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UNC Board of Governors Approves Tuition Hike
The UNC Board of Governors voted Friday on a tuition increase that will affect several campuses.
UNC Board of Governors Approves Tuition Hike
The University of North Carolina approved tuition and fee increases of as much as nearly 10 percent Friday for in-state students on its 16 campuses.
In October, the UNC Board of Governors agreed to limit tuition increases to 6.5 percent a year for the next four years for in-state undergraduates, but some fees were exempt from the cap, allowing the total increase to exceed the limit.
The yearly tuition and fees cost at North Carolina A&T State University increased 2.4 percent - the least of any school - to $3,429. Those costs rose 9.5 percent at East Carolina University to $4,181 and 9 percent at Western Carolina University to $3,950, the highest percentage increases of any schools in the system.
The UNC Board of Governors approved hikes of 6.9 percent at North Carolina State University to $5,002 and 6.2 percent, to $5,176, at UNC Chapel Hill.
Other increases included: Elizabeth City State, 5.2 percent to $4,184; Appalachian State, 5.2 percent to $4,184; and UNC Charlotte, 5.7 percent to $3,978.
The amounts don't include costs for room and board, books and other expenses.
The board also approved an increase of $1,250 for out-of-state students at UNC-Chapel Hill, where non-state residents will pay $20,824 in the 2007-08 school year, the most in the system for nonresidents.
Debt service fees ranged from $81 at North Carolina Central University to $452 at UNC-Wilmington, where the total tuition and fee bill rose 5.7 percent to $4,312.
The board, which usually meets in Chapel Hill, met Friday on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro.
Also on Friday, the board elected a new chancellor for Winston-Salem State University. Donald J. Reaves, vice president for administration and chief financial officer at the University of Chicago since 2002, replaces Harold Martin, who left Winston-Salem last year to become senior vice president for academic affairs for the UNC system.
In October, the UNC Board of Governors agreed to limit tuition increases to 6.5 percent a year for the next four years for in-state undergraduates, but some fees were exempt from the cap, allowing the total increase to exceed the limit.
The yearly tuition and fees cost at North Carolina A&T State University increased 2.4 percent - the least of any school - to $3,429. Those costs rose 9.5 percent at East Carolina University to $4,181 and 9 percent at Western Carolina University to $3,950, the highest percentage increases of any schools in the system.
The UNC Board of Governors approved hikes of 6.9 percent at North Carolina State University to $5,002 and 6.2 percent, to $5,176, at UNC Chapel Hill.
Other increases included: Elizabeth City State, 5.2 percent to $4,184; Appalachian State, 5.2 percent to $4,184; and UNC Charlotte, 5.7 percent to $3,978.
The amounts don't include costs for room and board, books and other expenses.
The board also approved an increase of $1,250 for out-of-state students at UNC-Chapel Hill, where non-state residents will pay $20,824 in the 2007-08 school year, the most in the system for nonresidents.
Debt service fees ranged from $81 at North Carolina Central University to $452 at UNC-Wilmington, where the total tuition and fee bill rose 5.7 percent to $4,312.
The board, which usually meets in Chapel Hill, met Friday on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro.
Also on Friday, the board elected a new chancellor for Winston-Salem State University. Donald J. Reaves, vice president for administration and chief financial officer at the University of Chicago since 2002, replaces Harold Martin, who left Winston-Salem last year to become senior vice president for academic affairs for the UNC system.
