LU Board of Curators approves 5% tuition increase
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Lincoln University Board of Curators approved a 5% tuition increase for next school year during its meeting on Thursday in Jefferson City, according to meeting documents.
Mandatory fees will not change from this past school year, which includes activity fees, building maintenance, technology and athletic fees. Mandatory fees for the 2025 summer session decreased by 50%.
The non-academic holiday schedule was approved for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which includes Thursday July 3, for Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas Eve and Christmas, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lincoln’s Birthday (Friday, Feb. 13, 2026), spring break from March 9-13, 2026, Free Day on April 3, Memorial Day and Juneteenth.
Winter break will occur at the end of business on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025-Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026.
The board also approved non-academic holiday schedule for the 2026-27 fiscal year, which includes Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lincoln’s birthday (Feb. 12), spring break (March 8-12, 2027), Free Day (March 26), Memorial Day and Juneteenth.
Winter break will occur from the end of business on Friday, Dec. 18, 2026-Jan. 3, 2027.
