UConn proceeds with $625 increase in tuition

The University of Connecticut has increased its tuition by $625, a 4.3% year-over-year uptick, for the 2021-22 school year.

A photo of the UConn Stamford campus courtesy of the university.

The tuition increase is part of UConn”™s five-year tuition adjustment plan that was approved by its board of trustees in December 2019. With the increase, UConn”™s in-state students will be paying $15,030 for the new academic year”™s tuition while their out-of-state counterparts will be paying $37,698.

“UConn is not increasing students”™ charges in the coming year for room, board, or the General University Fee for FY22, keeping each of those categories flat,” said UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz in a blog posting on the school”™s website.

“However,” she added, “UConn will receive slightly less revenue from the housing categories than in a typical year because post-Covid occupancy will be around 85%, allowing the university to put aside rooms for medical isolation and treatment if needed.”

Reitz added the new UConn budget is not increasing most fees, with “modest increases in only a few categories, including helping the University significantly expand access to mental health services by adding more counselors and mental health educators.”

UConn”™s FY22 budgets consists of $1.6 billion for its campuses and $1.39 billion for UConn Health in Farmington. The new fiscal year begins today and runs through June 30, 2022.