NASHVILLE – The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will consider a request by UTC to boost undergraduate student tuition and mandatory fees by 2% when trustees hold their June 25 meeting in Knoxville, officials say.
UT-Martin, meanwhile, is seeking a 1.7% increase. But the UT system’s flagship university in Knoxville is not seeking any increase. Nor is the UT Health Science Center, which derives most its funding from outside the state’s general higher education funding formula.
The boost sought by University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chancellor Steven Angle and his staff, who didn’t ask for an increase last year, amounts to $176 for undergraduate students enrolled prior to the fall 2019 semester. It’s $192 for all other in-state undergraduates.
UTC had 10,341 students enrolled in undergraduate programs in the fall 2020 semester, according to the university’s website.
If approved by trustees, UTC’s tuition and mandatory fees per semester for students enrolled prior to fall 2019 would rise from the current $8,880 to $9,056. For students in the university’s “Soar in Four” structure, proposed tuition and fees would rise from the current $9,656 to $9,848.