Costs to attend the University of New Mexico will rise in the coming school year after the Board of Regents approved a series of tuition and fee hikes for the university's main Albuquerque campus and others across the state.
Students at the Albuquerque campus will see tuition rise by 3 percent in the fall under a proposal approved by regents on Friday. Students attending the university's branch campuses in Gallup, Taos, Los Alamos and Valencia County will see even bigger increases.
Fees also will increase at all five campuses, with the board approving an increase of nearly 5 percent.
The regents approved the increases on a 5-2 vote.
Students at the main campus taking 15 credit hours will see annual costs rising by $217.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
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