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Tuition and Fees to Increase by Over $300 in 2024-25 School Year

By Andrew Christiansen, Online Managing Editor March 26, 2024

  After this year’s mandatory tuition freeze, University of Utah students must pay 3.28% or $338 dollars more in combined tuition and fees for the 2024-25 school year. This means the U continues...

Tiffany Chan (left), Jess Wojciechowski (middle), Maryan Shale (right).

Past ASUU Administration Members Say Student Government Needs Restructuring on Every Level

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer October 21, 2022

  When Jess Wojciechowski, the 2021-22 University of Utah student body president, met with the board of trustees to vote on the U's proposed tuition increase on March 24, she said it was clear...

(Chronicle archives)

Mendenhall: Affording College Means a Higher Minimum Wage

By Addison Mendenhall March 31, 2022

  Utah has one of the lowest minimum wage rates in the United States. It currently sits at $7.25, which is the same as the Federal Minimum Wage rate. The last time that the minimum wage changed...

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Bringhurst: Higher Education is a Necessity Many Can’t Afford

By Maggie Bringhurst, Opinion Writer January 23, 2022

  I’m once again infuriated by the cost of higher education as I review my Spring semester tuition payment plan. As a student who works full-time and borrows the maximum amount of student loans...

Students, faculty and administrators gather to discuss recent increases in tuition at the Gould Auditorium on March 13, 2018.

U Students Face Another Proposed Tuition Hike

By Katelyn Collett March 18, 2019

  The University of Utah proposed a plan that would increase tuition by up to 3.9 percent beginning as early as summer term 2019. “When we look at our biggest resource, it is staff," said...

Barron: Tuition Hikes Must be Met With Increased Financial Aid

Barron: Tuition Hikes Must be Met With Increased Financial Aid

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer October 31, 2018

  Since the beginning of my academic career in the fall of 2016, my tuition has increased by $600 as non-resident students experienced nearly a $2,000 tuition hike in those same two years. If...

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Administration Announces Tuition Increase for 2015-2016

April 8, 2015

The U officially announced it will be raising tuition this upcoming year. A student seminar was held Wednesday in which Dr. Ruth Watkins, senior vice president of academic affairs, addressed concerns,...

(Vice President of Academic Affairs Ruth Watkins presents a plan for a 3.8 percent increase to tuition at the Marriott Library. Photo by Chris Ayers)

U Proposes 3.8 Percent Tuition Hike

March 11, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In 1990, it cost $1,884 for undergrads to attend the U. Now, those same credit hours cost $7,876. TOP STORY: "I HATE HAMLET" BRINGS HUMOR TO CLASSIC TALE According...

Sally Yoo

Tuition increase prices students out of education

March 30, 2014

It has happened yet again. It seems as though every spring comes with a rise in tuition at the U. The past three years have seen an increase, and this latest one is a whopping 5.9 percent. The times when...

Utah campus’ tuition to increase by 5 percent

April 3, 2013

COST OF EDUCATION A 5 percent increase in tuition for most Utah schools will go into effect next year Earlier in March, the Board of Trustees approved a 4.4 percent tuition increase for the 2013-14 school...

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