CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — The governing board for Iowa’s three public universities has approved a roughly $100 tuition increase for students at the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University.
The Iowa Board of Regents voted 7-2 Wednesday for the increase, which will exempt students at the University of Iowa.
The mid-year increase at UNI and Iowa State ends a tuition freeze for in-state undergraduate students that went into effect several years ago.
The board originally intended to raise tuition at all three schools. The proposal was amended after the president of UI’s student government asked board members to consider the extra tuition’s financial impact on some students.
Student representatives for UNI and Iowa State said the additional money would help offset rapid student population growth and inadequate state funding.
