UMass increases tuition rates

WORCESTER – The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees approved a 5.8 percent tuition increase that would raise tuition by an average of $756 this year for in-state undergraduate students to help close an $85 million shortfall.

The higher tuition rates, which also affect out-of-state undergraduate students, were approved in a 11-2 vote on July 14.

Tuition, across the system, will average $13,862 for in-state undergraduate students.

The following is the change in in-state undergraduate tuition at the four campuses: Amherst, an $800 increase to $14,590; Boston, a $750 increase to $13,110; Dartmouth, a $600 increase to $12,783; and Lowell, a $780 increase to $13,932

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The university is facing a $3.5 million reduction, a 0.7 percent drop, in its state appropriation for the 2016-17 fiscal year. •

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