The Arizona Board of Regents has approved tuition increases for incoming students at the University of Arizona.
This is the second time since 2019 that the UA, as well as Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University, raised the cost of attendance.
This is the last year the regents will vote on university tuition and fee increases on an annual basis. “Our proposed growth rates are below inflationary measures,” UA President Robert Robbins told the board before it passed the proposal, “and will allow us to continue offering robust financial aid to our students.”
According to data the board compiled, the Arizona Legislature’s general fund investment in higher education has decreased by nearly half from 2008 to 2023. During that time, tuition and fee rates at Arizona’s public universities have more than doubled — from $6,756 to $13,890. Justine Hecht, a graduate student at ASU, told the board she’s taken out $150,000 in student loans to subsidize the increasing costs of public education. “We cannot afford to live,” said Hecht, who also referenced the inflated costs of child care, food and housing, before asking the board to vote"no" on the increases.
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