Northern Arizona University has announced its tuition recommendations for the 2010-11 academic year, and half of the undergraduates on the Flagstaff campus will see no tuition increase.<\/p>\n
NAU President\u00a0John Haeger<\/strong>\u00a0announced his proposed tuition and mandatory fee structure Friday afternoon for undergraduate and graduate students on the main campus in Flagstaff, NAU\u2019s sites across Arizona, NAU\u2019s branch campus in Yuma and the newly opened NAU-Yavapai in Prescott Valley.<\/p>\n For continuing resident undergraduates in Flagstaff who are not on the Pledge program (about 16 percent of the Flagstaff campus), the president has recommended an annual tuition of $6,350, an increase of $764 from last year. Half the undergraduates in Flagstaff will see no tuition increase because they are part of the \u201cPledge\u201d guaranteed tuition program. Their tuition rates were set when they enrolled in 2008 and 2009 and are guaranteed for eight semesters.<\/p>\n Continuing non-resident undergraduates who are not in the Pledge program will pay $17,061 per year, $966 over last year. New non-resident undergraduates will pay $19,364, which will be a guaranteed rate for eight semesters.<\/p>\n For new resident undergraduates beginning in fall 2010, Haeger is recommending first-time tuition of $6,964, which also will be guaranteed for eight semesters.<\/p>\n All new undergraduate students automatically are enrolled in the Pledge program. \u201cThe Pledge program has been very popular among our students and their parents,\u201d Haeger said. \u201cWe provide predictability in uncertain budget times.\u201d<\/p>\n Flagstaff graduate students will see a resident tuition rate of $6,726 per year, an increase of $721, while non-residents will see a\u00a0$17,500 rate, up $980. Graduate students are not part of the Pledge program.<\/p>\n The president pointed out that because NAU\u2019s budget has been cut by more than $30 million despite record enrollment growth, the university must rely more on student support to maintain a high-quality level of education.<\/p>\n At the same time, however, Haeger said that NAU has worked to reduce considerably the cost of higher education for the more than\u00a07,500 students attending NAU\u2019s Extended Campuses, NAU-Yuma and NAU-Yavapai, which have different missions from Flagstaff\u2019s research institution.<\/p>\n For NAU\u2019s campuses outside of Flagstaff, Haeger is recommending:<\/p>\n Seventeen percent of tuition is used for the Arizona Board of Regents\u2019 set-aside for need-based financial aid, an increase of three percentage points since 2008.<\/p>\n Tuition recommendations also are accompanied by mandatory fees.<\/p>\n All full-time Flagstaff students\u2014Pledge and non-Pledge\u2014will see a $100 increase to a health and wellness fee, which began phasing in two years ago, and an $11 increase to the Arizona Financial Aid Trust fee.<\/p>\n NAU-Yuma and Extended Campuses full-time students will see a $9 increase to the AFAT fee, and NAU-Yavapai students will pay a\u00a0$43 AFAT fee.<\/p>\n Flagstaff students also have proposed to the president two annual fees for the regents to consider: a $10 \u201cgreen\u201d fee to fund sustainable projects on campus and a $46 fee for undergraduates to fund projects proposed by the Associated Students of NAU. An advisory committee would oversee the ASNAU-sponsored funds and recommend expenditures to the vice president for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs.<\/p>\n The university also is requesting program fees for certain areas that cost more to deliver to students.<\/p>\n\n
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