AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The University of Texas System regents have voted to increase tuition at their flagship Austin campus by 5.4 percent next fall.
The regents’ unanimous vote Wednesday also increases tuition by another 3.89 percent in the fall of 2011. The regents also voted increases for the next two years at the system’s eight other campuses.
According to the Austin American-Statesman, in-state undergraduates at the University of Texas at Austin will pay an average of $4,709 per semester for tuition and required fees in 2010-11 and $4,892 the following school year. The present tuition and fees total averages $4,468 per semester.
The tuition proposal came from a panel of UT students, faculty and administrators.