Tuition Increase Proposed For UConn In New 5-Year Plan

STORRS, CT — The University of Connecticut is proposing a five-year tuition plan that will boost costs at a clip of more than $600 per year year.

The plan was announed Thursday and will be discussed by the UConn Board of Trustees next week. The board's financial affairs committee is slated to take a look at it on Monday, and the full board gets it for a possible vote on Wednesday.

"In my early conversations with Gov. Lamont and members of the General Assembly, I asked that they do all they could to hold state funding for UConn steady," UConn President Thomas Katsouleas said. "That happened for the current fiscal year, and I am hopeful it can continue. As a result, we are able to propose tuition increases that are significantly lower than those enacted in recent years. This reflects the importance of the social contract between the state, its citizens and UConn as Connecticut’s flagship public university."

Tuition at UConn is currently $13,798 for In-state students. Out-of-state tuition is currently $36,466.

The average cost for fees is $3,428 in fees and room and board is, on average, $13,258.

The increase schedule is:

• Fall of 2020: $608 for all students
• Fall of 2021: $625
• Fall of 2022: $642
• Fall of 2023: $660
• Fall of 2024: $679

School officials maintained that the majority of UConn students do not pay full fare. Financial aid will also increase over the next five years, they added.

In his inaugural presentation in October, Katsouleas announced a program to enable students whose families have an annual income of $50,000 or less to attend UConn tuition-free starting in the fall of 2020. The program will be limited to entering freshmen and transfer students.

See more about tuition and financial aid here.