The Kansas Board of Regents is not moving forward with plans to increase undergraduate in-state tuition at any of the state’s universities, including Emporia State.
Instead, the Board of Regents voted Wednesday to keep tuition flat for a year. Regents Chair Dennis Mullin says the vote “will help keep our state affordable and accessible.
At Emporia State, in-state undergraduate tuition is staying put at $2,577.15 per semester. Non-resident undergraduate tuition is also staying flat at $9.535.35 a semester.
The Board of Regents did not make any statement about tuition for graduate-level students. Graduate students at ESU are currently set to pay 2.5 percent more across the board, with resident students now paying $3,196.89 a semester and out-of-state students paying $9,943.94 a semester.
Lawmakers added $34 million to state universities during the legislative session earlier this year after the Board of Regents requested $50 million to replace money lost by several rounds of funding cuts earlier this decade. The Board of Regents says universities are still $31 million below 2009 funding from the state even with the infusion earlier this year.
KVOE News has reached out to Emporia State administrators and is expecting comment Thursday morning.
