The cost of tuition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is about to sky-rocket. With an eight percent increase over last year's rate, the proposed amount, $20,034, is the highest in school history. The rate, if accepted by the Board of Trustees, will affect incoming students for the 2008-2009 school year. Current students are safe, however, thanks to a rate freeze, mandated by the state, that charges students the same rate for all four years of their education.Stay tuned to The Quad to see if the proposal is passed..."This rate of increase is lower than the rate of increase that students experience at many other institutions competing with the University of Illinois,'' officials said in the document proposing the increase.
Fees at UIC will likely be slightly higher because the school is waiting to find out how much a mandatory CTA pass will cost next year. Students have to approve a referendum on those costs next month. It currently costs $95 for a semester pass that allows students unlimited CTA rides. Journalism students will pay an extra $750. That puts their tuition increase at 17 percent.
$20,034 a year to be an Illini? - Chicago Sun-Times
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