Published March 15, 2021 •
Updated on March 15, 2021 at 10:37 am
NBCUniversal Media, LLC
If approved, the rates would go into effect this fall semester at the start of the 2021-22 academic year. No vote is planned for today. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. UConn is considering cutting its planned tuition increase for the next academic year.
If the Board of Trustees approves the proposed change, the tuition adjustment would be cut in half to 2.2 percent, or $312 rather than the originally proposed $625, according to a statement on UConn’s website.
UConn said it is considering this because of the coronavirus pandemic-related financial constraints many students and their families are facing.
The proposal also calls for fees for housing, dining, recreation, the General University Fee, infrastructure maintenance and technology to be frozen at their current level for the coming academic year.
UConn said there would be some increases in a few categories, including $28 per semester for Storrs-based students to help fund the expansion of UConn Student Health & Wellness mental health services.
COVID-19 Relief Funding
UConn said will receive about $32.2 million in total funding under the supplemental COVID relief act and $10.7 million of the funds would go to student financial aid as directed by the federal legislation.
The school plans to distribute the student aid in several phases, supporting students “who have exceptional or modest financial needs in addition to those who have a pandemic-related hardship.”