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Volume 33, Number 2, April 2006

Board approves tuition and fees for next academic year

At its March 24 meeting in Rolla, the University of Missouri Board of Curators approved tuition and other fees for fiscal year 2007.

Tuition rates for undergraduate and graduate students will increase by 5 percent for 2006–2007.

“I am pleased that we are able to keep next year’s recommended increase down to 5 percent,” University of Missouri President Elson S. Floyd said. “We would not have been able to do this without Gov. Matt Blunt’s recommendation to increase state appropriations for the coming year, as well as our own internal cutbacks to keep costs as low as possible. We will continue our search for ways to keep costs down at the University of Missouri.”

Undergraduate Missouri residents will pay $227.30 per credit hour. For an undergraduate student enrolled in 15 hours per semester, this represents an additional $324 annually, before any related enrollment fees. Base tuition for a full-time Missouri undergraduate Board approves tuition and fees for next academic year student would increase from $6,495 to $6,819 annually.

Non-resident undergraduate students will pay $569.50 per credit hour.

Graduate students who are residents will pay $276.40 per credit hour and non-residents will pay $713.70 per credit hour.

Tuition increases for professional school students range from 2 percent to 5 percent, within the range set by the Vice President for Finance and Administration within policy guidelines. Floyd gives University update in report to board Supplemental and other related enrollment fees for undergraduate, graduate and professional students will increase 3 percent, with some exceptions.

The board also approved a variety of supplemental course fees for enrollment in specific classes or departments at UM-Columbia, UM-Rolla and UM-St. Louis. For example, UM-Columbia and UM-St. Louis will assess a fee of $10 per credit hour for science courses with a lab component in biology, chemistry and physics, as well as departments in the School of Medicine.

Increases in student activity, facility and health service fees for under graduate students will vary by campus, with per semester fee adjustments ranging from an increase of $4.95 or 2 percent at UM-Kansas City to $17.72 or 6 percent at UM-Columbia.

Room and board charges, which vary across the four campuses and within each campus based on the plan selected, also were approved by the board. Based on the predominant room and board plan on each campus, rates will increase 4.4 percent at UM-Columbia, 2.4 percent at UM-Kansas City, and 6.5 percent at UM-Rolla. UM-St. Louis rates will increase 11.7 percent because the predominant plan will be the new South Campus Residence Hall, which is not directly comparable to other halls.

The fee increases are effective with the 2006 summer session.

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