The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved a six percent instate tuition increase for students attending UTM, effective for the 2013 fall semester. Approval came Thursday during the board’s annual meeting in Knoxville.
Instate tuition and fees will now cost undergraduate students an additional $229 per semester for a total of $3,757 or $7,514 for a full academic year. Full-time undergraduate enrollment is a minimum of 12 hours.
Tuition and fees will increase an additional $265 per semester for a total of $4,362 per semester for instateUTM graduate students or a total cost of $8,724 per academic year starting this fall. Full-time graduate enrollment is nine hours per semester.
Among the fees approved was a $50 per fall and spring semester increase in the facilities fee that allUTM students pay, totaling $100 for the academic year. Other specialized course fees approved include a fee for art studio classes, a physical education activity class fee, a Reelfoot Lake Field Station fee and a student teaching placement fee.
Academic enrichment fees were also approved for the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences within the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences and courses offered through the College of Business and Global Affairs.
In other action, the board approved naming the team room in the Rhodes Golf Center for Grover Page, longtime UTM golf team coach.
Fall semester classes begin Aug. 26 for the main campus and UTM centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley and Selmer.
