Twin Cities, non-resident undergraduate 15% tuition increase

In December, the Board of Regents (BOR) approved a proposal to boost tuition for Twin Cities non-resident undergraduates by more than $3,700 a year. This is the the second double-digit increase in a row for this population, whose tuition rose 12.5% in fall 2017. The change would not affect Minnesota residents, or those from Wisconsin and the Dakotas who file for reciprocity.

Increases for continuing students will be limited to 5.5% a year, while new students would pay the higher rates next fall. The 2018-19 rates for Minnesota residents will be set by the board in the spring.

Last year, the board set a five-year goal of raising the University’s non-resident rate to the midpoint of the Big Ten—an estimated $35,000 a year by 2021. Under the new plan, however, it could reach that number by the fall of 2019.