The Kansas Board of Regents met on Thursday and unanimously voted to raise tuition and fees to an average of 3.9% for full-time public universities in the state requesting revenue enhancements from that source.
K-State saw a 2.5% tuition increase for resident undergraduates, which is what was requested by the university. This increase in tuition equals about a $139 raise from tuition at the university from last school year.
Fort Hays State saw the largest increase at 5.2% while KU saw an increase of 5%. Members of the board defended the increases by focusing on a report that showed that tuition rates for undergraduate students was anywhere between 4.4% and 22.2% since 2020.
For context, the CPI-U has gone up 22.5% at the national level since 2020. The National Education Price Index grew by 15.7% over those years.
For non-resident students, K-State intends to charge $14,283 for undergraduates which is about a 2.7% increase from last school year.
