More than half of University of Missouri students will not see a tuition increase

COLUMBIA, Mo- The UM Board of Curators met Wednesday morning to vote on tuition and supplemental fees for the fiscal year of 2017.

In a unanimous decision, the board agreed to not raise tuition costs for 63% of the undergraduate student body. This will be the second time in the past three years that resident, undergraduate students will see no tuition increase.

Out of state students will see a 3% increase. For graduate students, it varies. However the lowest amount of an increase is .7%.

Chief Communications officer, John Fougere says that the University has been able to offer quality education at a very affordable price for the past few years and they will try and continue to do so.

Per credit hour, the University of Missouri’s tuition is lower than that of the University of Kansas by more than $30. However, Kansas does have something called a compact rate that allows freshman students to have the same tuition rates for all four years.

It was also decided that supplemental fees will be increased varying on the program.