Students Will Be Paying More for College Tuition

Recent Greenfield and Whitnall high school graduates who have plans to attend an in-state college, university or technical school should be prepared to pay more for tuition.

On Thursday, the regents of the University of Wisconsin System approved a 5.5 percent hike at all 26 of the system's two- and four-year colleges, according to a blog post by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The increase means students will be paying $381 more at the four-year universities and $235 at the two-year schools. It is the fifth-straight year the four-year universities will see tuition rise 5.5 percent, and the first time in 13 years the two-year colleges will see a bump.

This comes after Marquette University announced its tuition increase of 4.75 percent to $30,040 in March, and after Milwaukee Area Technical College called for a 5.5 percent tuition increase in its proposed $190 million 2011-12 budget.