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- The Utah System of Higher Education approved a 2.23% average tuition increase for the 2025-2026 academic year.
- Technical colleges kept tuition flat for 2025-2026.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah System of Higher Education on Friday approved tuition increases for the coming academic year for all state public colleges and universities.
As is customary following the legislative session, the board approved a sub-inflationary 2.23% weighted average increase for the coming year, which is lower than last year's.
None of the eight technical colleges under the system's umbrella proposed tuition and fee increases, keeping them flat for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year.
Additionally, the 2.23% average increase came in below the Utah System of Higher Education's initial request of a 2.43% hike.
"The board commends our (Utah System of Higher Education) institutions' efforts to collaborate with the system office to develop tuition and fee increase proposals that reinforce the value proposition of higher education in Utah," said Amanda Covington, chairwoman of the Utah Board of Higher Education, in a statement. "While the board revised a handful of proposals, each institutional request reflected a real decline in the bottom line cost to Utah students."
Here's how that increase looks for all of Utah's higher education institutions:
- University of Utah: 2.10% or $224 increase
- Utah State University: 2.57% or $223 increase
- Weber State University: 1.03% or $68 increase
- Southern Utah University: 1.89% or $131 increase
- Utah Tech University: 2.77% or $175 increase
- Utah Valley University: 2.58% or $168 increase
- Salt Lake Community College: 2.64% or $117 increase
- Snow College: 2.29% or $99 increase
A release from the Board notes that the dollar increase is based on a resident undergraduate student taking a course load of 15 credits per semester for two semesters.
"This year's institutional proposals recognized serious gains in affordability prior to being submitted to the board, allowing for a more nuanced deliberation on the role of general student fees as an institutional financing mechanism. The board deliberately addressed these issues today, recognizing the needs identified by students, and also the precondition that associated student fees should supplement, not substitute taxpayer and community support," Covington said.
