Regents Approve In-State Tuition Freeze for 2013-2014 School Year for UNI, UI, ISU

The Iowa Board of Regents voted Wednesday to freeze in-state tuition at the University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa and Iowa State University for the 2013-2014 school year.

That would keep tuition at $6,648 for resident students at the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University and at $6,678 at the University of Iowa.

The plan is contingent on additional funding from the Iowa legislature, according to Regents President Craig Lang, who has said $41 million in new funding and a $4 million special appropriation for UNI are needed. A report from the regents said tuition rates may be adjusted based on decisions made in the 2013 legislative session.

According the report, undergraduate tuition revenues currently make up 72 percent of total tuition revenues at UI; 84 percent at ISU; and 92 percent at UNI.

The regents did approve an increase in mandatory student fees, including a $50 increase at UNI. Mandatory fees would not increase at ISU and would increase by $4 at UI. $25 of the increase at UNI would go to Intercollegiate Athletics to reduce General Fund support for that program.

ISU President Steve Leath announced that he would freeze tuition at its current rate in September after the Board allowed each school to do so if it chose to. He also said that he would not increase student fees.