NASHVILLE – Students attending Tennessee community and technical colleges will see their first tuition and fee increases in two years this fall after approval by the Tennessee Board of Regents last week.
The Board of Regents operates the state’s 27 Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology, including the Chattanooga and Athens colleges.
Approved TCAT increases amount to $24 per trimester. None of the TCATs have increases in other mandatory fees.
For the 13 community colleges, which include Chattanooga State and Cleveland State, the increase per semester amounts to $42 for students who are taking full course loads.
Two community colleges – Nashville State and Pellissippi State – sought and were approved for mandatory fee increases of $3 per semester. Regents’ action came after student referendums favoring the increases.