unemployment figures are reaching double digits and it’s becoming more difficult for parents who have lost jobs to afford tuition.
“This is the wrong time to be raising tuition,” Lucero said.
Other regents thanked CU President Bruce Benson and finance officials for keeping the tuition increase modest.
Full-time, in-state students enrolled in CU’s College of Arts and Sciences on the Boulder campus now pay $5,922 a year in tuition. The adopted tuition model raises rates by $231 for those students.
The new tuition rate for incoming out-of-state students in the College of Arts and Sciences will be $26,675, which is $1,270 more than last year.
Tuition for new, non-resident students in the College of Engineering would increase by 6.5 percent.
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