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NEWS RELEASE |
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NEWS RELEASE |
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Arizona Board of Regents |
For immediate release |
| April 25, 2002 | |
(FLAGSTAFF-- NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY) The Board of Regents has approved new tuition levels for the 2002-2003 academic year. Resident tuition and fees at Arizona’s public universities will increase by 3.9 percent, an increase of $97. Nonresident tuition and will increase by 7.25 percent, or $751.
Under the new rates, resident students at all three universities will pay $2,583 for tuition and fees. Nonresident students at ASU and the UA, as well as new and first year nonresident students at NAU, will pay $11,103 in tuition and fees. Nonresident students enrolled at NAU prior to the current academic year are grandfathered into a former practice of paying less tuition than nonresidents at ASU and UA. They will pay $10,079. The changes are outlined below.
| 2001-02 Tuition | 2001-02 Fees* | Increase in Tuition | Increase in Fees* | Total 2002-03 Tuition and Fees | |
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| Arizona Resident | $2,412 | $74 | $96 | $1 | $2,583 |
| Nonresidents at ASU, UA and new nonresidents at NAU | $10,278 | $74 | $750 | $1 | $11,103 |
| Current NAU Nonresidents** | $9,254 | $74 | $750 | $1 | $10,079 |
*All students pay $25.00 per semester for the recreation center and one percent of tuition ($24 for 2001-02, $25 for 2002-2003) for the Arizona Financial Aid Trust fee. ** NAU previously charged less nonresident tuition than ASU/UA. Starting in Fall 2001, new nonresidents have paid the same nonresident tuition as ASU/UA. |
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The presidents of Arizona’s public universities told the Board that higher tuition increases were needed to offset the budget cuts sustained by the universities this year and those expected next year, and to maintain the quality of education at the universities and keep Arizona’s workforce competitive.
As part of a state mandated tuition setting process, the Board took a Roll Call vote for the setting of tuition for 2002-2003. Regents Chris Herstam, Jack Jewett, Myrina Robinson, Don Ulrich, Jaime Molera and Gov. Jane Hull voted for the $96 increase. Regents Kay McKay, Christina Palacios, Gary Stuart, Robert Bulla and Fred Boice voted against it.
The Regents unanimously approved the $750 increase for nonresident students.
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