3/26/2006 Austin-- Tuition and fees at the University of Texas at Austin would increase as much as 9.4 percent this fall under a plan the Board of Regents will consider Tuesday. The proposal would increase the cost for an in-state undergraduate to attend the flagship campus by $329 a semester to $3,815. The plan also includes an increase of less than 1 percent starting in fall 2007.
Officials said the increases would provide money for more faculty members, financial aid, rising energy costs and the replacement of the Experimental Science Building. The plan comes on the heels of an 8.9 percent increase at Texas A&M. On Friday, regents approved a plan that raises tuition and fees at the College Station campus to $3,483 a semester for in-state undergraduates, up from $3,199.
(Contributed by Houston Chronicle)
