Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated both tuition amounts and the amount of the increase per semester.
Beginning with the Fall semester of the 2012-2013 school year, BYU students who are LDS will pay $75 more a semester to attend school, according to a BYU news release.
The undergraduate rate per semester for LDS students will rise from $2,280 to $2,355. Undergraduate tuition for spring and summer terms will also increase from $1,140 to $1,178, or $38 more. Spring/summer2012 rates for advanced-standing students will be $1,488, an increase of $48.
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Although students will still pay considerably less money than most universities in the nation, the news of the tuition increase was received with mixed emotions. Breck Laing, a junior from Orem, said he understands it but is not thrilled.
Another student, Marvin Stone, a senior studying accounting, wondered about the reason for the increase.
“I would like an explanation,” Stone said. “If the reason was vague, I would be frustrated.”
Beau Mossman, a junior from Moscow, Idaho, responded positively to the news of the tuition increase.
“I’d be apathetic,” Mossman said. “It seems like it’s just a cause of inflation.”
BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins, commented on the tuition increase via email.
“The increase will help to cover rising costs at the university,” Jenkins said. She said students are generally understanding about these increases.
“Our students are well aware of the significant increases in tuition that are taking place at other universities across the country and are very grateful that BYU’s tuition increase is as low as it is,” Jenkins said. “Many students are also aware that BYU does not charge student fees, something many private and public institutions are now doing.”
Next year’s tuition for advanced-standing (graduate) students will be raised from $2,880 to $2,975 per semester, an increase of $95. Law School and Graduate School of Management students will pay $5,475, an increase of $175.
As in the past, students who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will pay twice the listed rates, and those rates will also reflect the 3.3-percent increase.
Non-LDS undergraduates will pay $4,710, an increase of $150; advanced-standing non-LDS students will pay $5,950, an increase of $190; and non-LDS law and business graduate students will pay $10,950, an increase of $350.
