Wichita State University’s request for no increase to tuition in the 2021-22 academic year has been approved by the Kansas Board of Regents.
This follows a 2% increase last year and no increase in 2019. Holding tuition rates flat for the second time within three years, while state direct funding to the university was also reduced by 1.8%, was a significant challenge. After careful consideration of the overall impact to students, a 3.0% campus-wide budget reduction was implemented on operations funded with tuition and/or state funding, with the goal of maintaining existing tuition rates.
Also approved by the Board of Regents is an increase in all combined mandatory student fees of $13 per credit hour. These fees were not increased last year.