PROVO, Utah — Brigham Young University announced this week what has become a standard 3 percent tuition hike for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Undergraduate tuition will rise $80 per semester to $2,730. Tuition for graduate students will increase $100 per semester to $3,440. Law and Graduate School of Management students will pay $6,340, an increase of $185.
Tuition at BYU rose 3 percent for the 2013-14 school year, 3.1 percent the following year, 3 percent last year and 2.9 percent this year. Nationally, the average annual private university tuition rose more than 3 percent last year to $33,635, according to U.S. News & World Report.
U.S. News reported that BYU's price tag this year is the lowest among private colleges and universities that reported tuition and fees data to that publication.
A BYU press release said the tuition hike will cover increased costs for supplies, library and laboratory materials and travel.
Spring and summer term undergraduate rates will increase by $40 to $1,365. Graduate students will pay an additional $1,720, up $50.
BYU is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Students who are not LDS pay twice the listed tuition rates.
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